A simple bot that will record tasks for you.

Inspired by todo.txt

Syntax is unstable and subject to change at my whims.

Currently supported commands (in short-bastardized EBNF)

1. Help
   • ("h" | "help" | "?")
2. List Tasks
   • ("l" | "list")
3. Add a task
   • ("+" | "a" | "add") <task>
4. Add a sub-task
   • @<id> <task>
5. Delete a task
   • ( "-" | "d" | "delete") @<id>
6. task = all characters
   • Any text string, can be tagged with #
7. id = "@" , 0-9[,{ .0-9 }]
   • Unique id for the task.
8. tag = "#" , {all characters - space}
   • Tags for the task

Future

1. Search on tags
   • "#", {all characters}
2. Completion:
   • ( "c" | "complete" ) @id
3. Increase Priority
   • ( ">" ),
4. Decrease Priority
   • ( "<" ), <id>
5. Automatic Sub Tagging

   • <tag>-<tag> becomes #<tag> and #<tag>-<tag>

6. Due Date
   • <id> is due on <date>
   • • <task>
7. Lists
   • ":", {all characters - space}
   • tags work cross list
8. Multi-User/Collabrative Lists
   • Users of the same domain can access lists on the same domain, black list certain domains (ie. gmail)
   • Teams of people can share a list
     • [email protected]:list1 + <task>
     • eric:list1 + <task>
     • e:list1 + <task>
   • smallest possible unique id for users
   • Notifications sent to users on list additions, task assignment, task completion
   • List Lists (ll) -> list all the lists you have access to.
   • add observers of lists, tasks -> owner of list is automatically notified on changes
   • Batch up notifications when offline.
   • Able to reassign, "@e + 3"
     • results in: "user1 has assigned task 3 to you"
   • Questions: "@e 3? What do you want me to do about x?"
     • results in: "user1: For 'fix bug 3443', what do you want me to do about x?"
     • mainly to reduce conceptual overhead, "what was 3 again?"
     • IM might just be better for this

Questionable

1. Dropping @ in the ids, making it just 0-9[,{.0-9}]
2. Making more natural. "Add fix bug 3233 to 3"
3. full text search -> tougher to do GAE

Integration with existing PM systems. Rally, FogBugz