Priority — importance & urgency
How Clarity.Do ranks what matters using importance, urgency, and the Priority view.
Clarity.Do separates two things most lists confuse: how much a task matters (importance) and how soon it needs doing (urgency). Keeping them apart is what makes the Priority view useful.
Importance and urgency
Every task carries an importance and an urgency rating on a six-level scale, from “just for the record” up to the highest level. New tasks start at Normal for both.
- Importance — the consequences of doing this, or not.
- Urgency — how soon the deadline really is.
Setting these is a Pro feature. On the free Beginner plan every task stays at Normal, and the Priority view is locked. See plans & pricing.
The Priority view
Priority splits your active tasks into three buckets, inspired by the Eisenhower matrix:
| Bucket | Meaning | Do this |
|---|---|---|
| Urgent & Important | High importance and high urgency | First — these are the fires that matter |
| Urgent | High urgency, lower importance | Schedule or delegate; don’t let it crowd out the important |
| Important | High importance, lower urgency | Protect time for this before it becomes urgent |
Each bucket groups tasks under their project so you keep context.
Priority-aware sorting
On Pro and Premium, Clarity.Do also uses your importance and urgency ratings to order tasks within Focus and Upcoming, so the most consequential work rises to the top automatically — you don’t have to hand-sort.
Getting the most from it
- Be honest about urgency. If everything is “urgent,” nothing is.
- Reserve the top levels for the genuine few.
- Review the Important bucket regularly — that’s where planning prevents tomorrow’s emergencies.