Tasks

The fundamental unit of organization in Kairo is the Task. Every task is designed to capture the essence of what needs to be done with minimal friction.

Task Fields

A task in Kairo contains the following fields:

Field	Description
Title	A short, descriptive name for the task.
Description	Detailed notes, supporting Markdown.
Status	todo, doing, or done.
Priority	0 (Critical), 1 (High), 2 (Medium), 3 (Low).
Tags	Comma-separated labels for categorization.
Due Date	An optional deadline (supports natural language).
Project	The project this task belongs to.
Parent	For nested tasks, the ID of the parent task.

Creating Tasks

Press n from the main list view to open the task editor.

• Use Tab / Shift+Tab to navigate between fields.
• Press ctrl+s to save.
• Press Esc to cancel.

Natural Language Deadlines

Kairo features a powerful NLP engine for deadlines. You can type:

• tomorrow 10am
• next friday
• in 2 days
• end of month
• mon 3pm

Status Management

You can quickly change task status from the list view:

• Press z to mark a task as Done.
• Tasks in doing state are highlighted to indicate active focus.

Bulk Actions

Select multiple tasks using Space and perform actions on all of them at once (e.g., complete, delete).