Flora User Guide

Flora is a desktop chatbot that helps you track your tasks. Type commands into the chat box and Flora will respond.

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Task types

Symbol	Type	Has dates?
[T]	Todo	No
[D]	Deadline	Due date
[E]	Event	Start date and end date

A [X] in the second bracket means the task is done; [ ] means it isn't.

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Commands

Add a todo

todo <description>

todo Read textbook

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Add a deadline

deadline <description> /by <date>

deadline Submit assignment /by 28/2/2026
deadline Submit assignment /by 28/2/2026 23:59
deadline Submit assignment /by tomorrow

Date shortcuts: today, tonight, tomorrow, next week, next month Date format: d/M/yyyy or d/M/yyyy H:mm

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Add an event

event <description> /from <start> /to <end>

event Team meeting /from 20/2/2026 14:00 /to 20/2/2026 15:00

Date format: d/M/yyyy or d/M/yyyy H:mm

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List all tasks

list

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Mark / unmark a task

mark <index>
unmark <index>

mark 2
unmark 2

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Find tasks

find <keyword>

find assignment

Returns all tasks whose description contains the keyword.

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Edit a task

edit <index> [/desc <new description>] [/by <new due>] [/from <new start>] [/to <new end>]

Provide only the fields you want to change. At least one field is required.

edit 3 /desc Submit final report
edit 3 /by next week
edit 4 /from 21/2/2026 9:00 /to 21/2/2026 10:00

/by applies to deadlines only; /from and /to apply to events only.

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Delete a task

delete <index>

delete 1

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Show help

help

Displays a guide of all available commands.

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Exit

bye

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Notes

• Tasks are saved automatically after every command and reloaded when Flora starts.
• Task indexes are based on the order shown by list.