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Lists

Not just a checklist. Lists that notice when something's been sitting too long — 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 — if something's been sitting for a while — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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

· Also worth knowing

A few more real details.

· What happens next

A list is just another note.

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

Notes →

Everything you've captured, organised and searchable.

Bridge™ →

Toru quietly notices when something you said is still unresolved.