Create a Task

This article explains how to quickly create tasks using the task creation feature.

Open Task Creation

Open the task creation dialog using any of the following methods.

• Click the “Add Task” button in the sidebar
• Press the keyboard shortcut N

Basic Usage

1. Type the task title in the task creation dialog.
2. Press Enter or click the “Add” button.

The task will be created.

Set Tags

Type #tagname in the title input field to automatically set tags.

Example:

Write report #work #important

This input creates a task titled “Write report” with the tags “work” and “important”.

Tag Input Tips

• Typing # displays existing tag suggestions.
• Use arrow keys to select a suggestion and press Enter to confirm.
• Typing a new tag name creates a new tag.

Set Due Dates with Natural Language

Including a date expression in the title input field automatically sets a due date.

Supported Date Expressions

Input	Interpretation
today	Today
tomorrow	The next day
day after tomorrow	Two days from now
end of week	This Friday
Monday, Tuesday…	The next occurrence of that day
next Monday	That day of next week
1/15, January 15	The specified date
end of month	The last day of the current month
beginning of month	The 1st of the next month

Example:

Submit report tomorrow

This input creates a task titled “Submit report” with a due date set to the next day.

Combined Input Example

You can specify tags and due dates at once.

Create presentation #work #important Friday

This input creates the following task:

• Title: Create presentation
• Tags: work, important
• Due date: Next Friday

Input Preview

While typing, a preview of the parsed result appears at the bottom of the dialog.

• Title: The extracted task name
• Tags: Recognized tags
• Due Date: Recognized date

Review the parsed result before clicking “Add”.

Adjust from Preview

The automatically parsed content can be manually adjusted from the preview area.

1. Click the tag or due date fields in the preview area.
2. Change or remove values using the popover.
3. Click the “Add” button.

Close Task Creation

• Press the Escape key
• Click outside the dialog area
• Click the “Cancel” button