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Needs Today
Water 2 plants today

Example data. Your panel shows your own.

Needs Today panel template

Plants, pool chemicals, kids' chores, an aquarium or garden beds: one pill each, with today's to-dos lit up.

Which things need attention today, adjusted for heat, rain and conditions.

Refreshes
Daily
Connects to
Public web
Row
Know the status
Open Hark (opens in a new tab)

Paste it into Hark’s chat. Hark asks about the gold parts, one short question at a time, then builds the panel on your Home.

The prompt

This is the "Needs Today" template from Widget Index. Keep it a Needs Today panel, titled "Needs Today" unless I ask for a different name. Before you build it, ask me only about the parts marked [ask me], one short question at a time, in plain words that fit a Needs Today panel, with two or three concrete options each time. Skip anything you can work out yourself or that has an obvious default. Then build it.

Build me a panel on my Home called "Needs Today".

What it shows: one sentence with the headline (like "Water the fern and basil today"), then [ask me: the things i look after], one status pill each, showing whether it needs attention today. Start from each one's usual rhythm ([ask me: each item + its usual rhythm]) and adjust it for [ask me: what changes the schedule] in [ask me: my place].

Where the data lives: the list above, plus a public weather forecast for that place. Read only.

Look: make the face of the panel the design, not a list of numbers. A short stack of status pills, one per item, each with a colored dot: green for fine, gold for needs attention, red (gently pulsing) for broken. Under the visual, one short insight line that tells me what matters right now (like "Water 2 plants today"), with a dot colored by urgency: green fine, gold needs attention, red act now. Dark background, gold #DEAB42 accent, small title. One visual and one insight on the face; any extra detail goes below it, never on top.

Rhythm: refresh daily, early in the morning. Re-check the source each time and keep only current values; never invent one.
Use: glance.

Ways to use the Needs Today template

  • HomeWater my houseplants
  • OutdoorsPool chemicals and cleaning
  • FamilyKids' chores today
  • PetsAquarium needs today
  • CookingKeep the herb garden alive
  • OutdoorsGarden beds this week

How to add it to your Hark Home

  1. 1

    Copy the prompt

    Press Copy prompt above. It is plain words, no code.

  2. 2

    Paste it into Hark

    Open Hark and paste the prompt into the chat.

  3. 3

    Answer a few questions

    Hark fills the gold blanks with you, then the Needs Today panel shows up on your Home.

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