RecoReco/README.md

# RecoReco -- calendar-scheduled recurring cards

Kanboard's built-in recurrence is event-triggered (a card recurs when you move or close it).
RecoReco adds **calendar-triggered** recurrence: a card fires on a date, on its own, via cron --
made for bills, rent, and subscriptions.

A card marked recurring **stays** as a template; on schedule, RecoReco spawns a plain
(non-recurring) copy into a column you choose. The template advances to the next date; the copy
keeps the fired date.

RecoReco is opt-in per card and inert until you mark a card, so it needs no per-board setting. It
leaves native recurrence untouched (the two are mutually exclusive per card).

## The idea

- **The due date is the anchor.** All timing (day, month, weekday, time) is read from the card's
  due date -- there are no separate date inputs. A card without a due date cannot be made recurring.
- **Frequencies:** yearly, monthly by day, monthly by weekday, weekly, daily.
- **Last day of the month:** an explicit checkbox (honored only when the due date is the last day,
  or the last such weekday, of its month).
- **Lead time:** "create the copy N days before the due date", so the card shows up early enough
  to act on; the copy is still due on the real day.

## Status

Early development. This version adds the **Recurring schedule** modal (a task sidebar action) and
stores the settings in task metadata. The scheduling engine and the cron command arrive in the
following versions.

## Requirements

- Kanboard >= 1.2.0

## Installation

Copy this folder into your Kanboard installation as `plugins/RecoReco/`. The directory name must be
exactly `RecoReco` (Kanboard derives the plugin namespace from the folder name). No build step and
no database migration.

## License

AGPL-3.0. See LICENSE.