Plan your work

Kempt plans with five building blocks: Goals, Projects, Work Items, Events, and Notes. Each one is a single markdown file in your home folder, and every view is a different lens on those same files. Move a card, drag a bar, or check something off, and Kempt writes the change back into the file itself.

Try this

1. Create a project in a workspace. Give it a short prefix, and every task in it gets an id like GT-001.
2. Add a task with only a title. Nothing else is required.
3. Open the task and paste several lines of text into the subtask area. Each line becomes its own subtask.
4. Flip the view toggle through List, Board, Timeline, and Project Map. Drag the task’s card to another Board column, drag its Timeline bar to shift its dates, then drag its node onto a different parent in the Project Map. Each drag edits the same markdown file, and the Project Map drag actually moves the file.
5. Give the task today’s date, open Today in the left rail, and check it off there. The file updates at its source, and every other view reflects it.

The five building blocks

• Goal: an outcome you are working toward, with tracked progress.
• Project: a container for related work, ongoing or deadline-based.
• Work Item: a task. Only a title is required.
• Event: something that happens on a date, with optional recurrence.
• Note: freeform writing.

Each item is one markdown file. Open your home folder and you can read your whole plan as plain text.

Work items

A work item needs only a title. When you want more, add a status, a priority from P1 to P4, dates, a project, or a full markdown body below the title.

Subtasks

Subtasks nest under a parent task. Completing or archiving the parent cascades to its subtasks. To create many at once, paste multiple lines of text into the subtask area: one line becomes one subtask.

Dates and repeats

An item has one main date. Add an end date to turn it into a range, and add a time when the time matters. Events can repeat. When you edit a repeating event, Kempt asks how far the change should reach: this event only, this and following, or all.

Goals

Goals track progress in two modes. Auto mode rolls progress up live from the work linked to the goal. Manual mode lets you set progress yourself with check-ins. Each workspace also has a dedicated Goals view.

The seven views

Two views live in the left rail and span all workspaces:

• Today gathers everything due across all your workspaces. Checking an item off here updates it at its source.
• Calendar shows a month, week, or day. Drag an item to move it, resize it to change its duration.

Inside a workspace, a view toggle switches between four ways of seeing the same items:

• List: sort, group, filter, choose columns, and edit inline.
• Board: a kanban grouped by status or priority. Drag cards between columns.
• Timeline: Gantt-style bars. Drag a bar to shift its dates.
• Project Map: a mind map of workspace, goals, projects, and tasks. Drag a node onto a new parent and the file actually moves.

Overview is the workspace landing screen: stats, goals, and this week at a glance.

Saved views and All mode

Save a combination of filters, sorting, and scope under a name, then recall it whenever you need that slice again. The sidebar’s All mode shows every workspace in one view.

Inbox, archive, and delete

Items created without a project land in the Inbox. Assign one to a project later and Kempt moves the file for real. Archiving keeps the file in place and marks it with a flag. Deleting moves the file to your operating system’s trash.

Note: Because delete uses the OS trash, you can recover a deleted item from there.

Statuses

Statuses are customizable per workspace in Settings. Board columns follow the statuses you define, so the Board always matches how your workspace actually works.

Keep going

• Add items fast with Quick Capture: see work at speed.
• Every plan item is a plain file, and Kempt keeps version history for it: see your data.