Agree, not everything needs a special format or spec. To me, it just obfuscates the core purpose of a to-do list for me, which is to record the bare essentials

Agree, not everything needs a special format or spec. To me, it just obfuscates the core purpose of a to-do list for me, which is to record the bare essentials to remind me of things I need to do, then do them and forget about them. Anything else is just more overhead I don't need.