Farquaad User Guide

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Introduction

Welcome to Farquaad, your friendly task manager chatbot with a modern GUI.
Farquaad helps you keep track of todos, deadlines, and events. It even reminds you of upcoming tasks within 3 days.

This guide explains how to use Farquaad’s key features with examples.
All commands are typed into the input box at the bottom, then press Enter or click Send.

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Quick Start

1. Download the latest .jar file from Releases.

2. Open a terminal, navigate to the folder with the file, and run:
   java -jar farquaad.jar

3. The GUI will open. Start typing commands!

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Adding Todos

Adds a simple task without any date or time.

Example: todo read book

Expected Output:

Got it. I've added this task:
[T][ ] read book
Now you have 1 task in the list.

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Adding Deadlines

Adds a task that must be done before a specific date.

Example: deadline submit report /by 2025-09-25

Expected Output:

Got it. I've added this task:
[D][ ] submit report (by: 25 Sep 2025)
Now you have 2 tasks in the list.

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Adding Events

Adds a task that happens within a time period.

Example: event project meeting /from 2025-09-23 1000 /to 2025-09-23 1200

Expected Output:

Got it. I've added this task:
[E][ ] project meeting (from: Sep 23 2025, 10:00 AM to: Sep 23 2025, 12:00 PM)
Now you have 3 tasks in the list.

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Listing All Tasks

Shows all tasks currently in your list.

Example: list

Expected Output:

Here are the tasks in your list:

[T][ ] read book

[D][ ] submit report (by: 25 Sep 2025)

[E][ ] project meeting (from: Sep 23 2025, 10:00 AM to: Sep 23 2025, 12:00 PM)

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Marking Tasks as Done

Marks a task in the list as completed.

Example: mark 1

Expected Output:

Nice! I've marked this task as done:
[T][X] read book

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Unmarking Tasks

Marks a completed task back to not done.

Example: unmark 1

Expected Output:

OK, I've marked this task as not done yet:
[T][ ] read book

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Deleting Tasks

Deletes a task from the list.

Example: delete 2

Expected Output:

Noted. I've removed this task:
[D][ ] submit report (by: 25 Sep 2025)
Now you have 2 tasks in the list.

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Finding Tasks

Searches for tasks containing a specific keyword.

Example: find book

Expected Output:

These are the matching tasks in your list:

[T][ ] read book

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Reminders

Farquaad will remind you about deadlines due in the next 3 days:

• Automatically on startup.
• On-demand using the remind command.

Example: remind

Expected Output:

Here are your upcoming deadlines (next 3 days):

[D][ ] submit report (by: 25 Sep 2025)

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Exiting Farquaad

Closes the application.

Example: bye

Expected Output:

Bye. Hope to see you again soon!

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Command Summary

Action	Format	Example
Add todo	todo DESCRIPTION	todo read book
Add deadline	deadline DESCRIPTION /by DATE	deadline submit report /by 2025-09-25
Add event	event DESCRIPTION /from START /to END	event meeting /from 2025-09-23 1000 /to 2025-09-23 1200
List tasks	list	list
Mark task	mark INDEX	mark 1
Unmark task	unmark INDEX	unmark 1
Delete task	delete INDEX	delete 2
Find task	find KEYWORD	find book
Remind tasks	remind	remind
Exit program	bye	bye