Our goal is for you to quickly enter your work without having to think too much about manual controls and settings – you can just type out your work like you'd think of it! Here's how:
Task Sentence Structure
In any order:
<Task name> <Work estimate> <Start> <Pinned date> <Due> <Assignee> <Priority>
Task name is the only required field to create a task
If Work estimate is not set it will default to a 15 minute task
If Start is not set it will default to today
If Pinned date is not set it will default to auto-schedule any time
If Due is not set it will default to anytime
If Assignee is not set it will default to the task creator
If Priority is not set it will default to normal
Task Sentence Language examples
Work estimate: for 30m, for 1.5h, for 1 hour 30 mins
Start date: start Monday, start next month, start Jan 1
Planned date: on Monday, on May 4
Due date: by Friday, due in two weeks, due by next month, by June 30
Assignee: @John, assign to Jill
Priority: !crit, !high, !low
NEW!
Completion: !done, !complete
Task Splitting: !split forces a task to be split. Useful in bulk editor or import.
Add to a project: File taxes #administration
Project Owner: @John in the project input
Full example tasks
Draft report for 2h @John start next week due Feb 21 !high
Creates a task "Draft report," sets the work estimate to 2h, assigns it to John, adds a start date of Monday next week, sets the due date to January 31, and the priority to High
Pay bill for 5m on Friday
Creates a task "Pay bill," sets the work estimate to 5 minutes, and pins the task to Friday
Plan next project for 3h @Wendy start Monday due next Friday
Creates a task "Plan next project," sets the work estimate to 3 hours, assigns the task to Wendy, adds a start date of Monday and a due date of Friday next week
Event Sentence Structure
In any order:
<Event Name> <Work estimate> <Start> <Pinned date> <Due> <Attendee> <Priority>
Event Name is the only required field to create a event as it will assume the next rounded hour will be the start time for the event with a duration of 1 hour.
If Start time and date is not set it will default to a next rounded hour today.
If Start is not set it will default to today
If Pinned date is not set it will default to auto-schedule any time
If Due is not set it will default to anytime
If Attendee is not set it will default to the task creator
If Priority is not set it will default to normal
Event Sentence Language examples
"Conference from June 1-3"
“Lunch from 1pm”
“Lunch from 1pm to 3pm”
"Lunch from 1pm for 3h”
"Lunch at 1pm tomorrow"
Lunch at 2pm next wed