Quick-add grammar

With quick add, an event or a task is created from one typed line. The line is read as you type, and what was understood is shown as chips under the field; the rest of the line becomes the title. Remove a chip to keep that text in the title instead. Parsing is done on the device; no model is involved.

For a guided tour, see Quick add.

Part	Events	Tasks	Effect	Forms you can type
Date	yes	yes	The day. Relative words, weekdays, dates in several orders, and offsets.	today, tonight, tomorrow, tmrw, tmr, tom, day after tomorrow, fri, friday, on fri, this fri, next fri, oct 12, 12 oct, October 12th, 12th of October, oct 12 2027, 2026-10-12, 10/12, 10/12/27, the 12th, on the 1st, in 3 days, in 2 weeks, in 1 month, in 2h, in 30 min, in an hour, +3d, +2w, next week, this weekend, next weekend, next month, end of month, end of the month, eom, this morning, this afternoon, this evening
Time	yes	yes	The time of day.	3pm, 3 pm, 3p, 3:30p, 3:30 pm, 15:30, noon, midnight, at 9, at 15, @ 9:30, by 5pm, in the morning
Time range	yes	—	A start and an end time (events).	3-4pm, 9:30–11, 2 to 4pm, 3pm - 4:30pm, from 2 to 4, 11-1pm, 10pm-1am
Duration	yes	—	How long an event lasts, or all day.	for 45 min, for 2h, for 1h30, for 1.5 hours, for 1 hour 30 min, for an hour, for half an hour, all day, all-day, or an amount right after the time: thu 3pm 45m, 3pm 1h30
Span	yes	—	Several days (an all-day event across a range).	12–14 oct, oct 28-30, oct 30 - nov 2, dec 30 to jan 2, fri to sun, from 12 oct to 14 oct
Repeat	yes	yes	A repeating event or task.	every day, every other week, every 3 days, every 2 weeks [on mon and thu], every month [on the 1st / on day 20 / on the last fri], every year, every weekday, every weekend, every mon, every mon, wed and fri, every first mon, every last fri, every 15th, daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, annually, weekdays
Reminder	yes	yes	A reminder before the start, or at a set time.	remind [me] 10m before, … 1 hour before, … 1 day before, remind [me] at 9am, remind 9am, remind tom 9am, remind fri at 5pm
Start	—	yes	A task's start date (it stays out of Today until then).	start mon, starts 12 oct, starting on fri, from oct 10
Location	yes	—	Where an event happens.	at Café Luna, @ Café Luna, @Hopleaf, in Room 204, at home
Guest	yes (suggestion)	—	People to invite (matching contacts are suggested).	with Dana, with Dana Whitfield, with Dana and Lee, with Dana, Lee & Sam, with dana@lumencoffee.example
Video	yes	—	A video call link.	+meet, +video, video
Priority	—	yes	A task's priority: high, medium or low.	!!!, p1, !!, p2, !, p3
Tag	—	yes	A task tag.	@phone, @errand
Collection	#Work (a calendar)	#Groceries (a list)	The calendar or task list to save to.	#Work, #Groceries, #Clinic_board

Notes:

• In a calendar or list name after #, type _, - or / for a space: #Clinic_board.
• [me] and [on …] in the table are optional words.
• Text in quotes is never parsed: with "Lunch at noon" fri, "Lunch at noon" stays in the title, quotes included.
• 10/12 is read in your locale's date order (month first or day first).
• Month and weekday names are English, with the usual short forms.
• A place after at or @ starts with a capital letter and runs to the end of the line, or to a comma, a date, a repeat word or with: Supplier call fri 14:00 at Back office is on Friday at 14:00, location Back office. After in, only words with a capital letter and numbers belong to the place (in Room 204). A known place, such as at home, needs no capital.

Examples

Input	Result
Lunch with Dana fri 12:30 at Café Luna	An event on Friday at 12:30, location Café Luna, Dana suggested as a guest.
Supplier call at Back office fri 2pm	An event on Friday at 2 pm, location Back office.
Studio standup every weekday 9:30 for 15 min +meet	A repeating event with a video link.
Offsite oct 28-30 #Work	A three-day all-day event in the Work calendar.
Renew studio insurance fri !! @phone	A task due Friday, medium priority, tagged phone.
Timesheet every fri 4pm remind 30m before #Studio	A repeating task in the Studio list with a reminder.
Book the dentist start mon	A task that starts on Monday.