Tao
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The todo list
where the work
gets done.

Capture, organize and check things off the way you always have. Hand a task to Tao and it does the legwork, preps what it can, and brings back only the calls that need you.

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macOS 15 Sequoia or later · Apple Silicon and Intel

Tao's Home project: your own tasks with checkboxes beside three tasks Tao is working on, shown as small robots, and the Talk to Tao bar at the bottom. Tao's Home project in light mode: your own tasks beside three tasks Tao is working on, and the Talk to Tao bar.
A real Tao window, rendered from a test copy with sample tasks.

Hand it over. Hear back in one line.

Everything Tao says lands on the task, written like a sharp assistant, not a chatbot.

Get 3 moving quotes

Reliable or Ace? Ace is $240 less and can do the 15th.

Find three dentists that take Aetna

Found 3 within 2 miles. Dr. Lee has Tue 9am open.

Draft the out-of-office note

Draft ready. Copy it into Mail when you're set.

Call the dentist about the cleaning

This one's yours. The number, your insurance ID and your free times are in the task.

Tell me when the refund lands

It landed: $84.20 back to your card on Nov 5.

Compare internet plans

Two beat yours. Couldn't confirm the install fee, worth checking.

Pick the contractor

Harbor, Ridge, or neither? Harbor's bid is complete; Ridge left out permits.

Get the deposit back

Waiting on Dana. Next check Tuesday.

Cancel the unused subscription

It's $15.49 a month on your card. The cancel link is in the task.

Collect the 1099s

Four of five are in. Still waiting on the brokerage.

Examples in Tao's voice, not customer quotes. Some of these jobs need connections that are still being built.

Bring your own model

Tao doesn't resell tokens. Sign in to OpenRouter from your browser, or use a model that's already running on your Mac. You don't need either to keep a list.

  • OpenRoutersign in in the browser
  • Local modelsalready on your Mac
  • ChatGPTcoming soon
  • No modelthe list works offline
  • No tokens resold.
  • No model pickers to babysit.
  • Capture never waits on a model.

One chat for your tasks and agents.

Press ⌘K on any page. Ask what's due, what's stuck, or what Tao is working on, and the answer links straight to the tasks. Press ⌘T to add one in plain words.

  • Answers point at real tasks, never a transcript.
  • No list of chats to manage. The record stays on the task.
  • Search, pages and local commands work with no model at all.
  • Agents report back in each task's conversation.

Try it: press and hold a checkbox.

  • Renew car registrationToday
  • Compare internet plansFri
  • Book flights for the Austin tripNov 12

A click completes. A hold hands it to Tao.

Tasks that turn into agents.

Hold a checkbox for a beat and it becomes a robot: On it. Tao does the task, preps it for you to finish, or hands it back with a reason. Hold the robot to take it back.

  • One question at a time, with a recommended answer.
  • Drafts come with Copy. Tao sends nothing on its own.
  • Sending, paying and booking always need your tap.
  • Every move leaves a trace and an undo.
A task's conversation. Tao: Found 3 that take Aetna within 2 miles. Dr. Lee has Tue 9am open, the earliest. Worth booking? A task's conversation in light mode, with Tao's one-line result about three dentists.
Results land in the task's conversation.
A draft out-of-office note from Tao inside the task, ready to copy into Mail. A draft out-of-office note from Tao inside the task, in light mode.
Drafts stay yours to send.
The Tao filter, grouped by who has each task: Needs you, with two questions, then Working, with tasks Tao is doing. The Tao filter in light mode: Needs you, then Working.
One built-in filter shows everything Tao has, grouped by Needs you, Working and Waiting.

Checking it off still feels like Todoist.

The loop you already trust stays exactly where it is. Capture it fast, put it in the right place and time, do it, check it off.

Quick Add with the text: Renew the passport before the trip, #Trips highlighted as the project and p1 highlighted as the priority. Quick Add in light mode, with #Trips and p1 highlighted.

  • Quick Add anywhere

    ⌥Space from any app. Saving is instant and offline.

  • Dates in plain words

    tomorrow 9am, every fri 4pm, after the 15th.

  • Today and Upcoming

    Plan the day against your calendar, read-only.

  • Priorities

    p1p2p3p4

  • Projects and sections

    Lists, boards and a quiet Brief at the top.

  • Labels and filters

    @calls, @errand, saved views.

  • Subtasks and recurring

    One level of real-world steps, on repeat if you like.

  • Bring your Todoist list

    Import a Todoist project CSV. Titles stay verbatim.

Today in Tao: a Waiting on you section with two questions from Tao, the day's timeline, and the tasks due today in a side column. Today in light mode, with Waiting on you, the timeline and tasks due today.
Today puts what's waiting on you first.

Local first. Fast on purpose.

  • Your list lives on your Mac. SQLite, no account needed.
  • Capture is sacred. Saving is instant and offline. Everything smart happens after.
  • Trust is enforced in code. Permissions live in the system, not in a prompt.
  • Native, not a web wrapper. SwiftUI, measured against a 10,000-task store.
~5 ms
to reopen
10,000
tasks in every budget
0
accounts required

Your list deserves
to get shorter.

Tao is a native Mac app. Capture like you always have, hand off the rest, and only make the calls that need you.

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macOS 15 Sequoia or later · Apple Silicon and Intel