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- Get startedYour account, the apps and your first day.13 articles
- TasksCapture, sort, repeat and get them done.14 articles
- Projects and areasGroup your work and follow it through.8 articles
- Planning and focusYour calendar, time blocks, focus and rituals.10 articles
- HabitsBuild routines and see them hold.4 articles
- NotesWrite in Markdown, alone or together, live.10 articles
- FlashcardsSpaced repetition that remembers for you.11 articles
- CollaborationShare projects, assign work and talk about it.9 articles
- AgileKanban, Scrum, sprints, story points and poker.7 articles
- Prior AIThe assistant inside Prior, and how it stays in check.8 articles
- AI assistants and integrationsUse Prior from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and more.12 articles
- Game modeXP, streaks, leagues and a pet, if you want them.8 articles
- Account and billingPlans, invoices, security and your data.13 articles
- Fix a problemWhen something does not work as it should.8 articles
Guides
Methods that work, and how to run them in Prior.
- The Eisenhower matrix: how to decide what deserves your timeSort tasks by importance and urgency into four boxes: do now, schedule, delegate, drop. How the method works, a worked example and the usual mistakes.
- Time blocking: how to plan your day in hours, not listsGive every task a slot in your calendar instead of a line on a list. How time blocking works, why it helps, how to run a day, and when to skip it.
- Getting Things Done: a plain guide to David Allen's methodGTD gets everything you have to do out of your head and into a system you trust, in five steps. What it is, how to start, the mistakes, and where it fits.
- The Pomodoro technique: how to focus in 25-minute roundsWork in short timed rounds with a break after each, on one task at a time. Where the technique comes from, what research says about breaks, and how to run it.
- Eat the frog: how to start with the task you dreadDo the one task you are most likely to put off before anything else. Where the saying comes from, why starting with it works, how to pick your frog, and when not to.
- The weekly review: how to keep your task list honestA weekly review is a fixed slot to look back, clear what is stuck and choose next week's priorities. Why it works, a 25-minute routine, and what Prior's review does.
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