From 1472501a1f552b55513d11cbd47dc2df39a78662 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kelly Thomas Reardon <ktr3223@pm.me>
Date: Thu, 7 May 2026 16:49:14 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] grouped notifications into a single notification instead of
 one per task

---
 Start-DoneTickNotifier.ps1 | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Start-DoneTickNotifier.ps1 b/Start-DoneTickNotifier.ps1
index b14584f..b01f14d 100644
--- a/Start-DoneTickNotifier.ps1
+++ b/Start-DoneTickNotifier.ps1
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ function Get-Chores
 $today = (Get-Date "23:59:59")
 $chores = Get-Chores
 
+$overdueTasks = @()
+$todaysTasks = @()
+
 foreach($chore in $chores)
 {
     if ($chore.nextDueDate)
@@ -61,16 +64,40 @@ foreach($chore in $chores)
         if (($dueDate - $today).Days -lt 0) #OVERDUE
         {
             write-host "$($chore.name) $dueDate is overdue!"
-            Send-Notification -title "OVERDUE TASK" -content "$($chore.Name) is overdue! Due date is $($chore.nextDueDate)"
+            $overdueTasks += $chore
         }
         elseif (($dueDate - $today) -lt 1) #due today
         {
             write-host "$($chore.name) $dueDate is due today!"
-            Send-Notification -title "TASK DUE TODAY" -content "$($chore.Name) is due today!"
+            $todaysTasks += $chore
+            # Send-Notification -title "TASK DUE TODAY" -content "$($chore.Name) is due today!"
         }
         else
         {
             write-host "$($chore.name) $dueDate is due in the future"
         }
     }
+
+}
+
+if ($overdueTasks.Count -ne 0)
+{
+    Write-Host "Sending a notification for $($overdueTasks.Count) overdue tasks"
+    $content = "The following tasks are overdue!\n"
+    foreach($overdueTask in $overdueTasks)
+    {
+        $content += "$($overdueTask.Name) was due $($overdueTask.nextDueDate)\n"
+    }
+    Send-Notification -title "OVERDUE TASKS" -content $content
+}
+
+if ($todaysTasks.Count -ne 0)
+{
+    Write-Host "Sending a notification for $($todaysTasks.Count) tasks due today"
+    $content = "The following tasks are due today!\n"
+    foreach($task in $todaysTasks)
+    {
+        $content += "$($task.Name) is due $($task.nextDueDate)\n"
+    }
+    Send-Notification -title "TODAY'S TASKS" -content $content
 }
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