Phase 2 Complete: Task Management is Here

After weeks of intense development, AGENDA Phase 2 is officially complete.

138 tests passing. Zero regressions. The task module is functional end to end.

What Was Built

Phase 2 covers the entire task management core — from the domain layer to the user interface, through the BLoC, Isar repositories, and three integrated productivity frameworks.

Productivity Frameworks

Eisenhower Matrix — A 2×2 grid that classifies tasks by urgency and importance. Do immediately what is urgent and important. Plan what is important but not urgent. Delegate the urgent but unimportant. Eliminate the rest.

1-3-5 Rule — Each day starts with a clear intention: 1 big task, 3 medium, 5 small. AGENDA enforces this constraint automatically, preventing the infinite list that never ends.

GTD (Getting Things Done) — Capture, process, organize by context, and weekly review. Nothing falls through the cracks.

Project Management

• Projects with subtasks and rolled-up progress
• Recurring tasks with auto-regeneration (daily, weekly, monthly)
• Real-time keyword search
• Advanced filters: status, priority, framework, date

Interface

• TaskListScreen with tabs per framework
• TaskFormScreen with 14 fields and real-time validation
• EisenhowerScreen — 2×2 grid with quadrant drag-and-drop
• DayPlannerScreen — 1-3-5 Rule view with visual slots
• GtdFilterScreen — filter by GTD context

Technical Decisions

BLoC as the single source of truth

Every task operation — create, update, complete, delete, filter — goes through TaskListCubit. The UI never accesses the repository directly. This makes state predictable and testable.

// All operations go through the cubit
await cubit.createTask(params);
await cubit.toggleComplete(id);
await cubit.applyFilter(filter);

Isar Community as the database

We chose isar_community (the active fork of the original Isar, abandoned since 2023) for its native read performance on device and reactive API via watchQuery. No SQLite, no JSON files — typed queries directly in Dart.

Tests without database mocks

138 tests, all against real repositories with Isar in-memory. Mocks only for external dependencies (notifications, auth). This taught us an important lesson from prior projects: database mocks hide schema and query issues that only surface in production.

Test Coverage

Next Steps

Phase 3 — Finance Core begins now. The goal: bring the same level of completeness to the finance module — transactions, budgets, savings goals, debts, and a dashboard with charts.

AGENDA is taking shape. If you want to follow along or contribute, the repository is open: github.com/lizzyman04/agenda.