How it works

Paste everything on your plate in any order: tasks, deadlines, meetings, half-formed worries. Typos and fragments are fine.
Choose today, this week, or a whole project, add your meetings and time available, and click Make my list.
Start on item 1 under Do first. Batch the quick ones between meetings, and answer the questions at the end to sharpen the next plan.

Examples

Sample results for the inputs shown, so you can see the format and quality before you try it.

Example 1: input

Everything on your plate: need to finish Q4 budget deck for thursday exec meeting, reply to Jess about the webinar date, book flights for Austin conference (prices going up), review 3 blog drafts from freelancers, call dentist, figure out why the newsletter signup form is broken, 1:1 with Omar at 2, expense report overdue, think about Q1 hiring plan

Plan for: Today

Time available and fixed commitments: Today is Tuesday. Meetings 10-11 and 2-2:30.

Example 1: output

Do first: 1. Test the newsletter signup form and send what you find to whoever owns the site — it may be losing signups right now 2. Draft the outline and the numbers slides for the Q4 budget deck — due Thursday; today's draft leaves Wednesday for edits 3. Submit the overdue expense report — it's already late 4. Write 2 or 3 topics for the 2:00 1:1 with Omar — the meeting is today Quick ones (batch them): - Reply to Jess with a webinar date - Book the Austin conference flights (prices are going up) - Call the dentist Do these between 11:00 and 2:00. Later this week: - Review the 3 freelance blog drafts - Start notes on the Q1 hiring plan Questions: - When do the freelancers need feedback on their drafts?

Example 2: input

Everything on your plate: new hire Priya starts monday - laptop, accounts, buddy, first week schedule. also open enrollment emails due friday, fix the PTO policy typo, interview panel for sales role wed and thurs, collect feedback forms from last week's candidates, update org chart

Plan for: This week

Time available and fixed commitments: I'm the only HR person. Monday is a holiday for everyone else.

Example 2: output

Do first: 1. Request Priya's laptop and system accounts today — both need other teams, and Monday is a holiday 2. Collect the feedback forms from last week's candidates — the new panels start Wednesday 3. Draft the open enrollment emails — due Friday Quick ones (batch them): - Fix the typo in the PTO policy - Ask someone to be Priya's buddy for her first week - Update the org chart with Priya Later this week: - Write Priya's first-week schedule (finish before Monday) - Run the sales interview panels on Wednesday and Thursday Could delegate or drop: - The org chart update can wait until after Priya's first week if time runs short. Questions: - Who will be at work Monday to greet Priya if the office is closed for the holiday?

Example 3: input

Everything on your plate: launch a customer referral program for our accounting software. need reward decided, landing page, email to customers, track referrals somehow, legal sign-off on terms, tell the support team

Plan for: A project from start to finish

Example 3: output

Phase 1: Decide the offer 1. Choose the reward for referrer and friend (credit, discount or cash) 2. Write the program rules: who qualifies, when rewards are paid, limits 3. Send the rules to legal for sign-off on the terms (parallel with Phase 2) Phase 2: Build tracking 1. Decide how referrals are tracked: a referral tool, unique codes, or links in your app 2. Set it up and test one referral end to end with a colleague Phase 3: Build the pages and messages 1. Write and publish the referral landing page with the final terms 2. Write the announcement email to customers 3. Brief the support team with the rules and a short FAQ (parallel) Phase 4: Launch and check 1. Send the email to a small group of customers first 2. Check that referrals are tracked and rewards trigger correctly 3. Send to all customers Questions: - Is there a launch date or budget for rewards? - Do you already use a tool that can track referral codes?

Tips for better results

Include deadlines and meeting times. "Deck due Thursday, meetings 10-11 and 2" lets it order the list; without them it has to ask.
Dump everything, including small things. A dentist call that's been on your mind for a week belongs on the list so you can stop remembering it.
Rerun it at midday with what's left. A list made at 9 am is often wrong by lunch.
Use project mode for anything with more than five steps. It orders the work by what depends on what, and marks what can run in parallel.

FAQ

Is this to-do list generator free?

Yes. Enter your email once to use it (you'll also get Something Big, our free weekly AI newsletter, and you can unsubscribe anytime). There's no account and no credit card.

How does it decide what goes first?

Deadlines today or tomorrow, overdue items, anything other people are waiting on, and your most important piece of focused work come first. Quick tasks under about 15 minutes are grouped so you can clear them in one go.

Will it add tasks I didn't mention?

No. It includes everything you listed, merges duplicates, and may break a vague item into its first concrete step. It won't invent deadlines or meetings.

Can I use it to plan a project?

Yes. Choose A project from start to finish and it orders the tasks into phases by dependency and marks the ones that can happen at the same time.

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