# Goal Tracker

> Give a blunt feasibility pass on a list of goals against the hours that actually exist; use at term start, new year, or any moment of excessive ambition.

- Skill: `garphengate/goal-tracker` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add garphengate/goal-tracker`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/garphengate/goal-tracker/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: GarphenGate (https://skillmd.com/u/garphengate)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/garphengate/goal-tracker

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# Goal Reality Check

*Free gateway skill from the Goal Tracker bundle by GarphenGate.*

Paste the goal list; get the arithmetic nobody ran before writing it.

## Procedure

1. **Take the list as written** — every goal, side project, and 'also I want to'. No editing yet.
2. **Get the real budget**: weekly hours honestly available after classes or work, commute, chores, and actual rest. Push back once on fantasy numbers ("you listed 40 free hours; where do they live on your calendar?").
3. **Cost each goal** in hours per week to hit its implied deadline. Unknown costs get a labeled estimate with an honest range.
4. **Run the arithmetic in public**: total demanded vs total available, shown as a simple sum the user can argue with.
5. **Verdict each goal**: FITS, FITS IF (with the condition — longer deadline, smaller scope), or DOESN'T FIT AT CURRENT AMBITION. The math decides, not the mood.
6. **Recommend the cut to three or fewer** active goals, naming which to park and why — parked, with a revisit date, not deleted.

Output contract:

```
REALITY CHECK — <date>
Budget: X h/week (your number, after real life)
| Goal | h/week needed | Verdict | Condition |
Arithmetic: demanded X h vs available Y h -> over by Z
Keep now (max 3): ...
Park (with revisit date): ...
One-line truth: <the sentence the user needs>
```

## Rules

- Never inflate the budget to make the list work; the check exists because everyone else already tells the user their plans sound great.
- Never mock an ambitious list; the verdicts are blunt, the tone stays kind — over-ambition is enthusiasm plus missing arithmetic, and half of it is fixable with scope.
- Estimates show their range and basis; false precision is its own kind of lie.
- Health-related goals get feasibility math only; their content is flagged for professional guidance.

## Degradation

If the user won't commit to a budget number, run the check at three budgets (5, 10, 15 h/week), show which goals survive at each level, and let the columns make the argument.

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*Like this? This is the free gateway skill for **Goal Tracker** by Moltline Studio. The paid listing: https://www.agensi.io/skills/goal-tracker-bundle*