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Β· Guide

Lists

Not just a checklist. Lists that notice when something's been sitting too long β€” and offer to help before you have to ask.

Toru Smart

Overview

Every list, at a glance.

Each list shows how many items are done, how many are pending, and β€” if something's been sitting for a while β€” a clear flag that it might need attention. Nothing to dig for.

  • Completed and pending counts on every list card.
  • A visible flag when a list has items that have gone stale.
Hey Toru! Lists overview showing a flagged list and a clean list

Red / Green tracking

Done is green. Stuck is red.

Finish something and it turns green with a timestamp. Leave something pending past day 3 and it turns red with a day count, so you know exactly how long it's been sitting β€” no guessing.

  • Overdue items turn red after 3 days, with the exact day count shown.
  • Completed items show a "Done" timestamp and stay visible, not hidden away.
Hey Toru! list showing completed items in green and overdue items in red with day counts

The 7-day check-in

Toru asks, not nags.

After 7 days stuck on a list, Toru asks a simple question β€” not a push notification demanding action, an actual question: is something blocking this? You can ask for help or dismiss it, and either answer is fine.

  • Appears once an item has been pending for 7 days.
  • Two honest options: "Help me with it" or "I've got it."
Hey Toru! 7-day check-in dialog asking if something is blocking a stuck task

Breaking it down

Stuck usually means too big.

Ask for help and Toru breaks the task into smaller steps β€” not a lecture, just a concrete way to actually start moving on it.

  • A stuck task becomes a short checklist of smaller steps.
  • Each step is its own item β€” check them off individually.
Hey Toru! stuck task broken into 5 smaller steps

Reordering

Drag it where it matters.

Priorities change. Drag any item to reorder a list without leaving it or reopening anything.

Hey Toru! list showing an item being dragged to reorder

Β· Also worth knowing

A few more real details.

Β· Across your devices Β· V2.0

Capture on one. Find it on all.

Your lists, and the items in them, stay in step across your iPhone and iPad through your own iCloud, including edits and renames. Use the same Apple ID on each device and turn iCloud on for Hey Toru. It runs through your own iCloud, not through Pembroke Labs. Drafts stay on the device they were made on.

Β· What happens next

A list is just another note.

Everything a list surfaces lives alongside your other notes β€” and Toru can still find a thread between them.

Notes β†’

Everything you've captured, organised and searchable.

Bridgeβ„’ β†’

Toru checks whether two things you've said are actually connected.