Task Smart Recognition
Use Smart Recognition to quickly create tasks with goals, tags, reminders, priorities, and more. Use natural language to describe dates, deadlines, times, and repeat schedules. This feature is available in the desktop and web apps.
Create a Task Using Smart Recognition
Smart Recognition works directly inside the task title field.
Click on any "Add task" field inside the app
Press CMD + N / CTRL + N to open the task window
Press CTRL + Space to open the task window outside the app
In the task title field, you can type all the details you want to add to your task. Griply will automatically recognize goals, dates, times, priorities, tags, and more.
Examples
Write text for landing page
tomorrow9am-12am{friday}!!1~start side business#deep focusCall Alex
14:00Brainstorm new concepts
2h30m~start side businessExercise
every mon, wed, fri!!2~sport & healthPick up package
Today!17:00
💡 Tip: If Griply highlights something you’d rather keep as plain text, just click on the highlighted property to turn it back into regular text.
What Smart Recognition Detects
Overview
Add | By typing: |
|---|---|
Date | today / jan 8 / next friday / … |
Goal or Life Area | ~goal / ~life area |
Tag(s) | #tag |
Deadline | {today} / {jan 8} / {next week} / … |
Priority | p1 / p2 / p3 / !!1 / !!2 / !!3 |
Start time | 9am / 09:00 / 9:00 |
Duration | 4h / 30m / 2h30m / 9am-11am |
Reminder | !9am / !09:00 / !9:00 |
Repeat schedule | daily / every friday / 4 times per week / … |
💡 Tips:
Create Goal: Use
~followed by a new goal name to create a new goal.Create Tag: Use
#followed by a new tag name to create a new tag.Start Time & Duration: Enter
9am-11amto set the start time and duration simultaneously.Goal Time Estimate: Use durations like
2hor30mwhen creating tasks to quickly estimate how much time your goal will take.
Date & Deadline
Use natural language to set a date for your task. To add a deadline, wrap the date in curly brackets, for example: {friday}.
Type the text: | To set the date: |
|---|---|
today / tod | Today |
tomorrow / tmr / tmw | Tomorrow |
friday / fri | The upcoming Friday |
next friday / next fri | The second Friday to occur |
next week | The upcoming Monday (⚠️ The upcoming Friday for deadlines) |
next month | The same date, one month later |
jan 27 / 27 jan / 1/27 / 27/1 | The upcoming Jan 27 |
01/27/2026 / 27/01/2026 | Jan 27, 2026 |
27th | The 27th day of the current month |
end of month | The last day of the current month |
next weekend | The second Saturday to occur |
this weekend | The upcoming Saturday |
next year | Jan 1 of next year |
Habit / Repeat Schedules
Type the text: | To set the repeat schedule: |
|---|---|
Daily Schedules | |
daily / every day | Repeats every day |
Weekly Schedules | |
every friday | Repeats every Friday |
every monday, wednesday, friday / every mon, wed, fri | Repeats every Monday, Wednesday, Friday |
every weekday | Repeats every Monday-Friday |
every 2 weeks | Repeats every 2 weeks on current day |
every 2 weeks on mon, fri, sat | Repeats every 2 weeks on Monday, Friday, Saturday |
4 times per week | Repeats every day until completed 4 times (premium) |
Monthly Schedules | |
every month | Repeats every month on current day |
every 28th | Repeats every month on the 28th day |
every 10th, 15th, 18th / every 10, 15, 18 | Repeats every month on the 10th, 15th, and 18th day |
every first monday | Repeats every month on the first Monday |
every month on the first weekday | Repeats every month on the first weekday |
every 2 months on the second tuesday | Repeats every 2 months on the second Tuesday |
every 2 months on the 11th, 12th | Repeats every 2 months on the 11th, and 12th day |
10 times per month | Repeats every day in the month until completed 10 times (premium) |
Yearly Schedules | |
every year | Repeats every year on current day |
every jan 27 / every 27 jan | Repeats every year on Jan 27 |
every year on the first monday | Repeats every year on the first Monday |
every year on the first weekday | Repeats every year on the first weekday |
every year on the first weekend | Repeats every year on the first weekend |
every year on the first monday in feb | Repeats every year on the first Monday in Februari |
every year on the last weekday in dec | Repeats every year on the last weekday in December |
every 2 years on the first monday | Repeats every 2 years on the first Monday |
every 2 years on dec 31 | Repeats every 2 years on Dec 31 |
20 times per year | Repeats every day in the year until completed 20 times (premium) |
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