Quick add

With quick add, one line of plain English becomes an event or a task. It is available in the calendar's quick create, the quick-add bar of the Tasks app, the Calendar and Tasks panels beside the page, the command palette ("New event: …", "New task: …") and the Android app. The line is read in the same way in the web app and on the phone.

Reading rules

• A word is taken only when it matches a rule exactly. Everything else stays in the title.
• Each word taken is highlighted and shown as a chip under the line, so the result is visible before saving.
• Click a highlighted word, or × on its chip, to keep it as plain text. Or press Backspace right after a word.
• Put text in quotes to keep it as it is: "Friday review" notes due mon.
• No model is involved. The same line always has the same result.

Events

Line	Result
Lunch with Mei fri 12:15 at Café Luna	Friday 12:15 to 13:15 at Café Luna, with Mei suggested as a guest.
Design critique tue 3-4pm #Work +meet	Tuesday 15:00 to 16:00 in the Work calendar, with a video link.
Standup weekdays 9:15 for 15 min	A repeating event every weekday at 9:15, 15 minutes long.
Offsite 14–16 oct	An all-day event over three days.
Dentist oct 12 2:30pm remind me 1 hour before	October 12 at 14:30, with a reminder an hour before.
Book club every first mon at 7pm	A monthly event on the first Monday.

• A date alone means an all-day event. A time alone means today, or tomorrow when the time has passed.
• Without a length, the event has your default length (calendar_default_duration).
• With with Dana, Dana is suggested as a guest. Nobody is invited until you click the guest's chip to confirm it.
• With #Work, the calendar is picked by name. The start of a name is enough.
• Use at or @ followed by a capitalised name, such as at Café Luna, to set the place.

Tasks

Line	Result
Call Dana fri 3pm !! @phone	Due Friday at 15:00, Medium priority, tagged phone.
Pay rent every month on the 1st #Errands	Due on the 1st of each month, in the Errands list.
Water the plants every! 3 days	Repeats three days after each time you complete it.
Renew the studio insurance by fri	Due Friday, no time.
Prepare the Q4 deck start mon due thu	Starts Monday, due Thursday.
Buy milk tom	Due tomorrow.

• !!! or p1 is High, !! or p2 is Medium, ! or p3 is Low.
• Use @phone to add a tag. Several tags are allowed.
• Use #Groceries to pick a list. When no list has that name, a new list by that name is offered.
• With every!, the next date is counted from when you complete the task.

Words that stay in the title

Ordinary words are left alone. These lines stay as titles:

• "Weekly review" (a repeat word only counts at the end of the line);
• "Read Sunday papers" (a bare weekday only counts at the end);
• "Meet May" (a month is read only with a day number);
• "Shopping for gifts" (for is read only with a length after it);
• "Call Tom" (only lower-case tom means tomorrow).

Full grammar

Quick-add grammar lists every date, time, range, length, repeat, reminder, place, guest, priority, tag and list form, with examples.