Duck: User Guide

Introduction

Duck is a personal assistant chat bot. It primarily serves as a task manager.

Usage

Command format:

1. Words in UPPER_CASE are the parameters to be supplied by the user.
2. Items in square brackets are optional.

Features

1. Adding a to-do task: todo

1.1. Without a time period

Adds a to-do task to the list.

Format: todo TASK_NAME

Examples:

• todo Go to the gym
• todo Eat more

1.2. Within a time period

Adds a to-do task to the list, specifying a date range. Date should be specified in DD-MM-YYYY format.

Format: todo TASK_NAME [/between START_DATE /and END_DATE]

Examples:

• todo Go for runs /between 01-03-2020 /and 31-03-2020
• todo Eat more /between 02-03-2020 /and 03-03-2020

2. Adding an event task: event

Adds an event task to the list, specifying a date (and optionally, time). Date should be specified in DD-MM-YYYY format. Time should be specified in HH:MM 24-hour format.

Format: event EVENT_NAME /at EVENT_DATE [EVENT_TIME]

Examples:

• event Gym session /at 05-03-2020 08:00
• event Eating competition /at 04-03-2020

3. Adding a deadline task: deadline

Adds a deadline task to the list, specifying a date (and optionally, time). Date should be specified in DD-MM-YYYY format. Time should be specified in HH:MM 24-hour format.

Format: deadline DEADLINE_NAME /by DEADLINE_DATE [DEADLINE_TIME]

Examples:

• deadline Start healthy diet /by 04-03-2020 23:00
• deadline Stop eating /by 05-03-2020

4. Viewing list of tasks: list

Displays the list of tasks, including all information about each task.

Format: list

5. Finding a task: find

Displays tasks in which the searched keyword can be found.

Format: find KEYWORD

Example: find Eat

6. Marking a task as done: done

Marks a task at a specified index on the list as done. Tasks which are completed are marked as OK! while tasks which are not completed are marked as X.

Format: done INDEX

Example: done 2

7. Deleting a task: delete

Deletes a task at a specified index on the list as done.

Format: delete INDEX

Example: delete 5

6. Ending the conversation: bye

Displays a farewell message from Duck.

Format: bye

Command Summary

• Todo: todo TASK_NAME [/between START_DATE /and END_DATE]
• Event: event EVENT_NAME /at EVENT_DATE [EVENT_TIME]
• Deadline: deadline DEADLINE_NAME /by DEADLINE_DATE [DEADLINE_TIME]
• List: list
• Find: find KEYWORD
• Done: done INDEX
• Delete: delete INDEX
• Bye: bye