Todo archive

TODO Archive

TODO.md and .ai/ are conventionally git-ignored, so they are untracked and git diff shows nothing for them. Inspect changes against the filesystem, not git.

Arguments

• path (optional): Repository root or any path inside the repository. Default to the current directory.
• --hint TEXT (optional): Archive only the section whose heading contains TEXT (case-insensitive substring), including its subsections. Without it, archive checked tasks from the whole file. Checked tasks outside the matched section stay in TODO.md.
• --date YYYY-MM-DD|YYYY_MM_DD (optional): Archive date. Default to today's local date.
• --dry-run (optional): Preview target paths and rendered content without writing.
• --force (optional): Overwrite the date-only archive in place instead of rolling a same-day re-run over to a timestamped file.

Workflow

1. Resolve the repository root:

   git rev-parse --show-toplevel
   

   If the command fails, use the provided path or current directory as the root.

2. Verify TODO.md exists at the root. If it is missing, stop and report the path checked.

3. Run the helper from this skill directory:

   uv run python scripts/archive_todo.py --root "$repo_root"
   

   Pass through --hint, --date, --dry-run, or --force when the user requested them.

4. Report the rewritten TODO.md, the created archive path, the matched section (when --hint was given), and the archived/remaining task counts. If an archive for the date already exists, the helper rolls the new batch over to TODO_UNTIL_YYYY_MM_DD_HHMM.md and keeps the earlier file; report both paths. If the helper reports no checked tasks, treat it as a no-op. If --hint matches no heading, the helper exits non-zero and lists the available sections; relay them. When --force replaces an existing archive, say ⚠️ Overwrote existing archive, never Created.

5. If useful, inspect only the touched paths. TODO.md and .ai/ are git-ignored, so use the filesystem rather than git diff:

   cat TODO.md && ls .ai/todos/
   

Helper Behavior

scripts/archive_todo.py reads only <root>/TODO.md, writes archived tasks to <root>/.ai/todos/TODO_UNTIL_YYYY_MM_DD.md, and rewrites <root>/TODO.md with the remaining tasks (a minimal # TODO stub if everything was archived). With --hint, it restricts archiving to the matched heading's subtree and exits non-zero listing available headings when nothing matches. It rolls a same-day re-run over to a timestamped TODO_UNTIL_YYYY_MM_DD_HHMM.md sibling instead of clobbering the earlier archive, unless --force is passed.

Completion

Completion evidence is the helper's archive path plus archived and remaining task counts; a no-checked-task result is a successful no-op. Dry-run completion requires rendered paths/content with no filesystem changes. Finish with ### 📦 Archived <count> checked tasks and concise TODO/archive/scope/count rows; use ### ✅ Nothing to archive — no files written for a no-op and ### 🔎 Archive preview — no files written for dry runs. Do not repeat full dry-run document content in the final message or add decoration to TODO/archive files, paths, commands, or helper diagnostics.