Task Priority Coach

Inspiration

We all keep lists—sticky notes, Google Docs, back-of-the-mind “I’ll remember it later” lists—yet when a spare hour opens up, the real question is “What should I tackle right now?” The Eisenhower matrix is a proven framework for answering that, but updating it manually is slow and static. We wanted a tool that:

1. Understands natural language (no date-picker pain).
2. Re-prioritises itself as deadlines approach.
3. Feels playful—because productivity apps shouldn’t be dull.

What it does

• Paste or dictate tasks in plain English.
• GPT-4o parses deadlines and judges importance.
• Cards animate into a live Eisenhower matrix—red = do now, blue = plan, orange = delegate, grey = eliminate.
• A countdown badge (“3 h left”) updates every minute; when urgency spikes, the card slides into the red quadrant and the frame flashes.
• Tasks sync across tabs and devices via Supabase Realtime.

How we built it

Challenges we ran into

• Time-zone handling for phrases like “next Tue 10 a.m.”
• Keeping 60 fps while DOM nodes jump between quadrants (solved with FLIP).
• Crafting row-level security so unauthenticated users still get private tables.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

• A fully working MVP in < 5 days—including voice input and realtime sync.
• Zero libraries for animation: pure CSS + JS, yet still buttery-smooth.

• Users needed no tutorial; everyone immediately “got it” in hallway tests.

  What we learned

• GPT-4o’s function calling drastically simplifies date parsing—regex days are over.

• FLIP is still the gold standard for performant list reordering.

• Supabase RLS can be developer-friendly if you design the schema first, not last.

What's next for Task Priority Coach

1. Slack / Teams DM when a task hits the red quadrant.
2. Google Calendar export to block focus time automatically.
3. GitHub Issues & Jira import so engineering backlogs auto-prioritise.
4. AI-generated “next best action” suggestions when the matrix is empty.

Built With

• api
• bolt.new
• css
• flip
• gpt-4o
• lottie
• openai
• postgresql
• react
• supabase
• tailwind
• typescript
• vite
• web