Boards

A board is a Kanban-style list of tasks. Every incomplete task on every board also shows up in Task View.

Creating one

From Cmd+N or search, type a name and end it with /board or /b. The same suffixes work inside [[ autocomplete.

On disk the file is Name.board.json — structured JSON, not Markdown. See File format & storage.

Lists and tasks

• Shift+Option+N — new list
• Option+N — new task in the focused list
• Enter on a task — open its detail panel
• Option+D — delete the focused task or list
• Shift+Option+D — delete every empty task
• Shift+Cmd+L — move the focused task to another list
• Shift+Cmd+Enter — mark the focused task complete
• ArrowUp / ArrowDown — move focus through lists and tasks
• Click a list’s collapse control (or collapse from find, when a match is in that list) to hide its tasks

Settings → Boards sets where completed tasks go: stay where they are, jump to the top of the list, or jump to the bottom.

Task properties

Every task can carry priority, difficulty, a due date, labels, a description, subtasks, and blocking relationships.

With the cursor in a task title, type / to set them from the keyboard:

/ section	What you can set
Priority	High, Medium, Low (prio works as a shortcut)
Difficulty	Easy, Intermediate, Intense (effort / size also match)
Due date	Today, Tomorrow, In one week, or pick a date (due, deadline)
Labels	Existing labels, or create one (label, tag)
Blocking	Another task that must be done first (block, blocks)
Description	Opens the description field
Subtasks	Opens subtasks (subtask / sub tasks)

You can also edit these from the task detail panel (Enter).

Dependencies

A task can block another task. The blocked task cannot be checked off until every blocker is complete — on the board and in Task View. The app refuses circular dependencies: block A on B, then try to block B on A, and it will not let you.

Find

Cmd+F / Shift+Cmd+F search task names on the open board. Description lines cycle list types with Cmd+L / Shift+Cmd+L the same way Markdown notes do.

Use boards for project management, or any list with more structure than a plain checklist. Use mind maps instead when you’re still figuring out the shape of the thing.