Managing Tasks

Every focus session runs on a task. Tasks live in the Tasks section, and there's no limit on how many you can create — on any plan.

Creating a task

The fastest way is Quick Add: click + Add Task, press c in the task list, or use the command palette. One text field does everything — type naturally and FocusMo parses as you go:

• Fix login bug 45m — sets the title and a 45-minute duration.
• Durations like 5m, 1h, 1h 30m are recognized; no duration means 30 minutes by default.
• @ — assign (or create) a Project (Pro).
• noreset — pin the task so daily reset leaves it alone.
• Shift+Tab — cycle the timer mode pill (Timer / Stopwatch / Pomodoro).
• ⌥←/→ adjusts duration by ±1 minute, ⌘←/→ by ±5.

For the full form, open a task's ⋯ menu → Edit Task:

The task list

• Active tasks on top; a collapsible Completed section below (with a per-section Clear All).
• Complete a task with its checkbox — a brief celebration plays, and completion syncs back to a linked external source (Things, Reminders, …).
• Reorder by dragging the grip handle, or ⋯ menu → Move Up/Down (⌥↑/↓). Reordering is disabled during a session and for external tasks.
• Filter by Project using the filter bar (appears once you have Projects).
• Delete via the ⋯ menu, right-click, or ⌘Delete — deliberately not a one-click inline button.
• Rows have inline Start/Pause, Add 5 minutes, and Reset to original time (when a timer hit zero). Double-click to expand details.

Backlog

The backlog is your parked list. Incomplete tasks move there automatically at daily reset, or you can move them yourself. Press ⌘B to flip between active list and backlog; each backlog row has a single Restore to Active button.

Main goals: up to 3 a day

FocusMo's opinion: pick 1–3 main goals per day rather than working a long list. The "Select Your Main Goals" sheet (part of Deep Focus) is where you choose them; they reset each morning and are what the widgets display.

External tasks

Tasks synced from Things 3, Reminders, TickTick and other sources look like regular tasks with a source icon, project/area, tags, and due date. Their titles are read-only — they update from the source on every sync — and they can't be manually reordered, but you can change duration and timer mode, start sessions on them, and complete them (completion syncs back).

Keyboard shortcuts (task list)

Most shortcuts are disabled during an active session — focus first.