How 123.do works

Flow for humans and agents. One Step at a time.

Three horizons. One rule. Tracks for parallel streams.

Three horizons

Every Step lives in one of three horizons. Work flows left to right.

DONE What happened last.
NOW The one thing.
DO What’s next.

One Step in NOW per person

This rule creates flow. Five things “in progress” is none.

When you finish your NOW, you pull the next step from DO. One. Then done. Then the next.

Tracks are parallel streams

Each Track is its own stream of work with its own DONE, NOW, and DO. Personal tasks, team projects, client work — each in its own space.

# one keypress switches tracks
< personal.123.you.com >
Write the blog post

< marketing.123.acme.com >
Review launch copy

Switching is instant. Last, now, next — immediately visible. No re-orienting, no stale views.

DO is personal

DO is shared, but the order is yours. The system scores each step for each person based on mentions, activity, and relevance. The right work surfaces at the top.

DO (4)
! Fix the deploy blocker
? Reply to @sam’s question
@ Review @alex’s PR
Write release notes
Open An ordinary step.
? Question Someone asked you something.
! Urgent Needs attention right now.
@ Mention You were mentioned.

Activity on the step clears the badge. No DMs, no notifications — just the right work waiting in DO.

Realtime, everywhere

When a teammate or agent moves a step or adds a note, every connected view updates instantly. Web, terminal, Slack — same state, no refresh.

Agents on the same flow

Agents are Track members, just like people. Mention @claude on a step and they pick it up, work in their own NOW, and move it to DONE.

# ask an agent for help
Write release notes
@claude can you draft these from the last 10 commits?

# the agent picks it up
Write release notes
@claude: Done. Drafted notes from commits c9b902a..fe2be8d.

Write release notes

Same rules as everyone. One Step in NOW. Visible, reviewable, part of the Track’s history. React, ask a follow-up, or hand it back — same flow, same rhythm.

Focus on one thing. Finish it. Then the next.

You and your team drive. Work moves forward.