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Your First Task(Don't Mess This Up)

Welcome to the wonderful world of not forgetting what you're supposed to do. Let's start with the basics without making you want to quit.

The 4-Step Program to Task Management Enlightenment

1

Install the App (Obviously)

Click that shiny 'Add to Slack' button like your productivity depends on it. Because it does.

/tt help

💡 Pro tip: Don't panic if nothing happens immediately. Slack apps aren't instant coffee.

2

Create Your First Task

Time to make something happen. Use the most basic command known to humanity:

/tt create "Buy more coffee" priority high

🎯 Notice we made coffee high priority. You're learning already.

3

Check If It Actually Worked

Let's see if the robot gods were listening:

/tt list

📋 If you see your task, congratulations! If not... did you actually install the app?

4

Complete Your Task (The Good Part)

Mark it done and feel that sweet, sweet dopamine hit:

/tt complete #TASK-001

✅ Replace #TASK-001 with your actual task ID. We're not mind readers.

How Not to Embarrass Yourself

Learn from the mistakes of others. Here's what good tasks look like vs. what makes us cry inside:

/tt create "Fix the thing that broke" assign @sarah priority high due tomorrow

Clear, specific, assigns responsibility, sets priority and deadline. Chef's kiss.

/tt create "stuff"

"Stuff"? Really? Your future self will hate you. Be specific, be better.

/tt create "Review pull request #123 for auth improvements" assign @john priority medium

Specific task, clear context, assigned person, appropriate priority. This human gets it.

/tt create "URGENT EVERYTHING IS BROKEN HELP!!!"

Calm down. Breathe. Write a real task description. Caps lock is not a priority level.

Common Rookie Mistakes

  • • Not assigning tasks to anyone (tasks don't complete themselves... yet)
  • • Making everything "urgent" (if everything is urgent, nothing is)
  • • Writing vague descriptions like "fix bug" (which bug?!)
  • • Forgetting to set due dates (time is a construct, but deadlines are real)

You Did It! 🎉

You've successfully created your first task without breaking anything. Time to level up and learn some real tricks.