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This workflow helps you capture tasks in real time and keep your reminder lists up to date without manual cleanup.

What this helps you do

Use Alter when tasks appear in conversation and you want immediate follow-through. It is useful for daily review, weekly planning, and keeping lists clean as priorities change.

Works with

  • App: Apple Reminders
  • Tool type: Local tool
  • Permissions: Reminders

What Alter can do today

Alter can create reminders, list upcoming tasks by date or list, mark items completed, reschedule tasks, move tasks across lists, delete reminders, and create new reminder lists.

What Alter cannot do yet

If several reminders have similar titles, Alter may ask you to clarify which one to update or remove. Including list name and due date in your prompt gives more deterministic results.

A realistic workflow

1

Capture tasks as they appear

Ask Alter to create reminders during meetings or chats.
2

Run a daily review

Ask for what is due today and this week, then reprioritize.
3

Close the loop

Mark completed items and move postponed tasks to the right date/list.

Copy/paste prompts

  • “Create a reminder ‘Send invoice’ due tomorrow at 09:00 in my Admin list.”
  • “Show my reminders due this week in Personal.”
  • “Mark ‘Send invoice’ as completed.”
  • “Move ‘Book dentist appointment’ to my Personal list and set it for next Monday at 10:00.”
  • “Create a reminder list called ‘Home Ops’.”
  • “Delete the reminder ‘Old follow-up task’.”

How to enable

1

Enable Reminders in Tools Manager

Open Alter -> click the three dots -> Tools Manager -> Local Tools -> enable Reminders.
2

Allow Reminders permission

On first use, macOS asks for Reminders permission. Allow access for Alter.
3

Run a quick test

Ask: “Show my reminders due this week.” If you get results, setup is done.

What to expect

  • If several reminders have similar titles, Alter may ask you to clarify which one to update or remove.
  • Add list name and due date in your prompt when you want deterministic results.