User Guide for TaskBot, your virtual task-keeping assistant

Features

Getting Help

Type ‘help’ in the search bar to get instructions on how to use TaskBot.

You may add the feature’s name to find out more about that feature.

Example usage:	Expected outcome:
help todo	Adds a todo task to the tasks list
	Format: todo [desc]
	desc: The description of the todo task

Adding Tasks

TaskBot supports three types of tasks, todo, deadlineand event tasks.

Tasks are automatically saved for future viewing once they are inserted.

Todo

A todo task is the most basic of tasks.

todo (desc) - TaskBot takes in the task description as a mandatory argument.

Example usage:	Expected outcome:
todo go running	Adds a todo task with the description of “go running”

Deadline

A deadline task supports the inclusion of a deadline.

deadline (desc) /by (time) - The additional time parameter follows the format YYYY-MM-dd HHmm in 24 hour format.

Example usage:	Expected outcome:
deadline return book /by 2020-09-15 2200	Adds a deadline to return the book by the time specified

Event

An event task is a task that occurs by the specified time.

event (desc) /at (time) - The additional time parameter follows the format YYYY-MM-dd HHmm in 24 hour format.

Example usage:	Expected outcome:
event meet friends /at 2020-09-15 1000	Adds an event to meet friends by the time specified

Searching for tasks

TaskBot supports viewing of the tasks added so far and also searching by keywords.

List

Lists all the tasks that have been added, in order of when they were added.

list - No additional arguments needed

Example usage:	Expected outcome:
list	A numbered list of tasks. If the list is empty, TaskBot will notify you via a message.

Find

Allows you to find tasks which description matches the any of the given keywords

find (keywords) - Multiple keyword entries are supported, just seperate them using whitespaces.

Example usage:	Expected outcome:
find run book	Shows a list of tasks with either “run”, “book” or both in their descriptions.

Upcoming

Allows you to find tasks which happens in the next n days. Todo tasks are regarded to always happen and are always listed.

upcoming (days) - the number of days ahead to search for tasks, integer values only.

Example usage:	Expected outcome:
upcoming 2	Shows a list of tasks happening within the next 2 days.

Editing tasks

You may edit the tasks in various ways.

Done

Completes the task at the index in the list provided by the list command.

done (index) - Completes a task at the index, if valid.

Example usage:	Expected outcome:
done 2	Marks the task at index 2 as complete, as viewed when the list command is called.

Delete

You may also delete any tasks that you no longer require.

delete (index) - Deletes a task at the index, if valid.

Example usage:	Expected outcome:
delete 2	Deletes the task at index 2 as complete, as viewed when the list command is called.

Exiting the program

You may simply exit the program by typing the exit command.

A goodbye message will appear from TaskBot, and the application will close after a few seconds.