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Tasks & reminders
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View as MarkdownTasks is your to-do list. Add tasks by asking, accept the ones alfred_ suggests from your email, or bring them in from Google Tasks, and get a text when one is due.
On this page
| At a glance | |
|---|---|
| Where | Tasks in the sidebar, plus Google Tasks if you connect a Google account |
| Comes from | Tasks you add, tasks alfred_ suggests from your email that you accept, and Google Tasks |
| Reminders | A text when a task is due, if you turn task reminders on |
| Changes that ask first | Changing a repeating task |
Adding a task
Type it into Tasks, or ask anywhere you talk to alfred_. You don’t need a date; alfred_ asks only if it would matter.
- Add a task: send the proposal to Acme by Friday
- Remind me to call Dana tomorrow afternoon
- Put “renew the insurance” on my list for the 15th
Suggested from your email
When an email asks you for something, alfred_ suggests it as a task. Suggestions show on Tasks until you accept or dismiss them; nothing joins your list without your yes.
| Suggested | Not suggested |
|---|---|
| “Can you send me the signed copy by Friday?” | Vague notes with nothing to do (“we should catch up sometime”) |
| “Need your sign-off on the budget” | FYIs with no ask (“just letting you know we shipped”) |
| “Please confirm the delivery date” | Newsletters, receipts and automated alerts |
A suggestion carries the date from the email as its due date, and links back to the email it came from.
How dates are read
Dates are read the way people write them, in your time zone (Settings → Preferences):
- “Friday” is the coming Friday. Said on a Friday, it means next Friday.
- “EOD” is 5 PM your time. “EOW” is the end of Friday.
- “Tomorrow”, “next Monday”, “in two weeks” work as you’d expect.
Change a date in Tasks, or ask: “push the contract task to next Friday”, “move all the Acme tasks back a week”.
Working your list
- What’s overdue?
- What’s due this week?
- Mark the contract task done
- Do I have a task about the Acme proposal?
Tasks and follow-ups
A task is work you need to do; it stays until you check it off. A follow-up is a conversation waiting on a reply; it clears itself when the reply goes out or comes in. See Follow-up tracking. If a reply turns out to need real work, ask alfred_ to “make this a task” from the thread, and the task links back to the email.
Reminders
Under Settings → Notifications:
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Task reminders | A text when a task is due |
| Drafts | A text when a draft is waiting for your OK |
| Texts from alfred_ | The main switch. Off means no texts at all; you can still text alfred_. |
Reminders respect your quiet hours. If a reminder doesn’t arrive, check that texts are on under Settings → Notifications, that your phone is verified (see Text messages), and whether it fell inside quiet hours.