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Task Management

Danny gives you a fast, flexible way to capture and organize tasks. Everything starts with the quick-add bar and flows into a detail panel where you can refine each task.

Quick-Add Bar​

The quick-add bar is always visible at the top of your task list. Click it, type your task, and press Enter. Danny understands natural language for dates and priority.

ShortcutExampleResult
Dates"tomorrow", "next Friday", "in 3 days"Sets the due date
Priority"P1", "P2", "P3", "P4"Sets priority level
Both"File taxes by April 15 P1"Due April 15, priority P1

Detail Panel​

Click any task to open its detail panel on the right side of the screen (or as a bottom sheet on mobile). Here you can edit every field:

  • Title — the task name, editable inline.
  • Description — add notes, context, or details.
  • Priority — P1 (urgent) through P4 (low). Color-coded in the task list.
  • Due date — pick from a calendar or type a natural language date.
  • Project — assign to a project for top-level organization.
  • Labels — add one or more cross-cutting tags.
  • Time estimate — how long the task should take.
  • Energy level — low, medium, or high mental effort. The badge appears as a colored dot in the task list row for at-a-glance scanning.

Subtasks​

Break large tasks into smaller steps. In the detail panel, scroll to the subtasks section and click Add Subtask. Subtasks have their own completion checkboxes and show progress on the parent task.

You can also ask Danny to create subtasks for you — see AI Features for details on automatic decomposition.

Recurring Tasks​

Set any task to repeat automatically. In the detail panel, open the recurrence picker and choose a schedule:

  • Daily — every day, or every N days.
  • Weekly — specific days of the week.
  • Monthly — same date each month, or a relative rule like "first Monday."

When you complete a recurring task, Danny spawns the next instance immediately with the same title, priority, labels, and project — so the next occurrence is ready without any manual work. The original completed task is preserved in your history.

To remove recurrence, open the recurrence picker and select None.

Time Tracking​

Danny has a built-in start/stop timer on every task. Click the timer icon in the detail panel to start tracking. Only one timer can run at a time — starting one stops any other running timer.

Time entries are stored per task so you can see how long individual tasks actually took versus your original estimate. This data feeds into AI estimations over time, making future estimates more accurate.

You can also add past sessions manually if you forgot to run the timer.

Snooze​

Snooze a task to hide it until a specific date or time. Find the snooze option in the task detail panel's overflow menu. Snoozed tasks disappear from your active views and reappear automatically when the snooze expires.

Common snooze patterns:

  • "Remind me tomorrow morning" → snooze until the next day
  • "Check back in a week" → snooze 7 days
  • "After the weekend" → snooze to Monday

To see all currently snoozed tasks, use the Snoozed filter in any view.

Comments​

Add comments to any task for notes, updates, or context. Comments appear in chronological order in the detail panel. Open any task and scroll to the Comments section to see the thread and add your own.

Adding and editing comments​

Type in the comment box at the bottom of the Comments section and press Send (or Ctrl/⌘ + Enter). To edit one of your own comments, click the pencil icon that appears when you hover over it.

You cannot edit comments written by Danny.

Asking Danny in a comment​

Mention @danny anywhere in a comment to get an inline AI response:

  • "What's blocking this task? @danny"
  • "@danny any suggestions for breaking this down?"

Danny waits about a minute after you write the comment before responding — this gives you time to edit before the AI processes it. While it's working, the thread shows a "Danny is thinking..." indicator. The response appears directly in the thread as a reply from Danny.

Danny has access to the full task context when it responds: title, description, due date, labels, project, subtasks, and the complete comment history. This means follow-up questions work naturally — you can have a multi-turn conversation inside any task thread.

When comments are read-only​

Comments are disabled on completed tasks. Reopen the task first if you need to add context.

Complete and Reopen​

Click the checkbox next to any task to mark it complete. Completed tasks move out of your active views but aren't deleted. To bring one back, find it in the Completed view or use the completed toggle in any view, then click its checkbox again.

Batch Operations​

Select multiple tasks by holding Shift and clicking, or use the select-all checkbox at the top of a list. With multiple tasks selected, you can:

  • Set priority for all selected tasks.
  • Move them to a project.
  • Set or clear due dates.
  • Mark them all complete.

Cull Your Backlog​

As tasks accumulate, your backlog can grow unwieldy. The Cull Backlog button appears in the task list header when you have more than 10 tasks that haven't been touched in 30+ days.

Danny surfaces 5 stale tasks at a time, each with an AI recommendation: Keep, Defer, or Delete. The recommendations are pre-selected but you override any of them before applying. Deleted tasks are gone permanently; kept tasks are marked as reviewed and won't resurface for another 30 days; deferred tasks are snoozed to a date you pick.