Create first task

Open terminal and run the following command:

yui create cook pho-ga soup

New task will be created, but how to see it?
Execute:

yui list heap

You should see the table like this:

Pick the task by id

2nd column is task id. In our case it is 1, so, run:

yui pick 0

Now, yui list heap will show no tasks, as for task is moved from the heap to current tasks
View current tasks with

yui list cur

Now you should see this on your screen:

You are ready to start working on the task.

Open task

Task can be opened with any text editor you want, but for now, let’s use default system editor

yui open 0

Here is an example, what you should see:

What do you see here? Top section:

---
name: "cook pho-ga soup"
created: 2023-02-25 22:09:52 
context: 
project: 
filename:  2023-02-25_22.09.52__cook_pho-ga_soup.0.md
status: new
id: 0
---

This is technical information about task. You will might want to adjust name, context, project, also you will need to change status.

Mark task as “work”

Change status value from “new” to “work” like this.

And save the task.
If you will be interrupted - you will know where to return.

Make notes as you go

Write down ingredients

Make a plan

Mark steps as done

Done? Mark task as done

and save the file.

yui list cur

Will show task as done, like this.