There are some key words you can automatically use to add dates, repeat intervals, priority, and lists when creating tasks. These can also be used in the subject line when emailing tasks to tasks@astrid.com.
Date (case insensitive)
Relative
- today
- tomorrow
Absolute, using either use the first 3 letters or the whole word
- mon, tue, wed, etc.
- monday, tuesday, wednesday, etc.
- jan, feb, mar, etc. + date + year (optional)
- january, february, march, etc. + date + year (optional)
Time
You can name the time of day, e.g., “Jog in the morning” or “Breakfast with Tiffany”
- breakfast (8am), lunch (12pm), supper (6pm), dinner (6pm), brunch (10am)
- morning (8am), afternoon (3pm), evening(7pm), night (7pm), midnight (12am), noon (12pm)
…or you can use a specific time
- 7am, 4:30pm, 10pm
- 7:00, 16:30, 22:00
- 7 o’clock
Repeating intervals
You can quickly indicate the repeat interval with words like…
- daily
- everyday
- weekly
- monthly
- yearly
…or you can be really specific
- Every 3 days / every three days
- Every week
- Every afternoon
- Every Friday
- Every month
- Every 2 years
Priority
For highest priority (red)
- !!!
- !3
- Priority 3
- Highest priority
For high priority (orange)
- !!
- !2
- Priority 2
- High priority
For low priority (blue)
- !
- Priority 1
- Low priority
For lowest priority (gray)
- Priority 0
- Lowest priority
Lists
- #list
- #(list name if more than one word)
- #list2 #list2