If you want more granularity than just `wishlist' what about the `severities': todo-critical todo-minor todo-... Then get a list of available severities with $ be list --help | grep -A1 '^severity' severity wishlist,minor,serious,critical,fatal,todo-critical,todo-minor And show all the todos: $ be list --severity todo-critical,todo-minor You can configure all the severities you'd like with $ be set severity wishlist,minor,...