Agent skill

No Nonsense Tasks

by sundial-org in sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills

No-nonsense task manager using SQLite. An agent skill from sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills.

No licenceAuto-check passedProductivity & Automation

Install No Nonsense Tasks

skills CLI
$ npx skills add sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --skill no-nonsense-tasks -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills no-nonsense-tasks --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/no-nonsense-tasks .claude/skills/no-nonsense-tasks && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
no-nonsense-tasks
GitHub stars
663
Token cost
~835 tokens
SKILL.md length
227 words
Files
16 (incl. scripts)
Skills in repo
383
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

No-nonsense task manager using SQLite. An agent skill from sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills.

  • Works in 4 steps: Add new ideas to backlog: task_add.sh… → Move tasks to todo when ready:… → Start work: task_move.sh --status… → …
  • Managing personal tasks
  • SKILL.md covers Prerequisites, Quick Start, Task Statuses and Commands, plus 1 more section
  • Runs Shell scripts from its folder

What it does

No Nonsense Tasks is an agent skill from sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills. No-nonsense task manager using SQLite. Track tasks with statuses (backlog, todo, in-progress, done), descriptions, and tags. Use when managing personal tasks, to-do items, project tracking, or any workflow that needs status-based task organization. Supports adding, listing, filtering, updating, moving, and deleting tasks.

Its SKILL.md is about 840 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 17 other files, including scripts (for example `AGENT.md`, `README.md` and `scripts/init_db.sh`).

It sits in Productivity & Automation, covering Task management and Task breakdown. It works with SQLite. The repository describes itself as: Top OpenClaw skills, with the most popular and useful ones.

When your agent uses it

  • Managing personal tasks
  • Project tracking
  • Any workflow that needs status-based task organization

Example prompts

  • “/no-nonsense-tasks”

Requirements

  • A Bash shell

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Add new ideas to backlog: task_add.sh "Task idea" --status backlog
  2. Move tasks to todo when ready: task_move.sh --status todo
  3. Start work: task_move.sh --status in-progress
  4. Complete: task_move.sh --status done

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit b80cde2. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Ships 11 files in scripts/ (Shell), which the agent can run.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

No Nonsense Tasks loads about 835 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 85 tokens; SKILL.md has 227 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~85
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~835

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 227 words (~835 tokens).

“Simple SQLite-backed task tracking. No fluff, no complexity, just tasks that get done.”

— opening of SKILL.md by sundial-org
name
no-nonsense-tasks

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 15 other files (scripts) in skills/no-nonsense-tasks of sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • AGENT.md
  • README.md
  • migrations/001_initial_schema.sql
  • mise.toml
  • scripts/init_db.sh
  • scripts/lib.sh
  • scripts/task_add.sh
  • scripts/task_delete.sh
  • scripts/task_filter.sh
  • scripts/task_list.sh
  • scripts/task_move.sh
  • scripts/task_show.sh
  • scripts/task_stats.sh
  • scripts/task_tag.sh
  • scripts/task_update.sh

Open the folder on GitHubat commit b80cde2

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Task Dependency Patternsyonatangross/orchestkit292—~1.9kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Works with

Questions about No Nonsense Tasks

What does No Nonsense Tasks do?

No-nonsense task manager using SQLite. An agent skill from sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills. No Nonsense Tasks is an agent skill from sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills. No-nonsense task manager using SQLite.

When should I use No Nonsense Tasks?

No Nonsense Tasks fits situations like: managing personal tasks; project tracking; any workflow that needs status-based task organization.

How do I install No Nonsense Tasks in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --skill no-nonsense-tasks -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/no-nonsense-tasks in sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills) into .claude/skills/no-nonsense-tasks in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install No Nonsense Tasks in Codex?

Run `npx skills add sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --skill no-nonsense-tasks -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/no-nonsense-tasks in sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills) into .agents/skills/no-nonsense-tasks in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use No Nonsense Tasks in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --skill no-nonsense-tasks -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/no-nonsense-tasks, .gemini/skills/no-nonsense-tasks, .github/skills/no-nonsense-tasks and .opencode/skills/no-nonsense-tasks in your project.

What does No Nonsense Tasks need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, No Nonsense Tasks needs a shell for the scripts in its folder. Our summary lists: A Bash shell.

Does No Nonsense Tasks access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is No Nonsense Tasks safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.

What licence does No Nonsense Tasks use?

No licence was found for No Nonsense Tasks or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does No Nonsense Tasks use?

About 835 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.3k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to No Nonsense Tasks?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with No Nonsense Tasks: Taskflow (LeoYeAI/openclaw-master-skills, 2.2k stars), Kanban (cyanluna-git/cyanluna.skills, 183 stars), Feishu Task (OPPO-Mente-Lab/X-OmniClaw, 265 stars) and Kanban Init (cyanluna-git/cyanluna.skills, 183 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains No Nonsense Tasks?

sundial-org (a GitHub organization) maintains it in sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills, which has 663 GitHub stars. The repository holds 383 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on March 7, 2026.

Source: sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.