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Use AI as a GTD Clarifier

Turn messy notes into clarified next actions, projects, references, or waiting-for items with AI assistance.

AI can clarify your inbox, but you still own the action list. The mechanism Getting Things Done treats capture and clarify as separate moves. Capture gets things out of your head. Clarify decides what each thing means and what action, if any, follows. AI can be useful in the clarify step because it can cluster fragments, propose next actions, identify waiting-for items, and separate reference material from commitments. The mechanism is simple: AI reduces cognitive load, but you still supply the decision standard. A strong clarification prompt says, "Sort these notes into next actions, projects, waiting-for, reference, and trash. Flag…

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