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Categorizes tasks by urgency and importance using the Eisenhower Matrix. Helps when your task list feels overwhelming and you need to decide what to do, defer, delegate, or drop.
npx claudepluginhub jeffreytse/grimoire --plugin grimoireHow this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both
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/grimoire:apply-eisenhower-matrixThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
Categorise every task by Urgent × Important to spend more time on what matters and less on what merely feels urgent.
Triages tasks and brain dumps using Eisenhower matrix into DO, SCHEDULE, DELEGATE, ELIMINATE quadrants. Applies rules for prioritization, deadlines, and conversion to actionable items.
Identifies the single most important or dreaded task each day and completes it first, before email or meetings. Use when planning a workday or session to eliminate procrastination.
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Categorise every task by Urgent × Important to spend more time on what matters and less on what merely feels urgent.
Adopted by: US military planning, executive coaching, Stephen Covey's 7 Habits curriculum, corporate leadership training globally Impact: Covey found most people spend 90% of time in Q1 (urgent+important) and Q3 (urgent+not important), leaving Q2 (not urgent+important) — the quadrant of strategy, health, and relationships — nearly empty
Urgency creates psychological pressure that hijacks prioritisation. The matrix makes the urgent/important distinction explicit, forcing the question "urgent to whom and why?" before acting. Sustained Q2 investment is the defining behavior of high-performing leaders and individual contributors.
Q1: Production outage, client deliverable due today, medical appointment Q2: Architecture design, team skill development, writing a strategic plan Q3: Most unscheduled meeting requests, someone else's urgent Slack ping Q4: Checking social media, rearranging files that work fine, reading irrelevant newsletters