# CommitsTo **URL:** https://forum.beeminder.com/c/commitsto/47.md [Latest](https://forum.beeminder.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.beeminder.com/categories.md) --- ## [About the CommitsTo category](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/about-the-commitsto-category/3826)
**Author:** [@dreev](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/dreev)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2018, 8:42pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/about-the-commitsto-category/3826 "2018-03-27T20:42:30Z")
Discussion of the commits.to commitment logger. This is similar to the TagTime category in that it’s a project pretty distinct from Beeminder but has various tie-ins. Like that the same people made it. And in this case … --- ## [Time bug!](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/time-bug/6049)
**Author:** [@shanaqui](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/shanaqui)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2019, 11:51pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/time-bug/6049 "2019-12-02T23:51:22Z")
Normally commits.to is very good at automagically getting the right auto-date settings, so imagine my surprise… URL: http://shanaqui.commits.to/go\_through\_linguist\_tiers\_before\_9th\_december, description of bug: it aut… --- ## [Ideas for the Beeminder + Commits.to integration](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/ideas-for-the-beeminder-commits-to-integration/5014)
**Author:** [@dreev](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/dreev)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2019, 2:18pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/ideas-for-the-beeminder-commits-to-integration/5014 "2019-10-16T14:18:55Z")
We have a couple proposals for Commits.to’s Beeminder integration in the spec. Here’s an extended list of ideas: Simple integration from the spec: +1 for each promise created Advanced idea from the spec: absolute succe… --- ## [White text on light grey??](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/white-text-on-light-grey/5880)
**Author:** [@byorgey](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/byorgey)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2019, 1:17am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/white-text-on-light-grey/5880 "2019-10-14T01:17:42Z")
Since when did the active (non-completed) commitments change to using white text on a light grey background? I find it incredibly difficult to read. --- ## [Onomastics: the noun for commits.to commitments](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/onomastics-the-noun-for-commits-to-commitments/5792)
**Author:** [@dreev](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/dreev)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2019, 11:06pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/onomastics-the-noun-for-commits-to-commitments/5792 "2019-10-09T23:06:59Z")
I brought this up in a beemail earlier this year and figure it should be here in the forum for posterity! We need a noun for the commitments in commits.to. “Commitments” seems too long/cumbersome. We’ve been using “prom… --- ## [Commits.to downtime](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/commits-to-downtime/5791)
**Author:** [@dreev](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/dreev)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2019, 7:38pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/commits-to-downtime/5791 "2019-09-20T19:38:30Z")
I screwed up the domain name renewal for commits.to and it’s going to be a while till I get it back. In the meantime I registered intends.to and @chrisbutler registered promised.to and I already had promises.to (thanks … --- ## [Protocol question: When someone tells you to nevermind](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/protocol-question-when-someone-tells-you-to-nevermind/4446)
**Author:** [@mary](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/mary)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2019, 6:05am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/protocol-question-when-someone-tells-you-to-nevermind/4446 "2019-07-30T06:05:04Z")
I was supposed to do something for someone and, when I followed up later to get details so I could follow through, they asked me to put a pin in it. Does that count as a completion, or should that commitment be deleted? --- ## [Commits.to FAQ (fairness, to-do lists, ...)](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/commits-to-faq-fairness-to-do-lists/3857)
**Author:** [@dreev](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/dreev)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2019, 5:21am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/commits-to-faq-fairness-to-do-lists/3857 "2019-05-18T05:21:14Z")
A couple questions that have come up chatting with some of you… (I figure we can collect questions here and turn this into an FAQ. So I’m wikifying this post. If you have an edit to make but it doesn’t let you, let me k… --- ## [Commits.to bash script](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/commits-to-bash-script/5199)
**Author:** [@alys](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/alys)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2019, 12:56am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/commits-to-bash-script/5199 "2019-05-08T00:56:30Z")
I’ve created the un\*x bash script below to semi-automate making a commits.to link when I notice that I’ve written a promise in a piece of text anywhere. I copy the text to the clipboad (it can be the whole body of text,… --- ## [integrations / tools / apps / etc that work with commits.to](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/integrations-tools-apps-etc-that-work-with-commits-to/4375)
**Author:** [@alys](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/alys)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2019, 6:55am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/integrations-tools-apps-etc-that-work-with-commits-to/4375 "2019-05-07T06:55:06Z")
This topic is for listing any tools you’ve found or written that work well with commitsTo. They could be apps, websites, scripts, Tasker tasks - anything that helps you create or be reminded of your commitsTo entries. R… --- ## [simplest-commitbee (Open Source)](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/simplest-commitbee-open-source/5232)
**Author:** [@yebyenw](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/yebyenw)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2019, 10:15am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/simplest-commitbee-open-source/5232 "2019-04-19T10:15:10Z")
I made a thing! It takes your promises on commits.to and turns them into dots on this graph You need to modify the source code if you want to use this for yourself… making this post satisfies this promise for me: h… --- ## [Commits.to proposal for the Quantified Self conference](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/commits-to-proposal-for-the-quantified-self-conference/4268)
**Author:** [@dreev](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/dreev)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2019, 5:39pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/commits-to-proposal-for-the-quantified-self-conference/4268 "2019-04-13T17:39:48Z")
I just submitted this as a possible talk: Tracking my personal reliability: I’ve made it a strict personal rule that every time I utter a statement starting with “I will” to someone, no matter how casually, I log the c… --- ## [Why I don't feel commits.to does what I want it to, and what I would prefer instead](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/why-i-dont-feel-commits-to-does-what-i-want-it-to-and-what-i-would-prefer-instead/4920)
**Author:** [@zzq](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/zzq)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2019, 5:35am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/why-i-dont-feel-commits-to-does-what-i-want-it-to-and-what-i-would-prefer-instead/4920 "2019-02-25T05:35:37Z")
In a recent email to @dreev, I wrote I wish there was some good way to use Beeminder for very short term goals, the kind you want to do exactly once, but very soon. Things like “I’ll write a reply to this sometime toda… --- ## [Questions about voided promises](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/questions-about-voided-promises/4747)
**Author:** [@kschachter](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/kschachter)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2019, 11:07am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/questions-about-voided-promises/4747 "2019-01-08T11:07:16Z")
A couple questions about voided promises in Commits.to: How are these treated in calculating the reliability score? From my brief testing it looks like they are excluded from score calculation? Is there a UX with which… --- ## [Philosophy: what to commit to](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/philosophy-what-to-commit-to/4572)
**Author:** [@shanaqui](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/shanaqui)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2018, 5:12am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/philosophy-what-to-commit-to/4572 "2018-11-26T05:12:22Z")
From the Beeminder Slack: So far I have resisted using commits.to for reading anything even when I genuinely do say I will/I should. It feels like cheating. On the other hand, a significant amount of my life involves r… --- ## [The "I will" Trigger-Action Plan](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/the-i-will-trigger-action-plan/4472)
**Author:** [@dreev](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/dreev)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2018, 12:37am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/the-i-will-trigger-action-plan/4472 "2018-10-28T00:37:23Z")
Here’s a dialog (well, mostly monolog) in our internal chat today in which I explained how my Trigger-Action Plan (TAP) for Commits.to works: First, me to @hmowilliams: You know more about \[blah blah\] so I’ll shut up … --- ## [Commits.to Feature Ideas](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/commits-to-feature-ideas/4563)
**Author:** [@alys](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/alys)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2018, 6:33am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/commits-to-feature-ideas/4563 "2018-11-16T06:33:10Z")
I thought I’d start a thread where we can put small ideas we’ve had for things we’d like to see in commits.to. I suggest posting just one idea per message so that likes and links will unambiguously point to a single sugg… --- ## [Any API for commits.to?](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/any-api-for-commits-to/3948)
**Author:** [@mbork](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/mbork)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2018, 4:56am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/any-api-for-commits-to/3948 "2018-11-12T04:56:34Z")
Can I get my list of commits by sending some HTTP request somewhere? How about confirming a commit (creating is easy) or marking it done? (You know why I ask this, don’t you?) --- ## [Commits.to Creator in Android Tasker](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/commits-to-creator-in-android-tasker/4515)
**Author:** [@alys](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/alys)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2018, 2:58am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/commits-to-creator-in-android-tasker/4515 "2018-11-12T02:58:50Z")
I’ve used the Android Tasker app to make a small tool for creating commits.to URLs, because tapping out the full URL is just TOO HARD. :smile: If you’d like to try it, here’s an import link using Tasker’s new Tasker Net … --- ## [Security, Privacy, and Data Integrity in commits.to](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/security-privacy-and-data-integrity-in-commits-to/4380)
**Author:** [@alys](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/alys)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2018, 12:36am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/security-privacy-and-data-integrity-in-commits-to/4380 "2018-10-24T00:36:20Z")
Currently by design anyone in the world can create, edit, or delete any of my commitments but I think this is unfortunately an undesirable feature. I love the idea of certain trusted friends and collegues being able to h… --- ## [Commits.to Scores and Additional Stats](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/commits-to-scores-and-additional-stats/4418)
**Author:** [@mary](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/mary)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2018, 8:54am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/commits-to-scores-and-additional-stats/4418 "2018-10-16T08:54:27Z")
@dreev and I had an off-forum conversation in which I mostly said false things and then came to false conclusions from the starting point of those false things, but in all of that, I think there are a couple that I’m sti… --- ## [Future Discounting](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/future-discounting/4076)
**Author:** [@dreev](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/dreev)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2018, 9:41pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/future-discounting/4076 "2018-10-15T21:41:50Z")
In the Commits.to spec I propose a 6% or 36% per year discount rate: Home · commitsto/commits.to Wiki · GitHub But then @byorgey said the following and everyone (who I asked in Slack) seemed to think he’s right: I fee… --- ## [iOS Workflow/Shortcut to add commitment to commits.to and iOS reminders](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/ios-workflow-shortcut-to-add-commitment-to-commits-to-and-ios-reminders/4421)
**Author:** [@mary](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/mary)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2018, 8:14pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/ios-workflow-shortcut-to-add-commitment-to-commits-to-and-ios-reminders/4421 "2018-10-15T20:14:14Z")
Here’s a workflow (now Shortcuts) that you can use, if you have iOS, to add a commitment to your commits.to and to your iOS reminders at the same time, both with the same deadline. (You can just change the reminders step… --- ## [What if we dropped dates in URLs altogether?](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/what-if-we-dropped-dates-in-urls-altogether/4232)
**Author:** [@dreev](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/dreev)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2018, 3:40pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/what-if-we-dropped-dates-in-urls-altogether/4232 "2018-10-11T15:40:50Z")
On the commits.to Slack, @chrisbutler and I and others have been debating aspects of the dates-in-URLs question (should there be special syntax in the URL for the due date, what future features should URL syntax potentia… --- ## [Creating a Beeminder goal](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/creating-a-beeminder-goal/4379)
**Author:** [@shanaqui](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/shanaqui)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2018, 10:45pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/creating-a-beeminder-goal/4379 "2018-10-09T22:45:22Z")
I’m guessing there’s no actual integration at this point, so how is anyone planning to Beemind this in the meantime? Or even when there is Beeminder integration – percentage of commitments fulfilled? Number of commitment… --- ## [Meta-commitment](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/meta-commitment/3837)
**Author:** [@dreev](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/dreev)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2018, 11:31am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/meta-commitment/3837 "2018-10-04T11:31:50Z")
I think the biggest problem with commits.to is that a typical new user (even an eager beta user) will create an account, create one or two commitments, then forget all about it. Their score will asymptotically approach z… --- ## [Proposed protocol/convention for using the Note field](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/proposed-protocol-convention-for-using-the-note-field/3838)
**Author:** [@dreev](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/dreev)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2018, 4:20am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/proposed-protocol-convention-for-using-the-note-field/3838 "2018-10-04T04:20:05Z")
This is something I started doing at some point and recommend: Always add a note to each promise with the context or the medium the promise was made in. See http://dreev.commits.to for examples. Advantages: You know w… --- ## [This post proves create-on-GET is untenable](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/this-post-proves-create-on-get-is-untenable/4238)
**Author:** [@dreev](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/dreev)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2018, 11:48am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/this-post-proves-create-on-get-is-untenable/4238 "2018-08-29T11:48:40Z")
It turns out that when editing a post in a Discourse forum, Discourse does GET requests (ie, fetches the URL) over and over again with every keystroke as you type it. Check out poor Alice’s commits.to gallery on our stag… --- ## [New default deadlines: 5pm the next business day (or today if before noon)](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/new-default-deadlines-5pm-the-next-business-day-or-today-if-before-noon/4269)
**Author:** [@dreev](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/dreev)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2018, 11:44am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/new-default-deadlines-5pm-the-next-business-day-or-today-if-before-noon/4269 "2018-08-29T11:44:14Z")
Important change! This only applies if your commits.to URL doesn’t specify a deadline, which has more and more often been the case for me. I make a lot of off-the-cuff “I will” statements with no explicit due dates but w… --- ## [Now Live: Fancy Sorting](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/now-live-fancy-sorting/4077)
**Author:** [@dreev](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/dreev)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2018, 3:58am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/now-live-fancy-sorting/4077 "2018-08-17T03:58:26Z")
We just changed how commitments in your gallery are sorted and I’m really liking it. Before I had some hopeless-seeming commitments always sorted to the top and it was kind of demoralizing. Now I have one only slightly l… [Next page](https://forum.beeminder.com/c/commitsto/47.md?page=1)