Tasks
Capture to-dos with a status, deadline, duration, and reminders, including recurring reminders.
✦ Highlights & Capabilities
- Five status schemes (To-do, Task, Kanban, Maru-Batsu, Buy Status)
- Deadline and task duration
- Reminder presets and 16 recurring patterns
- Automatic clean-up of completed tasks
- Tasks, Today, and Reminders views
# Tasks
A task is a to-do. Tasks have a status, an optional deadline and duration, and can carry reminders, tags, and a collection like any other item. There is also a Chore type with the same fields.
# Creating a Task
Use the Add button and choose Task. Give it a title, then optionally a note, deadline, duration, collection, tags, and reminder.
| Field | Options |
|---|---|
| Deadline | A date |
| Task Duration | 5 Minutes, 15 Minutes, 30 Minutes, 1 Hour, 2 Hours, All Day |
| Status | Depends on your status scheme (below) |
| Reminder | A preset or a recurring pattern (below) |
# Status Schemes
Choose a scheme in Settings → Status, or per type in Advanced Types.
| Scheme | Values |
|---|---|
| Kanban (default) | Backlog, In Progress, Done |
| Task | Not Started, In Progress, Completed |
| To-do | Todo, Done |
| Maru-Batsu | Rejected, Pending, Approved |
| Buy Status | Buy Later, Bought, Buy Again |
# Reminders and Recurrence
Reminder presets: Later Today, Tomorrow Morning, Tomorrow Evening, This Weekend, Same Time Next Week, Month End, First of Coming Month, Random Date, Pick Date, and Recurring.
Recurring reminders can repeat:
| Pattern | Options |
|---|---|
| Daily | Every day, every other day |
| Weekly | Weekly, every 2 weeks, every 3 weeks, weekdays, weekends, every Monday … every Sunday |
| Monthly | Monthly, first day of the month |
# Completed Tasks
Completed Task Retention (in Settings → Task Management) controls when finished tasks are cleared: Never (default), after 7, 14, or 30 days.
# Where to Find Tasks
- Tasks: all your tasks.
- Today: items added today.
- Reminders: everything with a reminder.