Prime Portico
About domains
Prime Portico is the first door into the areas of life you manage. It is not a morning prayer app and not a full project-management suite. It is a clear place for domains, responsibilities, and tasks — so you can see what you own and what needs to get done.
Why “kingdom / domain”?
Many of us juggle spheres that don’t fit in one work todo list: a job, a household, a church role, an HOA board, a side project. Portico treats each sphere as a domain — an area you steward.
“Kingdom” here means the whole field of life under your care, not a theology course and not a political program. If the word feels heavy, think areas of responsibility. Day-to-day we lead with “domains.”
The three building blocks
Domain
├── Responsibility (ongoing ownership)
│ └── Task (finishable work)
└── Task (finishable work without a responsibility)| Building block | Question | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Domain | Where am I responsible? | HOA · Work · Home · Church |
| Responsibility | What am I on the hook for ongoing? | Treasurer · School liaison · Client: Acme |
| Task | What can I complete next? | File Q3 report · Call the vendor |
Important: Checking off a task never “finishes” a responsibility. Responsibilities stay until you pause or archive them. Tasks come and go under them.
How to start
- Create a few domains (even two is enough: Work and Home).
- Under each, list responsibilities you already carry.
- Add tasks that are actually due — especially this week.
- Use Today to see overdue and due-today items across every domain.
You do not need a perfect org chart. Start messy; refine names later.
Example
Domain: HOA
- Responsibility: Treasurer — Task: Reconcile July statements; Task: File Q3 dues report
- Responsibility: Landscape liaison — Task: Walk property with vendor Saturday
- Task (no responsibility): Reply to neighbor about parking
Domain: Church
- Responsibility: Deacon on call — Task: Visit shut-in list week 1
What Portico is not
- Not My Matins — spiritual rhythms (stillness, Scripture, prayer, liturgies) live there
- Not a second brain for everything — v1 is domains + ownership + tasks, not notes/wiki/Gantt
- Not multi-user team PM yet — personal steward first
- Not automatic — it holds your list of what you own
Coming later (maybe)
Recurring tasks, lightweight people/contacts per domain, calendar views, starter templates (“New HOA domain”), and deep links into other apps. These are optional; the three building blocks stay the same.
Words we use
| We say | We mean |
|---|---|
| Domain | Area of life you manage |
| Responsibility | Ongoing accountability |
| Task | Completable work |
| Today | Cross-domain due / overdue inbox |
| Archive | Hide from daily use without deleting history |
This page is a first draft and may be refined as product language settles.