Eisengridby Bitfalls
Eisenhower matrix · Kanban · Archive

A task manager for priority and effort.

Eisengrid plots work on a priority/effort grid before it turns into a Kanban board. See what to do first, what to schedule, and what to drop, then move the chosen work through execution.

  • Drag tasks across the priority/effort matrix
  • Kanban, dependencies, due dates, and auto-expiring tasks
  • Public REST API and an installable LLM agent skill
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No signup for the demo. Changes stay in this browser. Paid accounts are €5.99/month or €59.99/year.

Public sandbox

Play with a real Eisengrid matrix.

No signup, no email, no server-side saving. The demo keeps one workspace and any projects or tasks you create in this browser only.

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Different starting point

How Eisengrid differs from Todoist, TickTick, and Notion

Those tools are useful; they begin from a different shape. Todoist is a fast list, TickTick is a larger productivity suite, and Notion is a database you can turn into a task board.

Eisengrid begins with the matrix. Priority and effort stay visible, so deciding what deserves attention is spatial from the start.

Todoist's own Eisenhower setup uses labels, filters, or priorities to recreate the quadrants. TickTick covers tasks, calendar, habits, Pomodoro, and its own matrix view. Strong product, different job.

API native

Works with agents and scripts.

Claude, Cursor, or Codex can create and update tasks through the Eisengrid API.

Scoped API tokens live in settings, the OpenAPI spec gives scripts a stable contract, and the installable agent skill gives local coding agents the routes and rules they need.

API docsOpenAPI YAMLAgent skill

Private mode

Private Vault for sensitive task text.

Private Vault encrypts sensitive task content in your browser before storage: task titles, descriptions, comment bodies, mentions, tags, project names, attachment names, and files. The server still sees operational metadata such as due dates, priority, effort, status, recurrence, timestamps, IDs, quotas, counts, and file sizes. The privacy boundary is explicit: the words and files inside your tasks are protected, while the machinery around them still has to exist.

Eisengrid in plain text

Eisengrid is a web-based Eisenhower matrix task manager for people who want priority and effort visible before work moves through status columns. It includes Kanban tracking, dependencies, due dates, projects and workspaces, browser-side Private Vault encryption for sensitive task text and files, a no-signup demo, a bearer-token REST API, and an installable LLM skill bundle at /skill.zip. Product updates live in the Changeblog.

Matrix first, Kanban when work moves.

Use the matrix to choose work by priority and effort, then switch to Kanban when status becomes the useful lens. Each task keeps both signals.

Matrix view

Choose work by priority and effort.

Every task plots on a 2-D grid: priority on the vertical, effort on the horizontal. The four quadrants make the tradeoff visible: do first, schedule, delegate, or eliminate. Drag any bubble to reprioritize on the fly.

Eisengrid matrix view with tasks plotted by priority and effort across four quadrants
Eisengrid kanban board with status columns and project-coloured cards
Kanban view

Track status without losing priority.

When you need to see what is in flight, switch to Kanban. Each card carries priority, tags, due date, project, and the matrix quadrant it lives in, so status does not erase the decision signal. Drag a card across columns to advance it.

Mobile

Matrix and Kanban on mobile.

Eisengrid can be installed to your home screen. The matrix collapses cleanly on phone: bubbles cluster, then expand on tap. Use the matrix when you are choosing work, Kanban when you are moving it.

Eisengrid matrix view on a phone

Built around the decision before the list.

Capture the work, plot it on a 2-D grid, and let the picture tell you what to do next.

Eisenhower matrix

Plot every task on priority vs. effort before status starts to feel like priority.

Kanban for status

Switch to the same tasks in a status-first view and move work through Planned, Started, Review, Finished, or Blocked.

Ethereal tasks

Set a shelf life for maybe-tasks so stale work retires when its window closes.

API and LLM skill

Documented REST API and a ready-to-install agent skill for Codex, Claude, Cursor, and scripts.