Chrona: Your To-Do List, Upgraded into AI-Executable Workflows

Overview

Chrona is a local-first AI work executor designed to bridge the gap between task management, scheduling, and AI execution. It transforms standard to-do lists into executable workflows where users define what should happen, when it may run, and which boundaries must not be crossed. Chrona creates reviewable plans, executes them manually or on a schedule, pauses for necessary human input, and preserves evidence and results with every task.

The tool connects four loops that typically live in separate tools: Task, Plan, Schedule, and Inspectable Execution.

Benefits

Chrona is designed for users who need to manage recurring research briefs and release preparations. It helps handle maintenance, follow-up tasks, and scheduled work that must move forward. The tool also supports running agents that require state management, approvals, recovery mechanisms, and persisted outputs.

Key features include:*Real Schedules:Tasks carry priority, estimates, due dates, dependencies, and schedule metadata.*Editable Plan Graphs:AI-generated plans can be reviewed, patched, accepted, rerun, and traced. They are materialized into typed graph nodes.*Graph-Based Execution:Supports task, checkpoint, condition, and wait nodes that support manual, assisted, and automatic work.*Due-Work Recovery:Provides schedule views, AI insights, conflict suggestions, proposals, waiting runs, and approval tracking to keep the next action visible.*Observable AI Work:AI workers receive scoped runtime refs instead of raw internal database IDs. Progress is reported through tools like chronanodecomplete, chronaconditionselect, and chronanodefail. Conversation history, tool traces, and outputs remain attached to the task.

Use Cases

Chrona is useful for several scenarios:*Task Management:Create a task with priority, estimates, due dates, dependencies, and schedule metadata.*Plan Generation:Turn rough context into a structured plan graph using AI.*Review Before Execution:Patch, accept, or rerun plans before they become executable task nodes.*Run with State:Execute nodes manually, with AI assistance, or automatically when configured.*Inspect and Recover:Review approvals, tool activity, failures, blockers, persisted outputs, and next actions from the workspace. Execution records stay attached to the task, including node state and tool activity.

Chrona is a Vite + Hono monorepo running on the Bun runtime with SQLite persistence. It includes a Web App, API Server, CLI and Binary, Shared Schemas, Database Layer, Product Engine, Plan Graph Runtime, and Provider Adapters.

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Additional Information

Chrona is alpha software. It is usable for local development and product exploration but is not stable software yet. Task, plan, schedule, execution, recovery, and result review flows work locally, but provider replay/resume, complete cross-run result history, production authentication, and operational hardening remain experimental or incomplete.

Maturity Summary:*Task Foundation:Usable (Create/update/delete, completion, status, priority, labels, dependencies).*Schedule Surfaces:Usable/Polishing (Timeline views, AI insights, conflicts, proposals).*Plan Generation:Experimental (Streaming AI generation, persistence, review/edit flows).*Execution Runtime:Experimental (Executable nodes with AI-visible refs).*Review Loops:Experimental (Dashboard and workspace surfaces for approvals).*External Calendars:Early (Read-only subscriptions, imported busy events).*Reliable Auto Execution:In Progress (Not stable yet).*Production Readiness:Planned (Authentication, backup/restore, deployment docs).

Chrona requires Bun >= 1.3.11. Installation involves downloading an archive for your platform, extracting it, and starting the application. Configuration involves copying .env.example for local overrides. Key variables include DATABASEURL, HOST, PORT, APIKEY, CHRONAWEBDIST, ALLOWEDORIGINS, and VITEAPIBASEURL.

FAQ:*Can I use Chrona without an AI provider?Yes. You can create tasks, schedule work, inspect the dashboard, and use task workspaces without an AI provider. Real AI plan generation and agent execution require a configured AI client (e.g., Claude Code or Codex).*Is Chrona production-ready?No. It is currently alpha software suitable for local development and exploration.*Does automatic execution run silently?No. Automatic execution requires configuration and remains visible through task workspace state, approvals, blockers, activity, and run records.

License: MIT