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stable_id: skills/knowledge-work-plugins-productivity-skills-start-skill
type: skills
title: start
summary: Initialize the productivity system and open the dashboard. Use when
  setting up the plugin for the first time, bootstrapping working memory from
  your existing task list, or decoding the shorthand (nicknames, acronyms,
  project codenames) you use in your todos.
tags:
  - source-knowledge-work-plugins
  - plugin-productivity
  - plugin-component-skills
  - plugin-skill
  - category-productivity-tasks
source_url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins/main/productivity/skills/start/SKILL.md
license: ""
upstream_ref: https://github.com/anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins/blob/main/productivity/skills/start/SKILL.md
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github_forks: null
github_is_organization: null
retrieved_at: 2026-06-11T08:32:52.235Z
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