Productivity Plugin

A productivity plugin primarily designed for Cowork, Anthropic's agentic desktop application — though it also works in Claude Code. Task management, workplace memory, and a visual dashboard — Claude learns your people, projects, and terminology so it can act like a colleague, not a chatbot.

Installation

claude plugins add knowledge-work-plugins/productivity

What It Does

This plugin gives Claude a persistent understanding of your work:

Task management — A markdown task list (TASKS.md) that Claude reads, writes, and executes against. Add tasks naturally, and Claude tracks status, triages stale items, and syncs with external tools.
Workplace memory — A two-tier memory system that teaches Claude your shorthand, people, projects, and terminology. Say "ask todd to do the PSR for oracle" and Claude knows exactly who, what, and which deal.
Visual dashboard — A local HTML file that gives you a board view of your tasks and a live view of what Claude knows about your workplace. Edit from the board or the file — they stay in sync.

Commands

Command	What it does
`/start`	Initialize tasks + memory, open the dashboard
`/update`	Triage stale items, check memory for gaps, sync from external tools if applicable
`/update --comprehensive`	Deep scan email, calendar, chat — flag missed todos and suggest new memories

Skills

Skill	Description
`memory-management`	Two-tier memory system — CLAUDE.md for working memory, memory/ directory for deep storage
`task-management`	Markdown-based task tracking using a shared TASKS.md file

Example Workflows

Getting Started

You: /start

Claude: [Creates TASKS.md, CLAUDE.md, memory/ directory, and dashboard.html]
        [Opens the dashboard in your browser]
        [Asks about your role, team, and current priorities to seed memory]

Adding Tasks Naturally

You: I need to review the budget proposal for Sarah by Friday,
     draft the Q2 roadmap after syncing with Greg, and follow up
     on the API spec from the Platform team

Claude: [Adds all three tasks to TASKS.md with context]
        [Dashboard updates automatically]

Morning Sync

You: /update --comprehensive

Claude: [Scans email, calendar, and chat for new action items]
        [Flags: "Budget proposal review is due tomorrow — still open"]
        [Suggests: "New person mentioned in 3 threads: Jamie Park,
         Design Lead — add to memory?"]
        [Updates stale tasks and fills memory gaps]

Workplace Shorthand

Once memory is populated, Claude decodes your shorthand instantly:

You: ask todd to do the PSR for oracle

Claude: "Ask Todd Martinez (Finance lead) to prepare the Pipeline
         Status Report for the Oracle Systems deal ($2.3M, closing Q2)"

No clarifying questions. No round trips.

Data Sources

If you see unfamiliar placeholders or need to check which tools are connected, see CONNECTORS.md.

Connect your communication and project management tools for the best experience. Without them, manage tasks and memory manually.

Included MCP connections:

Chat (Slack) for team context and message scanning
Email and calendar (Microsoft 365) for action item discovery
Knowledge base (Notion) for reference documents
Project tracker (Asana, Linear, Atlassian, monday.com, ClickUp) for task syncing
Office suite (Microsoft 365) for documents

Additional options:

See CONNECTORS.md for alternative tools in each category