Capturing Tasks

Quick add, inline create, and natural-language dates.

Quick Add

Every task list has a quick-add input at the top.

• Type the task title
• Press Enter to create

The new task is created in the current view's scope:

Where you quick-add	Goes to
All Tasks	No project, status defaults to your Default Sort Order setting
Today	Today as due date
Inside a project	That project, with the project's first status
Inside a status column (kanban)	That column

Natural Language Dates

Phrases parse into due dates as you type:

You type	memrynote sets
Buy bread tomorrow	Due tomorrow
Email Dana next Friday	Due next Friday
Pay rent in 3 days	Due 3 days from now
Quarterly review next month	Due first of next month

The parsed date appears as a chip you can adjust or remove before saving. If you don't want date parsing on a particular task, prefix or quote the text.

Priority and Project Inline

You can set priority and project inline during quick-add:

• ! High priority — exclamation marker for priority
• + Project name — plus prefix for project assignment

(These map to the same UI pickers used for editing existing tasks.)

From a Project View

Quick-add inside a project automatically assigns the task to that project. The status defaults to the project's first status.

Subtasks

To create a subtask:

• Use the inline + on a parent row
• Or indent within the quick-add field (Tab in some contexts)

Subtasks inherit nothing automatically — give them their own due dates and priorities as needed.

From a Note

Selecting a checklist item in a note offers a "Convert to task" action in the inline menu. The task is created with the note as a back-reference.

See Also

• List vs Kanban — view options
• Filters & Sorting
• Subtasks & Recurrence