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task-triage-matrix
Triage an overwhelming task list into what actually gets done — the urgent/important sort applied honestly (with the two corrections the classic matrix needs), the do/schedule/delegate/drop verbs, and the list hygiene that keeps triage from becoming a weekly archaeology dig. Use when asked my task list is overwhelming, triage my todos, everything feels urgent, or what should I actually work on. Produces the sorted list with verbs, the urgency audit (what's fake-urgent), the drop list with permission, and the intake rule.
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# Task Triage Matrix Skill
Task lists overwhelm because everything on them claims equal standing — the strategic project and the reply-to-Bob sit as peers, and urgency (the loudest signal) wins by default, which is how important-not-urgent work starves for months. The classic urgent/important matrix helps but needs two honest corrections: *urgency is usually inherited, not assessed* (someone else's "ASAP" is a claim, not a fact — audit it), and *the matrix without verbs is a mural* — every task leaves triage with one of four: do (now, timeboxed), schedule (a real calendar block, not "later"), delegate (with the [delegation-brief](../delegation-brief/SKILL.md)), or drop (explicitly, with permission granted).
## What This Skill Produces
- **The sorted list** — every task placed: urgent×important with the two corrections applied, each with its verb
- **The urgency audit** — the fake-urgent unmasked (inherited ASAPs, self-imposed phantom deadlines) with real dates attached
- **The drop list** — the tasks leaving the list forever, with the permission framing that makes dropping stick
- **The intake rule** — the one-question gate that keeps the list from re-bloating
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