integrations / tools / apps / etc that work with commits.to

[alys]

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.

Related topics:

• Any API for commits.to?
• A workflow for public commitments (Workflow.is + Beeminder + Commits.To + Wunderlist + Google Calendar)

GCal integration is built in to commits.to of course. I’ve found it helpful to create a sub-calendar in Google Calendar and I select that for all the commits.to events I create. It has a custom set of notifications that are better for to-do style “events” than my normal event reminders.
(Mini-feature-wish for commits.to: a setting for me to specify that sub-calendar so all my commits.to events are put into it automatically, but I don’t know if Google Calendar makes that possible and it could be considered settings-bloat in commits.to.)

TickTick https://ticktick.com/home is a freemium todo application with a website and a native app for Android, iOS, Mac, and Windows. It can import from Google Calendar (and optionally display only some sub-calendars) and so it can be used to add your commitments to your todo list. If you upgrade to premium, TickTick will read from Google Calendar directly and will pick up each new commitment as soon as you’ve used the GCal link. The free version on Android doesn’t directly integrate with Google but does read from your phone’s local calendar, so assuming you have the Google Calendar app on your phone, you just need sync it after you add a commitment to GCal to make it appear in TickTick. I don’t know if or how this works in the free versions on the other platforms.

[alys]

iOS Workflow/Shortcut to add commitment to commits.to and iOS reminders

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 to whatever your to-do app is if you use something else.) https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/031590f87d434b84a9b97335fca16355 I’m including a png of the full workflow, if you want to see what it does first. I hope this is useful to others out there! [commits%20workflow]

[alys]

Commits.to Creator in Android Tasker

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. If you’d like to try it, here’s an import link using Tasker’s new Tasker Net sharing feature: Commits.to Creator It consists of a small task and this scene: [Commits.to Creator scene] You configure the task to contain your own commits.to base URL (edit the first action in the task) and then run the task to see the scene. Enter your promise in the big …

[alys]

Commits.to bash script

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, not just the promise itself) then run this script. The script reads what’s in the clipboard, parses it to find the actual promise, creates a commits.to URL, shows it to me, then gives me the option of opening the URL in a browser or cancelling. If I choose to open it, the URL is…

[alys]

byorgey made an emacs command that uses the above bash script:

Commits.to bash script

I made an emacs command which works in conjunction with this script to make a commitment out of the current line or region: (defun commit-to-line-or-region () "Commit to something in the current line or region." (interactive) (let (pos1 pos2 bds) (if (use-region-p) (setq pos1 (region-beginning) pos2 (region-end)) (progn (setq bds (bounds-of-thing-at-point 'line)) (setq pos1 (car bds) pos2 (cdr bds)))) (copy-region-as-kill pos1 pos2) (shell-command "/bin/bash /home/…