A different take on "nice views" — an advanced viewer my AI builds in minutes

[Alexander W.]

Hi all — I've been following the many recent threads on creating nicer views in MLO, and I finally thought I'd just chime in and share something that's been working really well for me.

First, to be clear: I'm a big MLO fan and I'm staying one — this isn't about replacing anything. MLO is and remains my single source of truth.

Alongside MLO's built-in filters and views, though, I've started doing something a bit different. I export my MLO data (the XML export) and hand it to my AI assistant — I call her Sage — then just describe the view I want in plain English: "group everything by my life areas, colour-code each one by status, and float the critical and overdue tasks to the top."

The surprising part: within minutes she builds me a completely individual little app that acts as an advanced viewer on top of my MLO data — showing my tasks exactly the way I think about them, not the way a filter dialog forces me to. No coding on my side, no template wrestling; if I want a column moved, a new grouping, or a weekly summary, I just say so and she rebuilds it.

So MLO stays the system of record, and the AI gives me bespoke views on top that would take ages to hand-craft. Happy to answer questions if anyone's curious about the setup. 😊

-Alexander

[Alex]

Sounds interesting.... Can you share your AI Assistant setup? Which system are you using (private on prep personal machine / cloud model etc...)

[Alexander W.]

i am currently working with claude code.
Thats all in terms of setup.

Although i am working on building a personal assistant with a memory system and all such things - but related to the chess thing it is only claude code basically.

Fun fact - since fable is out opus 4.8 with high effort has become kind of cheap - and opus 4.8 is genius already.

Q: just out of curiousity would anyone be interested in a viewer app - cloud based obviousy - based on a subscription? ;)

[Alexander W.]

to add - the app is obviously local on my machine. But putting it anywhere is just .... saying to claude where to put it and wait a few minutes... done ;)

[Alyona (MLO Support)]

Great, thanks for sharing this simple example of how MLO can be combined with AI

[Adam]

As in, a cloud-based app where we have to upload our data via XML for it to be able to analyze it?

[Alexander W.]

I am using claude code to get the app built.

The appis running local on my machine..

[Alexander W.]

No cloud needed for using the app... and getting insight into your data...

[Adam Shulman]

I was responding to: "Q: just out of curiousity would anyone be interested in a viewer app - cloud based obviousy - based on a subscription? ;)"

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[Alexander W.]

Ach.. that would cloud based, was my idea.

Is this a prob?

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[Adam Shulman]

I'm just not sure of the workflow. So we export an xml each time we want an updated analysis and upload it to the cloud?

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[Alexander W.]

The app needs to read the xml and extract the info.

Which is simple because of xml-format.

For the cloud based version... yes an upload would be needed. 

I could look into a local app. Did not try yet. 

Would this be of interest? 

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[Adam Shulman]

I think that any third part software which require a manual export from MLO to work is a non-starter for me. The whole point of MLO for me is to automate, simplify and get stuff out of my brain.

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[Alexander W.]

hm - i do not get your point? :)

my approach is
- not about replacing the MLO as "center of universe" :) - and core work on the contents. This is unquestioned and maximum efficient.
- but to add unlimited analytical and visualisation options powered by AI, which MLO will never be able to deliver with such flexibility and especially responsiveness.

for example - i asked since ages about the grouping in flexible year groups...
MLO has "next month" and then comes "future", when ordered by date. But i needed next month, next quarter, next year, next 5 years ... and then future.
now.... i have it. :)

And -- i can have my tasks even float in a 3d space and fly between them - if i wanted ;) - and interact with them for further analytics.