Features Overview

Capture

Get things out of your head and into the system instantly.

Quick Add

Cmd+Shift+A. Natural language parsing: “Send report p1 tomorrow #work” becomes a structured task with priority, date, and tags.

From Selection

Cmd+Shift+T. Highlight text anywhere, one keystroke creates a task linked back to the source.

Wiki Stubs

Cmd+Shift+W. Capture concepts, people, and references as stubs to develop later.

Meeting Recording

Cmd+Shift+R. Start recording, Pensum creates the meeting note and captures audio.

Plan and Execute

See what matters. Work through it. Keep everything moving.

Today View

Due today, overdue, and scheduled. The single view that answers “what do I need to do right now?”

Inbox

Unprocessed tasks. Triage manually or let Smart Triage suggest projects.

Forecast

1, 2, or 4 weeks ahead, grouped by day. See what’s coming before it arrives.

Calendar

Month and week grid. Tasks on dates. Drag a task to a different day to reschedule.

By Project

All open tasks grouped by project. Collapsible groups. Click any task to edit.

Search

Full-text search across every task in your vault. Live results as you type.

Filters

Build and save custom queries: status, priority, project, tags, date ranges, text.

Activity

Completion history grouped by day. What did you finish this week? Streak tracking.

Meetings (Pro)

Every meeting becomes actionable in your vault.

Record

Audio capture via your device microphone. Saved to the vault as a .webm file.

Transcribe

OpenAI transcription with speaker diarization. Speaker 1/2/3 labeled automatically.

Summarize

AI-generated summary: overview, key topics, decisions, open questions. Structurally marked as AI content.

Extract Actions

AI extracts action items with owner, due date, and source timestamp. You review each one before accepting.

AI Features (Pro)

AI augments your workflow. You stay in control.

Smart Capture

Toggle AI in Quick Add. Understands your projects, suggests tags, resolves dates from context.

Smart Triage

One click in the Inbox. AI suggests which project each task belongs to. Accept or skip, per task.

Provenance

Every piece of AI content is structurally marked. You always know what you wrote vs. what was drafted.

Agents (Pro)

Your AI agents participate in your workflow, not just observe it.

MCP Server

14 tools for Claude Desktop and Claude Code. Query tasks, capture on your behalf, read project state.

CLI

pensum task list —filter today. TTY-aware output. JSON when piped. Built for scripts and agents.

Everything else

• Subtasks: indented tasks under a parent, with completion progress (2/5)
• Recurrence: every day, week, month, year, weekday, or specific day of the week
• Right-click menu: complete, reschedule (Today, Tomorrow, +3d, Next week), edit, delete
• Drag to reschedule: drag tasks onto calendar days
• Status bar: “3 today, 2 overdue” always visible at the bottom
• Task cleanup: auto-remove completed tasks after configurable retention days
• Project templates: customizable via .pensum/templates/project.md
• Encrypted API keys: AES-256-GCM encryption, never stored as plaintext in the vault