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Tasker User Guide

Your Ultimate Task Management Companion

Stay organized, productive, and in control with Tasker, the all-in-one task manager designed to simplify your life. Whether you’re managing daily to-dos, tracking deadlines, scheduling events, or handling fixed-duration tasks, Tasker has you covered. With its intuitive interface and powerful features, you’ll never miss a beat.

Input format

• description: A string for the task description.
  • The character | is not allowed.
  • The description ends when a whitespace followed by / is encountered, as everything after is treated as command arguments.
• datetime: A date and time in the format d/m/yyyy HHMM.
  • d: 1 or 2 digit of the day.
  • m: 1 or 2 digit of the month.
  • yyyy: 4 digit of the year.
  • HH: 2 digit 24H format of the hour.
  • MM: 2 digit of the minutes.
• hours: A positive integer of the hours required.
• minutes: A positive integer of the minutes required.
• index: An integer representing a task’s index, obtained from the number beside it in the list command..
• term: A string to search the tasks description with.

Whitespaces between command parts are ignored.

Adding tasks

Todos

Adds a simple task with a description to be done

Usage

todo {description}

Example

Input

todo Read a book

Output

Got it. I've added this task:
  [T][] Read a book
Now you have 1 tasks in the list.

Note

• Todo task label is T

Deadlines

Adds a task with a description and a deadline to complete it by.

Usage

deadline {description} /by {datetime}

Example

Input

deadline Complete assignment /by 15/2/2025 1800

Output

Got it. I've added this task:
  [D][] Complete assignment (by: Feb 15 2025 1800H)
Now you have 2 tasks in the list.

Note

• Deadline task label is D
• Can be in the past

Events

Adds a task with a description, a start and an end time.

Usage

event {description} /from {datetime} /to {datetime}

Example

Input

event Company meeting /from 16/2/2025 1400 /to 16/2/2025 1800

Output

Got it. I've added this task:
  [E][] Company meeting (from: Feb 16 2025 1400H to: Feb 16 2025 1800H)
Now you have 3 tasks in the list.

Note

• Event task label is E
• datetime for /from must not be after that for /to
• Can be in the past

Fixed duration tasks

Adds a task with a description and a required duration to complete

Usage

fixed {description} /hr {hours} /min {minutes}

Example

Input

fixed Wash clothes /hr 1 /min 45

Output

Got it. I've added this task:
  [F][] Wash clothes (needs: 1H 45M)
Now you have 4 tasks in the list.

Note

• Fixed duration task label is F

Managing tasks

Listing

Lists all tasks in the list.

Usage

list

Example

Output

Here are the tasks in your list:
1.[T][] Read a book
2.[D][] Complete assignment (by: Feb 15 2025 1800H)
3.[E][] Company meeting (from: Feb 16 2025 1400H to: Feb 16 2025 1800H)
4.[F][] Wash clothes (needs: 1H 45M)

Marking

Marks a task as complete.

Usage

mark {index}

Example

Input

mark 1

Output

Nice! I've marked this task as done:
  [T][X] Read a book

Notes

• Marking an already marked task produces the same output, and keeps the task marked.

Unmarking

Unmarks a task from being complete.

Usage

unmark {index}

Example

Input

unmark 1

Notes

• Unmarking an already unmarked tasks produces the same output and keeps the task unmarked.

Output

Ok, I've marked this task as not done yet:
  [T][] Read a book

Finding

Finds a task containing the search term in its description.

Usage

find {term}

Example

Input

find read

Output

Here are the matching tasks in your list:
  [T][] Read a book

Notes

• Matches partially.
• Case insensitive.

Deleting

Deletes a task from the list.

Usage

delete {index}

Example

Input

delete 1

Output

Noted. I've removed this task:
  [T][] Read a book
Now you have 3 tasks in the list.

Storage

Tasks are stored and loaded from the file at ./data/tasker.txt