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Your weekly to-dos as a record player: one record a day, three tracks each. Drop the needle, tick them off.

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The problem

Weekly to-do lists get long, ignored and a bit depressing.

What I built

Each week your to-dos are pulled from your task board and pressed into five records, one per day, with that day's top 3 as the tracks. Tick one off and it is marked done back in the board.

What it replaces

A to-do list you never open.

Who it's for

Business owners and freelancers with a task board full of good intentions, who need a calmer view of just this week.

How it works

  1. On Monday morning Claude reads your task board and picks the three most important tasks for each weekday.
  2. Each day becomes a record, and that day's tasks are its tracks.
  3. Put today's record on and work through the tracks. Ticking one marks it done back in your task board.
  4. The week's progress sits underneath, so you can see how the week is going at a glance.

The result

A short, doable list for each day instead of a board you avoid opening, with everything kept in sync with the tool you already use.

Connects to

  • Notion
  • Trello
  • Asana

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Everything below works. The business and data are made up; the real version is built around your business and your tools.

Groove Studio To-dos · This week

Week 3922 – 26 Sep 2026

Synced with Notion Sample data

Groove · Series 3

33⅓ · 45

GS 039-3 Wednesday Side A · 3 to-dos 33⅓ RPM

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Wednesday

24 SeptemberSide A3h 15m

    This week

    7 of 15 done

    This week · 5 records

    Choose a day to put it on

    How I built this

    I built this with Claude as a single page.

    The real version pulls the week's to-dos from your Notion (or Trello, or Asana) task board every Monday morning, picks the top three for each day and presses them into five records. Tick a track and it is marked done back on the board, so the list you look at and the list your team sees never drift apart.

    Here it runs on sample data for a made-up web design studio, so nothing is really syncing.

    Same to-do list underneath. You just actually open it.

    Questions

    Frequently asked

    What is the best way to plan a weekly to-do list?

    Pick no more than three important tasks for each day and plan the week before it starts. Long lists feel productive to write but are easy to avoid, and most people finish fewer tasks than they plan. Check your calendar first, because a day full of calls has less room than it looks. Put the most important or hardest task first. This demo presents each day as a record with three tracks, but the principle works on paper, in Notion or in any task app you already use.

    Can AI choose my top three tasks for each day?

    Yes, as a suggestion you can change. Claude can read your task list, look at due dates, priority tags and how busy your calendar is, then propose three tasks per day for the week. It works best when your tasks have clear names and due dates, because vague tasks are hard for anyone to prioritise. Always review the picks. AI does not know that a client is upset or that one small task unblocks three others unless you tell it. The demo lets you swap any task before the week starts.

    Does it work with Notion, Trello and Asana?

    Yes. The demo reads tasks from Notion, and the same approach works with Trello, Asana, ClickUp, Todoist and Microsoft To Do, because they all have ways for other tools to read and update tasks. Your task board stays the source of truth: ticking a track in the record player marks the task done back in the original tool. Claude has a built-in Notion connector for reading and updating pages. For other apps, Zapier or Make usually handles the syncing, or a small custom build.

    How can I build a custom to-do app with Claude?

    Describe what you want in plain words: how the week should look, how many tasks per day, what happens when you tick one off and the style. Claude can build that as a working page you can use straight away. Start with tasks typed in by hand to test the design, and only connect it to Notion or another tool once you know you will use it. The playful design is the point: a to-do list you enjoy opening is one you will actually open.

    How much does it cost to build a task board like this?

    A simple version costs nothing beyond a Claude plan, and Claude Pro is around £20 a month. A standalone page where you type the week's tasks can be built in one session. Syncing it both ways with Notion, Trello or Asana adds setup, usually through free tiers of Zapier or Make for light use, or a small custom connection. Most task tools have free plans too. The cost depends mainly on how many tools you connect and whether it needs to work across your phone and laptop.

    Is my task data private if AI reads it?

    It is as private as the access you give. Connect only the board or workspace the planner needs, rather than your whole Notion or project account. Task lists often contain client names and notes, which can be personal data under UK GDPR, so avoid putting sensitive details in task titles if a tool will read them. Check whether your AI plan uses your data for training, and switch that off if you can. Nothing in this demo changes a task except marking it done when you tick it.

    What if I do not finish the day's three tasks?

    They roll forward rather than disappear. Unfinished tasks go back into the pool for the rest of the week, and Claude can suggest where they fit next without overloading a single day. The weekly progress view shows how the week is going as a whole, which is more useful than judging each day alone. If the same task keeps rolling over, it is usually too big or too vague. Break it into a first step small enough to finish in one sitting.

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