Marvin Help

Urgency

The Urgency strategy allows you to mark tasks that need attention soon, even if they don't have a hard deadline. While a Due Date tells you when a task must be finished, Urgency tells you that you should probably do this task sooner rather than later to avoid trouble.

How to enable

To enable this strategy, go to ☰ → Features/Strategies → Urgency.

How to use

Once enabled, you can mark tasks with up to 4 levels of urgency (represented by fire icons 🔥).

Adding Urgency

Type *urgent in a task title and pick it from the menu. Or use the Set urgency action in your hover buttons, Left Button or right-click menu.

Settings

You can customize how the fire icons look and behave in the strategy settings:

  • Simple mode (urgent or not): on by default. Turn it off to get three levels: Somewhat urgent, Urgent and Very urgent.

  • Enable intense fire level: adds Extremely urgent.

  • Icon Style and Use theme color: change how the icons look.

Why use this strategy?

Use urgency for tasks that need attention soon but don't have a fixed deadline.