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Tasks · Quick Add
Natural-language quick add: a task in one line of plain words.
Quick Add lets you type a task the way you'd say it. Write 'Draft the deck #marketing !high due:monday @me' and Flaxxa Tasks creates the task with the tag, priority, due date and assignee already set. The faster capture is, the more tasks actually make it in.
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Type it, don't fill a formDraft the deck #marketing !high due:mon @me
Becomes
Draft the deck
#marketingHighDue MonM You
#tag · !priority · due: · @who · every:Add
- No form
- One line
- Parsed for you
- #!@due:
- Sets a repeat
- every:
- From anywhere
- Press c
01 / 04
Why do tasks never make it into the tool?
It breaks your flow
Stopping to click through a dialog pulls you out of whatever you were doing.
So it lives on a sticky note
Tasks that are a hassle to add end up anywhere but the tool meant to hold them.
02 / 04
How does Quick Add work?
Type it like you'd say it
'Draft the deck #marketing !high due:monday @me': one line, plain words.
Tasks reads the shorthand
#tags, !priority, due: and start: dates, @people and list: are picked out.
every: makes it repeat
Add every:weekly or every:mon,wed,fri and the task recurs on that schedule.
It's in, fully set up
The task appears with the tag, priority, due date and assignee already on it.
03 / 04
What shorthand does Quick Add understand?
The shorthand that turns a sentence into a task.
#tags
Any #tag is added, and created if it's new.
!priority
! or !! for high and urgent, or !low, !med, !high, !urgent.
due: and start:
due:tomorrow, due:monday or a date, and a start date too.
@people
@me or a teammate's handle assigns the task.
list:
Drop it straight into a project with list: and the project's name.
every:
every:daily, every:weekday or every:mon,wed,fri makes it recurring.
04 / 04
What changes when capture takes one line?
More tasks make it in
When adding one is instant, you actually add them.
You stay in flow
No dialog to break your train of thought.
Set up on the way in
The task arrives tagged, dated and assigned.
Keep exploring
More Tasks capabilities
Organise
Group tasks into projects, tag and prioritise them, filter and sort by anything, search every project, and save the views you use, alone or shared.
Recurring Tasks
Recurring tasks that repeat daily, weekly, monthly or on chosen weekdays. The next one appears when you complete this one, with its assignees and tags.
Schedule
Set due and start dates, get task reminders in the app and by email, escalate overdue work, and let tasks blocked by another unblock themselves.
FAQ
Quick Add: common questions
It means typing a task the way you'd say it, including the date, tags and person, and letting the app pick those details out, instead of filling in a form field by field.
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