AI assistants

The Docket skill for Claude

The Docket skill teaches Claude how to work well with your tasks: which Docket tool to use for "what's on today" or "plan my day", how to break work into nested subtasks, when to ask before changing many tasks, and what to tell you when you ask for something the connector can't do (like deleting). It's free and open source, like Docket.

Download docket-skill.zip

The skill is instructions, not a connection. It pairs with the Docket connector: connect Docket first (Claude), then add the skill. Without a connector, Claude can still use the skill with the docket command line in Claude Code on Windows.

#What's in it

File	What
`docket/SKILL.md`	When to use the skill, the ground rules, common requests mapped to tools, planning steps, CLI fallback, example prompts
`docket/reference/tools.md`	All 26 connector tools and their arguments, generated from Docket's source

Read it on GitHub: skills/docket/SKILL.md.

The skill's description, which tells Claude when to use it:

Manage the user's tasks and to-dos in Docket, a self-hosted Microsoft To Do style app on Vikunja, through the Docket connector's tools (list_tasks, my_day, add_task...) or the docket CLI. Use when the user asks what's on today, wants to plan their day, week or a project, or to add, find, change, complete or organise tasks, subtasks, My Day, important items, due dates, reminders, repeats, lists, boards, assignments or the overview, or mentions Docket or their to-do list.

#Install in claude.ai and the Claude apps

Skills you upload on claude.ai also work in the Claude desktop and mobile apps.

Make sure code execution is on: Settings > Capabilities > Code execution and file creation (on Team and Enterprise plans an owner turns on skills for the organization).
Download docket-skill.zip. Don't unzip it.
In Claude, open the Skills settings and choose to upload a skill, then pick the zip.
Turn the Docket skill on.

Claude's menus change from time to time; Anthropic's help article Use skills in Claude has the current steps and plan requirements.

#Install in Claude Code

Claude Code reads skills from folders. Unzip docket-skill.zip and copy the docket folder to either:

For	Folder
Every project	`~/.claude/skills/docket/` (Windows: `%USERPROFILE%.claude\skills\docket`)
One project (shared with the repo)	`.claude/skills/docket/` in that project

So that you end up with ~/.claude/skills/docket/SKILL.md. From a clone of the Docket repository you can copy it directly:

Shell

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r skills/docket ~/.claude/skills/

PowerShell

New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force "$env:USERPROFILE\.claude\skills" | Out-Null
Copy-Item -Recurse skills\docket "$env:USERPROFILE\.claude\skills\"

Start a new Claude Code session; the skill is used automatically when you talk about your tasks. Connect Docket too, locally or remotely: Claude Code setup.

#Try it

"What's on my plate today? Put the three most urgent in My Day."
"Plan the product launch next week as a project with subtasks, then show me the tree."
"Break #42 into subtasks: research, draft, review, send."
"Add 'Send the Q3 invoice' to Work, due Friday, high priority, and remind me Thursday at 4pm."
"How did this week go?"

#Using it with other assistants

SKILL.md is plain Markdown. For ChatGPT, a custom GPT or a local model, paste its sections 2 to 5 into the instructions or system prompt; they work the same with any assistant that has the Docket tools.

#Updating

When a new Docket release adds tools, download the new zip and upload it again (or copy the folder again). The tool reference inside is regenerated with every release.