taskratchet-docs
Integrations
Beeminder
Features
Enabling the Beeminder integration gives you three new features:
| Feature | Format |
|---|---|
| Post all new tasks to Beeminder on creation | Applies to all new tasks |
| Post to Beeminder goal(s) on task creation | [Task Name] &[Goal Slug] |
| Post to Beeminder goal(s) on task completion | [Task Name] *[Goal Slug] |
When a task is posted to Beeminder as a new datapoint, the following attributes are set:
| Datapoint Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Date | Date task was added, or completed if using *-tag |
| Value | Always 1 |
| Comment | Task summary, e.g., The Task by 3/24/2021, 11:59 PM or pay $10.00 |
Examples
Go shopping
On creation of the task, the default Beeminder goal you specified in your settings will receive a datapoint of 1.
Go shopping &shopping
On creation of the task, your shopping Beeminder goal will receive a datapoint of 1, in addition to your default goal.
Go shopping &shopping &chores
On creation of the task, your shopping and chores goals will both receive a datapoint of 1, in addition to your default goal.
Go shopping *shopping
On completion of the task, your shopping Beeminder goal will receive a datapoint of 1. In addition, your default goal will receive a datapoint of 1 when the task was created.
Go shopping *shopping &chores
On creation of the task, your chores Beeminder goal will receive a datapoint of 1, in addition to your default goal.
On completion of the task, your shopping Beeminder goal will receive a datapoint of 1.
Enable Beeminder Integration
To enable the integration, first navigate to your account settings.
Click “Enable Beeminder integration.”
You’ll be redirected to Beeminder’s website. Grant TaskRatchet access to your Beeminder account.
You’ll be redirected back to your account settings. Add the name of the Beeminder goal you’d like TaskRatchet to post your new tasks to, then click “Save.”
Now, whenever you add a new task, a 1 will be posted to the goal you specified in your account settings.
In addition, you can add a &goal-name tag to a task’s name to post to a goal on task create, and *goal-name
to post to the goal on task complete.