ekuD Chatbot User Guide

Are you struggling with keeping up with To-dos and managing your deadlines? Fret not, as ekuD is willing to help you!

ekuD is a Command-Line Interface (CLI) chatbot optimized for fast-typers that provides task managing abilities to the user through Graphical User Interface (GUI).

Quick Start

1. Ensure you have Java 11 or above installed in your Computer.

2. Download the latest ekud.jar from here.

3. Copy the file to the folder you want to use as the home folder for your ekuD chatbot.

4. Open a command terminal, cd into the folder you put the jar file in, and use the java -jar ekuD.jar command to run the application.

5. A GUI similar to the below should appear in a few seconds. The App shows a default help message.

7. Type the command in the command box and press Enter to execute it. e.g. typing todo read book and pressing Enter will add a todo task of title 'read book' to the task list.

Features

todo: Adding a todo task

Adds a todo task with a title and optional tags.

Example:

• todo read book #read #book

Format: todo TITLE #TAG_NAME1 #TAG_NAME2

• The TITLE is the title of the todo task.
• TAG_NAME is the name of the tag of the task.
• Tags are optional; they may or may not exist.
• Each tag must be followed by a hashtag (#).
• Multiple tags could be attached to a task.

deadline: Adding a deadline task

Adds a deadline task with a title, deadline, and optional tags.

Example:

• deadline submit ip /by 2023-09-22 #submit #cs2103T

Format: deadline TITLE /by DEADLINE #TAG_NAME1 #TAG_NAME2...

• The TITLE is the title of the deadline task.
• The DEADLINE is the deadline of the task in the format YYYY-MM-DD.
• TAG_NAME is the name of the tag of the task.
• Just like a todo task, tags can be optional and multiple.

event: Adding an event task

Adds an event task to the task list.

Example:

• event work on tP /from 2023-09-22 /to 2023-09-24 #tP #userGuide

Format: event TITLE /from STARTING_DATE /to ENDING_DATE #TAG_NAME1 #TAG_NAME2

• The TITLE is the title of the event task.
• The STARTING_DATE and ENDING_DATE are the starting date and the ending date of the event task in the format of YYYY-MM-DD.
• TAG_NAME is the name of the tag of the task.
• Tags are optional and can be multiple.

find: Finding tasks

Finds tasks with a specified name and optional tags.

Example: find work on tP #tP #userGuide

Format: find TITLE #TAG_NAME1 #TAG_NAME2

• The TITLE is the title of the task that you are looking for.
• TAG_NAME is the name of the tag of the task you are looking for.
• Either one of the title or the tag name of a task must exist.
• If the title is omitted, the tasks with the specified tags are found.
• If the tags are omitted, the tasks with the given title are found.
• If both the title and the tags are included, then the tasks with the title and the tags are found.

list: Listing all tasks in task list

Lists out all tasks in the task list currently.

Format: list

delete: Deleting a task

Deletes a task from the task list.

Example:

delete 1 deletes the first task in the task list.

Format: delete TASK_INDEX

• Deletes the task at the TASK_INDEX in the task list.
• TASK_INDEX is the index of the task shown after listing out the tasks using list command.
• The index should be in the range of the list (e.g. index cannot be 4 when there are only 3 tasks in the list).

mark: Marking a task as done

Marks a task as done.

Format: mark TASK_INDEX

• TASK_INDEX is the index of the task shown in the list.
• The index should be in the range of the list.

Examples:

The result of mark 1 is shown above: the first task has a [X] next to its title.

unmark: Marking a task as undone

Marks a task as undone.

Format: unmark TASK_INDEX

• TASK_INDEX is the index of the task shown after listing out the tasks using list command.

Examples:

The result of unmark 1 is shown above: while before unmark 1 the task has [X], after unmark 1 the tick is gone.

help: Prints help message

Prints out a help message to guide you what ekuD is capable of.

Format: help

bye: Exiting the program

Exits the program.

Format: bye