todo tool

web development

01Tools
  • Claude
  • Supabase
  • Next.js
02Scope
Product design & development
03Client
neverdone
04Industry
Productivity

Case study / Product design & development

Turning an improvised agency workflow into a real product

Our agency’s FigJam board made project work visible, but routine tasks such as sorting, archiving and tracking ownership still demanded manual effort.

We turned that familiar canvas into a dedicated tool with structured workflows, live collaboration and a client-facing view—and now use it every day.

01 — One shared canvas for every client, project and task
02 — Dropping in a task, assigning it and setting a date
03 — A weekly clean-up that clears finished work off the board
04 — An archive of what got done, week by week
05 — A calmer client view with kanban, calendar and progress

01 / The starting point

Keep what worked about the board

We managed projects in FigJam, with a space for each client and colour-coded sticky notes for every task. The visual model worked well because everyone could understand the state of the agency at a glance.

The friction came from everything around it: completed tasks had to be archived by hand, cards needed manual sorting and time or ownership could not be tracked in a structured way.

02 / The product idea

Preserve the canvas and automate the maintenance

We set out to build a tool that felt as immediate as a FigJam board while handling the repetitive work our process required.

The first version established client sections with profile images, draggable cards and flexible colours. Automated sorting and grid snapping then brought order without taking away the board-like feel.

03 / The workflow

Build the missing agency features into the canvas

We added assignees, structured card content and an archive action that moves every completed task in one go. Supabase stores the data and supports the product beyond a single local board.

A dedicated client view lets clients follow project progress and create their own tasks, which appear directly in the agency canvas.

04 / The technical challenge

Make collaboration feel immediate and dependable

Multi-user editing introduced the hardest product problems: keeping title and description changes in sync, updating colours and placement quickly, and preserving a card’s final position as people move it around.

Invitation and password-reset flows added another layer of product infrastructure. We worked through these issues with Claude and founder support until the tool could support everyday team use.

05 / The outcome

A living product used by the team that designed it

The Todo Tool is now part of our daily workflow and continues to evolve through new features, interface refinements and bug fixes.

The next step is a public launch aimed especially at agencies managing work across multiple clients, bringing the workflow that solved our own problem to a wider audience.