Views & CQL

Views (saved filtered views)

A view is a saved, named view that pulls tasks from all boards, filters them, then groups and sorts them however you like. It lives in the sidebar and is great for cutting across boards — "everything due this week", "all my P1s", "deep-work tasks", etc.

Creating a view

1. Click + in the sidebar's Views section.
2. Give it a name, and optionally an icon and color for the sidebar.
3. Define the filter — either with the visual rule builder (pick conditions, combine with all/any) or by writing CQL directly (see below). Both produce the same result.
4. Choose Group by: None, Board, Project, Milestone, List (column), Priority, or Deadline bucket.
5. Choose Sort by: Deadline, Do date, Start date, Priority, Created, or Manual.
6. Save. The view appears in the sidebar; click it to view.

When grouping is None and sorting is Manual, you can drag to arrange tasks by hand. Edit or delete a view from its row menu.

The Overview dashboard

The Overview shows several views side by side as columns — a single dashboard of your most important views. Add a view to the Overview, drag the columns to reorder, and click a column to jump into that full view. Use it as your daily "command center".

CQL — Clarity Query Language

CQL is the text syntax behind view filters and search. Combine conditions with and / or and group with parentheses. and binds tighter than or. Quote any name that contains spaces or a reserved keyword (e.g. tag:"deep work").

Conditions

Priority

priority = 1
priority <= 2
priority is set
priority is not set

Flexibility

flexibility is roll
flexibility is expire
flexibility is set
flexibility is not set

Recurrence

recurrence is set
recurrence is not set

Tags

tag:deep
tag:"deep work"
tag != errands

Dependencies — matches by the prerequisite task's title (quote it if ambiguous or reserved):

depends:"Design review"
depends != "Design review"

Dates — fields are deadline, do, start:

deadline is overdue
deadline is today
do within 7 days
start before 2026-07-01
deadline after 2026-06-10
deadline on 2026-06-15
deadline is set
do is not set

Location & grouping

board:"Work"
board != "Work"
project:Website
no project
milestone:"v1"
no milestone
column:Doing

Availability

available
blocked
deferred
not available

Custom fields

field:"Effort" >= 3
field:Status != pr
field:Notes contains "x"
field:X is empty
field:X is not empty

Combining

priority <= 2 and (deadline is overdue or tag:"deep work")

This reads: priority P1 or P2 and (overdue or tagged "deep work").

Worked examples

Goal	CQL
Today's critical work, anywhere	priority <= 2 and (deadline is today or deadline is overdue)
Available deep-work tasks	available and tag:"deep work"
Unscheduled important tasks	priority <= 2 and do is not set
This week on the Work board	board:"Work" and do within 7 days
Stuck items (no project, overdue)	no project and deadline is overdue

CQL is also the filter language for the AI assistant and for bulk updates — see Integrations → AI assistant (CLI).