Tasks

Tasks are first-class objects in AuroraDocs. They live alongside your pages and databases, share the same editor, and appear in Kanban and calendar views.

Creating tasks

• Click New task from the Tasks page or command palette, or
• Click Tasks in the sidebar and press New task, or
• Use quick capture (Cmd/Ctrl+J) to capture a thought without switching context, then convert or file it during Inbox triage.

Task properties

Property	Description
Status	Todo, In progress, Done (customisable)
Priority	Low, Medium, High, Urgent
Due date	Date and optional time
Assignee	A workspace member
Tags	Multi-select labels

You can add any custom property to tasks just like a database row.

Kanban board

Click Board view in the Tasks section. Tasks are grouped into columns by status, and each card can surface key planning metadata like due date, priority, tags, task list, assignees, and subtask progress. Use the Properties menu on the board to switch between Minimal, Balanced, and Detailed presets, hide individual card fields, switch off tinted column/card backgrounds, or open the task-list and status managers. Each column also has its own options menu for quick rename/color, collapse, hide-when-empty, and WIP limits. Drag a task card to move it to a different status.

The board also supports keyboard workflow: use the arrow keys to move selection, Enter to open a task, Space to multi-select, M to move the selected task(s) forward, N to create a new task in the current column, and Delete to remove the selected task.

Calendar view

Click Calendar view to see tasks on a monthly grid. Tasks with due dates appear on their day. Click a day to see all tasks due that day in a side panel.

Daily notes integration

Tasks created from a daily note are linked back to that note. The due date defaults to the note's date.

Recurring tasks

Tasks can repeat on a schedule. Open a task and pick a pattern from the Repeats row in the editor:

Mode	Example
No	One-shot task (default)
Daily	Every day, every other day, every 3 days, …
Weekly	Every Monday and Friday; every other week on Mon/Wed/Fri
Monthly	The 1st of every month; every 3 months on the 15th
Yearly	June 12 every year
Custom…	Any RFC 5545 RRULE you can paste, e.g. FREQ=WEEKLY;INTERVAL=2;BYDAY=MO,WE,FR;UNTIL=20270101T000000Z

The Weekly mode shows a 7-button weekday picker; the Monthly mode shows a "On day N" input. The interval input lets you change every N — every 2 weeks, every 3 months, and so on.

How recurrence works

When you mark a recurring task Done, AuroraDocs:

1. Reads the task's recurrence rule.
2. Computes the next occurrence after the task's due date (or after today, if the task didn't have a due date).
3. Creates a fresh Todo task with the same properties (priority, assignees, labels, description, task list, recurrence rule) and the new due date.
4. Removes the recurrence rule from the task you just completed — so flipping it back to Todo or re-completing it can't accidentally double-spawn the next instance.

The completed task remains a historical record of that one occurrence; the new task carries the chain forward. Editing the new task's recurrence rule changes future occurrences from that point onward.

On the calendar and daily notes

Recurring tasks render on every matching date in the calendar view, not just the current concrete instance's date. A weekly-on-Mon-Wed-Fri task shows up on Mon, Wed, and Fri across the visible month. The "Due today" panel on the home page picks up any recurring task whose rule matches the current day, even after you've completed today's instance and the chain has rolled forward.

Terminating a recurrence

Two ways to stop a chain:

• UNTIL=YYYYMMDDTHHMMSSZ in a custom RRULE caps the chain at a specific date. AuroraDocs honours UNTIL and won't generate occurrences past it.
• Set the Repeats dropdown back to No. The current task becomes one-shot; completing it won't generate a successor.

v1 limitations

• Editing "this occurrence" vs "this and all future" isn't yet a separate dialog — editing the live task changes the rule for all future instances. To detach a single instance, set its Repeats to None first, then complete it; the chain breaks at that point.
• COUNT=N terminators are parsed and round-tripped but not yet honoured by the chain. Use UNTIL to cap a chain.
• Recurrence chip on task rows in database / list views is a polish follow-up; the recurrence is visible in the task editor.

Email reminders

Set a due date and time on a task to receive an email reminder when it's due. Reminders are sent server-side and fire even when the app isn't open.

Quick capture

Press Cmd/Ctrl+J from anywhere in the app to open Quick Capture. Type a thought and save it to Inbox without changing context. From Inbox, tag it, move it, or convert it into a task.

Templates

Open Settings → Templates to browse and apply templates. Built-in templates include:

• Meeting notes
• Project tracker
• Weekly review
• Reading list
• Bug tracker
• Product roadmap
• ...and more

Apply a template to any page or database with one click.