Productivity tools windows

Ready-made prompts for planning and organizing around productivity tools windows.

Adapt my Windows setup for laptop and tablet use

Adapts your desktop habits for a laptop or tablet with touch, battery and small-screen changes, listed as settings to find and test yourself.

Adapt the Pomodoro method to my workday

Adapts timed work intervals to your real workday, with interval lengths as numbers, a rule for interruptions and a one-week test.

Build a copy-and-paste routine around clipboard history

Builds a routine for using clipboard history in your daily work, with a rule for what never to copy, and when to clear it.

Build a pre-call checklist for video meetings

Builds a pre-call checklist for audio, video, lighting, sharing and privacy that takes under five minutes, tuned to your type of calls.

Design a custom zone layout for my monitor

Designs a custom window zone layout for your monitor and apps, with zone sizes in percent and a plan to test it for a week.

Design a folder structure for File Explorer

Designs a folder tree for File Explorer from your file types and projects, with naming rules and a plan to move existing files in stages.

Design a time-blocked week for my Windows calendar

Builds a time-blocked weekly schedule from your fixed meetings and priorities, with buffers, focus blocks and what to enter in your calendar.

Pick built-in Windows tools for my recurring tasks

Maps your recurring tasks to the built-in Windows tools that cover them, with a first step for each and what to verify on your version.

Plan a backup routine for my PC

Plans a backup routine for your files with what to copy, where, how often and how to test a restore, without assuming any tool's features.

Plan a batch image resize and rename workflow

Plans a repeatable workflow to resize, rename and export many images safely, keeping the originals untouched and checking the result.

Plan a distraction-free focus session on my PC

Plans one 90-minute focus session with a preparation checklist, a distraction log and a wrap-up, using settings you confirm on your own PC.

Plan a safe disk cleanup for my PC

Plans a disk cleanup in safe-to-risky order, explaining each action before you run it and flagging anything hard to undo.

Plan a short screen recording for a tutorial

Plans a screen recording of at most five minutes with a shot list, spoken outline and a pre-recording checklist so nothing private shows.

Plan a task capture and review routine

Plans a simple routine for capturing tasks in one place and reviewing them daily and weekly, sized to the minutes you can spare.

Plan an inbox routine for my email client

Plans a daily inbox routine with check times, folders or labels and rules, based on your volume and what your email client lets you do.

Plan one Power Automate flow for a routine task

Plans one automated flow for a repetitive task, with trigger, numbered steps, a test plan and a list of what to verify in your own setup.

Plan snap layouts for my screen and tasks

Plans which window arrangements to use for your main tasks on your screen size, with a habit to practice for a week.

Set up a Sticky Notes system for my desktop

Designs a simple system for using digital sticky notes on your desktop, with note categories, a daily cleanup step and a limit on how many to keep.

Split my work across virtual desktops

Decides how many virtual desktops you need and which apps and windows belong on each, with a rule for switching and for ending the day.

Structure my Microsoft To Do lists for the week

Proposes a list structure for Microsoft To Do from your commitments, with naming rules, a daily view and a weekly reset routine.

Write a 10-minute drill to launch apps by keyboard

Writes a 10-minute practice drill for launching apps and files from the keyboard, built around the ones you open most.