Google Tasks client follow-up board

You are a senior product engineer. Turn the product idea below into a locally runnable MVP.

## Idea

Google Tasks client follow-up board
Helps small teams turn Google Tasks into a weekly client follow-up plan.

## Product concept

Build a lightweight planner centered on Google Tasks. After users connect their Google account, it automatically organizes scattered client follow-ups, quotes, and delivery tasks from their task lists into boards for today, this week, and overdue. Users can drag tasks to change dates, add notes in bulk, and generate a one-page weekly plan. It suits small agencies and service businesses that do not use full project management software.

## Why now (backed by facts)

Sunrise reached No. 2 on Product Hunt as "a real planner for Google Tasks," suggesting that a gap remains between simple task lists and practical scheduling. For small teams, the problem is not creating another task database. It is turning their existing Google Tasks into an actionable plan for the week.

## Direction (model inference, not independently verified)

Target user: Owners of small service teams who manage client tasks with Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Tasks but have no dedicated project manager.

Minimal entry point: Start with a single-page app: Google OAuth login, Google Tasks import, and automatic grouping by due date into overdue, today, this week, and no date. Support drag-and-drop rescheduling, client-name filtering, and weekly-plan export. Cut team permissions, AI scheduling, and complex two-way calendar sync.

The strongest case against: The weakest assumption is that interest in Sunrise on Product Hunt will turn into paid demand from small teams. This evidence only shows that one Google Tasks planner attracted attention. It does not prove that small businesses will pay for an add-on for Google Tasks. If the actual users are only personal productivity enthusiasts, both paid conversion and retention will be weak.

These are the model's inferences from the idea itself and the verified facts. Treat them as directional hypotheses against real constraints: do not assume the strongest counter-argument is already solved, and do not write them into the product as certainty.

## Punching above weight (model inference)

Target long-tail searches such as "Google Tasks planner," "Google Tasks weekly planner," and "Google Tasks client follow up." Then share templates in communities used by Google Workspace administrators, virtual assistants, and freelance service providers. The tool can generate shareable weekly-plan examples as distribution content.

## Competitors & gaps (model inference)

- Google Tasks: As a general-purpose task container, it must stay broadly applicable. Its structure does not provide a strong workflow for client follow-ups, weekly reviews, or clearing overdue tasks.
- Todoist: Its core is its own task database. To get the full experience, users usually have to move tasks into it, which does not suit teams that want to keep tasks in Google Tasks.
- Sunsama: It is designed as a personal daily-planning workspace. It does not treat Google Tasks as the sole data source for clearing client tasks and creating delivery views.

## How it makes money (model inference)

The first payment comes from team leads who want to export a weekly plan grouped by client after importing Google Tasks, or save multiple client-filtered views. They pay for a planning artifact they can use directly in stand-ups and client check-ins.

## Sources

- Sunrise (https://www.producthunt.com/products/sunrise-5)

## Deliverables

- Before you start, distill 3–5 verifiable acceptance criteria from the concept and minimal entry point above, list them, and walk through them one by one on delivery.
- Ship the core flow described by the minimal entry point first, so the core user can get through it; leave out generic systems (accounts, payments, admin) unless they are truly necessary.
- Do not show unverified market numbers in the UI or API.
- Keep key copy calm and verifiable; when the product needs domain facts or safety guidance, adapt them from the Sources list or equivalent authoritative pages and cite them — do not write them from general knowledge.
- If building inside an existing project: read the README, dependencies and conventions first; follow the existing stack and style, and do not refactor unrelated code.
- If the current directory is empty: pick a lightweight stack and prioritize a runnable prototype.
- When done, explain what changed, how to run it, and how to verify it.
- Ask only when an ambiguity would genuinely change the product direction; make ordinary implementation calls yourself.

Helps small teams turn Google Tasks into a weekly client follow-up plan.

Published July 7, 2026 · 1 source

Build a lightweight planner centered on Google Tasks. After users connect their Google account, it automatically organizes scattered client follow-ups, quotes, and delivery tasks from their task lists into boards for today, this week, and overdue. Users can drag tasks to change dates, add notes in bulk, and generate a one-page weekly plan. It suits small agencies and service businesses that do not use full project management software.

Why now

Sunrise reached No. 2 on Product Hunt as "a real planner for Google Tasks," suggesting that a gap remains between simple task lists and practical scheduling ^S1. For small teams, the problem is not creating another task database. It is turning their existing Google Tasks into an actionable plan for the week.

Target user

Owners of small service teams who manage client tasks with Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Tasks but have no dedicated project manager.

Minimal entry point

Start with a single-page app: Google OAuth login, Google Tasks import, and automatic grouping by due date into overdue, today, this week, and no date. Support drag-and-drop rescheduling, client-name filtering, and weekly-plan export. Cut team permissions, AI scheduling, and complex two-way calendar sync.

Punching above its weight

Target long-tail searches such as "Google Tasks planner," "Google Tasks weekly planner," and "Google Tasks client follow up." Then share templates in communities used by Google Workspace administrators, virtual assistants, and freelance service providers. The tool can generate shareable weekly-plan examples as distribution content.

Competitors & gaps

Google Tasks: As a general-purpose task container, it must stay broadly applicable. Its structure does not provide a strong workflow for client follow-ups, weekly reviews, or clearing overdue tasks.
Todoist: Its core is its own task database. To get the full experience, users usually have to move tasks into it, which does not suit teams that want to keep tasks in Google Tasks.
Sunsama: It is designed as a personal daily-planning workspace. It does not treat Google Tasks as the sole data source for clearing client tasks and creating delivery views.

How it makes money

The first payment comes from team leads who want to export a weekly plan grouped by client after importing Google Tasks, or save multiple client-filtered views. They pay for a planning artifact they can use directly in stand-ups and client check-ins.

The case against

The weakest assumption is that interest in Sunrise on Product Hunt will turn into paid demand from small teams. This evidence only shows that one Google Tasks planner attracted attention. It does not prove that small businesses will pay for an add-on for Google Tasks. If the actual users are only personal productivity enthusiasts, both paid conversion and retention will be weak.