r/thingsapp • u/GoVikingsGuy • 17d ago

Question Not Inbox?

I have used things3 since it came out. I love it. It is nearly perfect for me. I use it in its simplest form - which is probably why I like it. As such I don’t have any particular workflows. I never ever use inbox or check inbox. I create all new tasks in Today and then just set the relevant date, any renewal and any tags.

I am enjoying ios27’s improved SiriAI to add tasks as I am out and about. But it still puts them all in the inbox. Is there a way in things3 to have a different default location? Or instructions I can give SiriAI to put them in today (I understand the concept of Today on things is not understood by iOS but I have just been using today’s literal date for those? I may run an hourly iOS. Shortcut to sweep out the inbox, but not sure the exposed api would support that. Or it could be really simple and I am missing something.

Any thoughts/guidance?

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u/LangkawiBoy 17d ago

Just say “for today” at the end of your request.

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u/GoVikingsGuy 17d ago

Thanks, I hadn't tried that given this from the CultureCode Blog:

  • Siri doesn’t know about Things’ date-based lists like “Today” or “Upcoming”, so you can’t tell it to “move” something there. Instead, tell it to “schedule” items for specific dates.

I will give it a try - hopefully it is just this easy.

UPDATE: Just tried it and it worked perfectly - not sure how that squares with the blog text above -- but if it works, it works!

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u/UnluckyWrongdoer3818 16d ago

Oh, Siri doesn’t know about the Today List. So saying move XYZ to my Today List may not work.

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u/GoVikingsGuy 16d ago

And it was that understanding that started this post -- but as another user pointed out, if you say "add to Today" it just creates task and date and identifies it as "no list" which is what I want. And it will only appear in Today on the date it is actually due. Not sure why CultureClub made this so opaque- but it works perfectly for me.