Most “AI in a task manager” means suggestions inside a card or a generated checklist. AI Planner has a dedicated task agent: you write in plain language, and it performs planner actions — create, close, find done work, append a note. It is not autonomous company AI and not a bot that silently edits other people’s projects. You stay the author of every step.
What the agent does in practice
- Create a task with a title, Eisenhower quadrant, and due date
- Close or update an existing card
- Find done work when you remember the gist but not the exact title
- Append a note to a task (Notes tab in the card)
- Multiple chat sessions — separate threads for a release, a client, or personal work
Classic capture still works: text, voice, or screenshot → tasks. The agent does not replace the matrix — it speeds up working with it.
How this differs from “just chatting with GPT”
A generic chat does not know your quadrants, projects, or completed tasks. The agent inside AI Planner is product-bound: replies attach to cards, and actions write to the same database as manual input. If a request is ambiguous, it asks — better one clarifying question than a quiet mistake.
Sample dialogue
- “Create a task: prepare the client report by Friday, put it in Q1”
- “Find what I closed about the release last week”
- “Add a note: waiting on legal review”
Then open the matrix or Today and see the same result without retyping. For a full day workflow, see Matrix, Today, and the agent.
Honest limits
- You need an account; AI calls share the demo fair-use quota
- The agent does not manage other accounts or run without your request
- Calendar meetings require a CalDAV connection
Pricing details are on the pricing page. Shipped changes are listed in the changelog.
Where to start
Sign up, open the agent tab in the planner, and send a real request from today’s chaos — not a toy example. Comparing with Todoist? See AI Planner vs Todoist.