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Duke Chat bot User Guide

Introduction

Duke chat bot is for people in need to manage their daily tasks via CLI.

Quick Start

• Ensure you have Java 11 or above installed in your Computer.
• Download latest duke.jar.
• Double-click on the duke.jar to start the application.
• Exit the app by typing in “bye”.

Features

1. Add a todo/event/deadline task
2. View the list of tasks
3. Mark certain tasks as completed
4. Delete a task
5. Find a task by keyword
6. Get reminder on upcoming dues

Usage

Todo - Add a todo task

Store a todo task which does not have time constraint.

Format: todo TASK_NAME

Example of usage:

• todo sampleTask creates the sampleTask in the task list.
  
  

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Event - Add an event task

Store an event task which needs to be done at a scheduled time.

Format: event TASK_NAME /at SCHEDULED_TIME

• SCHEDULED_TIME follows the format ‘YYYY-MM-DD’.

Example of usage:

• even sampleEvent /at 2020-03-12 creates the sampleEvent in the task list.
• The sampleEvent is to be done at March 12, 2020.
  
  

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Deadline - Add a deadline task

Store a deadline task which needs to be done before a scheduled time.

Format: deadline TASK_NAME /by SCHEDULED_TIME

• SCHEDULED_TIME follows the format ‘YYYY-MM-DD’.

Example of usage:

• deadline sampleDeadline /by 2020-11-12 creates the sampleDeadline in the task list.
• The sampleDeadline is to be done before Nov 12, 2020.
  
  

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List - Display the list of tasks

Generates the entire list of tasks stored in the app.

Format: list

• The displayed string is of the form [TASK_TYPE][COMPLETION_INDICATOR]TASK_NAME ([TASK_SCHEDULE]).
• TASK_TYPE can be T (Todo) / E (Event) / D (Deadline).
• COMPLETION_INDICATOR shows whether the task has been completed, a ✓ means done, a ✘ means not done.
• TASK_SCHEDULE is optional.

Example of usage:

• list returns all tasks’ information presented nicely.
  
  

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Done - Complete a task

Mark a task in the list as completed.

Format: done TASK_INDEX

• TASK_INDEX is an integer between 1 and length of list.

Example of usage:

• done 1 updates the status of the first task as “done”, represented as ✓.
  
  

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Delete - Delete a task

Delete a task in the list by its index.

Format: delete TASK_INDEX

• TASK_INDEX is an integer between 1 and length of list.

Example of usage:

• delete 1 delete the first task from the list.
  
  

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Find - Search for relevant tasks

Find the tasks containing certain keywords specified by the user.

Format: find KEYWORD

• KEYWORD is limited to 1 word.

Example of usage:

• find sample returns all tasks whose name contain the word 'sample'.
• Here the outputs are sampleEvent and sampleDeadline.
  
  

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Reminder - Get notified of upcoming due

Remind the use the upcoming events/deadlines sorted by their schedule.

Format: remind TASK_NUMBER

• TASK_NUMBER is amount of upcoming tasks the user wants to know.

Example of usage:

• remind 1 returns the earliest 1 task the user hasn’t completed.
• If the task’s scheduled time has past, the returned task will also indicate it.
• Here the earliest task is sampleEvet, which should be done at March 12, 2020. The output also shows [Schedule past!] to remind user this event has past and not been done.