With To-do’s being rolled into the 2023.12 releases, I’ve been excited to use it to track regular household maintenance items. My use cases have been centered around remembering to change the various air, water, and dust collection filters that I have-- but I’d imagine there will be other uses.
I imagine as development continues on Todo that this may be irrelevant, but it was fun putting together. Hope it helps.
The blueprint is triggered every hour (very arbitrary, I know) and…
- looks to see if the task exists and creates it if needed
- sets a due_date based on the occurrence that you set (in days)
- compares the due_date and warns you X days in advance (you pick)
- sets up persistent notifications to remind you that it’s almost due or overdue
Notes
- Tasks won’t be created until the automation runs for the first time. Manually trigger it or wait an hour for the next execution. If anyone has any tips; I’m all ears!
- Use the
todo.update_itemservice to change the due date for any tasks that need to be addressed sooner than when you created the task via blueprint (ex. my filter needs to be changed sooner than the 90 days that the newly created task suggests)
Setup
Notifications
Notifications will show the task name, due date, and the task description. I use it to point to the item in Amazon for easy re-ordering. The persistent notification will overwrite each time the automation is triggered (hourly).
Task list
Code
Enjoy!