Today's Agent Skill: AI Task Prioritizer
What It Does
Your to-do list is 47 items long and all of them feel urgent. You're spending more time deciding what to work on than actually working. An AI task prioritizer cuts through morning decision fatigue by scoring and ranking your backlog against a consistent framework before you've touched a single item.
How It Works
The skill accepts a raw task dump — pasted text, bullet points, or a connected project tool via MCP — and scores each item on urgency, importance, and effort using the Eisenhower matrix. It returns a ranked queue with a one-line rationale per item so you understand the logic, not just the order.
How to Deploy It
Drop the SKILL.md content below into your agent's skill library as `task-prioritizer.md`. Trigger it each morning by pasting your task list into the chat, or wire it to your project management tool so the agent pulls the backlog automatically.
SKILL.md — Ready to Deploy
## Description
Scores and ranks an unordered task list using the Eisenhower matrix (urgent/important quadrants) combined with a configurable effort estimate. Outputs a prioritized execution queue with brief rationale for each placement so the user can start executing without deliberating.
## Trigger
Phrases: "prioritize my tasks", "rank my to-do list", "what should I work on first", "sort my backlog", "help me prioritize today", "what's the highest-leverage thing right now"
## Input
- A raw list of tasks (plain text, bullet points, or numbered list)
- Optional: deadline context, current date, role context (e.g., "I'm the project lead on X")
- Optional: effort scale override (default: Low / Medium / High)
## Steps
1. Parse the input into discrete task items, normalizing formatting and stripping duplicates.
2. For each task, estimate:
- **Urgency** — Is there a hard deadline within 48 hours? Does delay block others or trigger a consequence?
- **Importance** — Does this move a key goal, unblock a critical path, or carry significant downstream impact if skipped?
- **Effort** — Low (< 30 min), Medium (30–120 min), High (> 2 hours)
3. Assign each task to an Eisenhower quadranCopy the full SKILL.md and drop it into your agent's skills directory to activate this skill.