Taylor v1.0 User Guide

Taylor ChatBot is a desktop app that offers organisational tools including to-do list, deadline and event management.

• Quick start
• Features
  • Inserting tasks: todo
  • Inserting tasks: deadline
  • Inserting tasks: event
  • Listing out all tasks: list
  • Deleting task: delete
  • Mark a task: mark/unmark
  • Find a task: find
  • Search a task: search
  • Exit the program: bye
• FAQ
• Command Summary

Quick start

1. Ensure you have Java 11 or above installed in your Computer.
2. Download taylor.jar file
3. Create a file taylor.txt in the folder you have downloaded the jar file.

• This is where your database will be stored.

4. Refer to the Features below for details of each command.

Features

Note

After insertion, Taylor will announce the total tasks in the respective groups of tasks (todo, deadline or event).

Not the total tasks in the database.

Inserting tasks: todo

Adds a to-do task to the database

Format: todo <DESCRIPTION>

Example input:

• todo cry to 'You're losing me' from Midnights (The Vault)

Example output:

• [T][] cry to 'You're losing me' from Midnights (The Vault)
• Now you have ***Number*** tasks in the list.

Inserting tasks: deadline

Adds a deadline to the database

Format: deadline <DESCRIPTION> /by <YYYY-MM-dd HHmm>

Example input:

• deadline The Eras Tour /by 2024-03-02 1900

Example output:

• [D][] The Eras Tour (by: 02 Mar 2024 07:00PM)
• Now you have ***Number*** tasks in the list.

Inserting tasks: event

Adds an event to the database

Format: event <DESCRIPTION> /from <YYYY-MM-dd HHmm> /to <YYYY-MM-dd HHmm>

Example input:

• event The Eras Tour Singapore /from 2024-03-02 1900 /to 2024-03-09 2200

Example output:

• [E][] The Eras Tour Singapore (from: 02 Mar 2024 07:00PM to: 09 Mar 2024 10:00PM)
• Now you have ***Number*** tasks in the list.

Listing out all tasks: list

Lists the tasks that are in the database

Format: list

Deleting task: delete

Delete a task

Format: delete <TASK_TYPE> <TASK_INDEX>

Tip

Use list function to check the task of the task to be deleted

Example input:

• delete deadline 1

Mark a task: mark/unmark

Mark a task as done or unmark a task as incomplete

Format:

• To mark: mark <TASK_TYPE> <TASK_INDEX>
• To unmark: unmark <TASK_TYPE> <TASK_INDEX>

Example input:

• mark todo 1

Example output:

• [T][X] cry to 'You're losing me' from Midnights (The Vault)

Find a task: find

Find a task with description containing a keyword

Important

Taylor v1.0 only supports 1 (ONE) keyword at the moment

Format: find <keyword>

Example input:

• find Singapore

Example output:

• [E][] The Eras Tour Singapore (from: 02 Mar 2024 07:00PM to: 09 Mar 2024 10:00PM)

Search a task: search

Search for a task with Date and Time

Important

Taylor v1.0 only supports format at the moment

Format: search <YYYY-MM-dd HHmm>

Example input

• search 2024-03-02 1900

Example output

• [E][] The Eras Tour Singapore (from: 02 Mar 2024 07:00PM to: 09 Mar 2024 10:00PM)

Exit the program: bye

Quit talking to Taylor

Tip

Fear not, Taylor will automatically save your inputs after each command

Format: bye

FAQ

Q. Can I adjust the dimension of the Taylor application? A. Unfortunately, Taylor v1.0 does not support such function yet. Do look forward to Taylor v2.0 Era 😄

Command summary

Action	Format
Insert: todo	todo <DESCRIPTION>
Insert : deadline	deadline <DESCRIPTION> /by <YYYY-MM-dd HHmm>
Insert : event	event <DESCRIPTION> /from <YYYY-MM-dd HHmm> /to <YYYY-MM-dd HHmm>
List	list
Delete	delete <TASK_TYPE> <TASK_INDEX>
Marking : mark	mark <TASK_TYPE> <TASK_INDEX>
Marking : unmark	unmark <TASK_TYPE> <TASK_INDEX>
Find	find <keyword>
Search	search <YYYY-MM-dd HHmm>