one-step-at-a-time

One Step at a Time (OStaaT)

A comprehensive daily task, project, and life management plugin for Claude Code using the PARA method. One step at a time.

What It Does

• Transform messy thoughts into organized, actionable tasks
• Track projects with goals, timelines, and auto-calculated progress
• Manage areas of life (Home, Health, Finances) with recurring items
• Three-tier recurring items: Habits, Maintenance, Obligations with consequence tracking
• Daily workflow with automatic task rollover and gentle reminders
• Load awareness — data-driven, never assumes emotions
• Central workspace — manage tasks from any Claude Code project

Install

claude plugin marketplace add https://github.com/OneAngryDBA/one-step-at-a-time.git
claude plugin install one-step-at-a-time

Then restart Claude Code and run /setup to initialize your workspace.

How It Works

OStaaT installs globally and uses a central workspace — a single directory (and git repo) where all your tasks, projects, and areas live. You can run OStaaT commands from any Claude Code project and they all read/write to the same place.

~/.config/ostaat.json          → points to your central workspace
~/Documents/ostaat/             → your tasks, projects, areas (git repo, KEEP PRIVATE)
~/code/any-project/             → run /start-day, /dump, etc. from here — uses central workspace
~/code/client-project/
  └── .claude/one-step-at-a-time.local.md  → optional: override to use a local workspace

Workspace Modes

• Dedicated — the repo exists for OStaaT. Data files at root.
• Shared — the repo has code too. OStaaT files live in .ostaat/ subdirectory.

Run /setup to configure.

Commands (22)

Setup

Command	Description
/setup	Initialize OStaaT workspace (central or per-project)

Daily Workflow

Command	Description
/start-day	Initialize today, roll forward tasks, show reminders
/dump	Quick task capture
/brain-dump	Full guided brain dump
/add-task	Add a single task with guided questions
/review-day	Mark complete, review upcoming items
/refine	Refine existing tasks
/archive-old	Archive files older than 3 days

Projects

Command	Description
/new-project	Create a new project
/list-projects	Show all projects with status
/update-project	Update project details or archive
/link-task	Link tasks to projects or areas
/reopen-project	Restore archived project
/review-projects	Weekly project review

Areas

Command	Description
/new-area	Create a new area of responsibility
/list-areas	Show areas with recurring item status
/update-area	Manage recurring items, promote to project
/review-areas	Periodic area review

Integrations

Command	Description
/allocate-time	Schedule against Google Calendar
/pull	Pull from Jira, GitHub, Slack

Help & Maintenance

Command	Description
/ostaat-help	Interactive help and command reference
/ostaat-unlock	Force-break a stale workspace lock

Skills (6)

The plugin includes proactive skills that respond to natural language:

• workspace-resolution — resolves which workspace to use before any command
• task-organization — organizes casual task mentions
• daily-workflow — guides your daily rhythm
• project-management — helps with project-scale work
• area-management — helps with chores, habits, obligations
• help — answers questions about how OStaaT works and what's available

Documentation

• Usage Guide — slash commands vs natural language, how to interact
• Setup Guide
• System Architecture
• Areas Design
• Projects Design
• Roadmap — planned enhancements and future ideas

License

MIT