Quick Entry uses natural language parsing and is an exciting feature that allows you to create tasks or events easily. It currently only recognizes the English language.

  • On iOS editors it can be enabled/disabled (regardless of device language settings) by swiping to the left on the Title field.
  • You can specify additional data fields (calendar, tags, project, context) by placing special qualifiers at the end of the text (in any order, not case-sensitive).


Examples of events:

event name, start date & time
  • Example 1: Juggling Lessons 5pm
  • Example 2: Clown College Exam May 4 7:30pm

event name at event location, start date & time
  • Dinner at Gino's Oct 10 7pm

event name,  start date & time for event duration … also with optional location

  • Haircut Fri 3pm for 1hr at Jack the Clipper

event name, start time every timeframe / day of week

  • Photoshop class with Jen 2pm every week
  • Photoshop class with Jen 2pm every Thursday
start time, some event

  • 5pm burgers with Brian

start date & time, some event at event location

  • Sept 28 5pm burgers with Brian at Lord of the Fries

Specify the calendar to put the event on (use the label calendar:, or cal:, or /:). You can type in just the first letters of the calendar and it will be matched:

  • Softball at Parson's field at 5 calendar: MySports
  • Softball at Parson's field at 5 /: MyS

Specify tags for the event (use the label tags:, or tag:)

Keira's dance recital on May 4 at 7:30pm cal:dance tag:recital,home

at is used for locations

for is used for duration

every will be used for repeating events

Examples of tasks:

Remind me to enter task at/on/by/before  due date & time

  • Remind me to clean the garage before thurs 5pm
  • Clean the garage by 5/12

Remind me to enter task at location name at/on/by/before due date & time

  • Remind me of the dance recital at the Bear Creek Studio on May 4 at 7:30pm

Specify the project for the task (use the label project:, or prj:)

  • Clean the garage by 5/12 project: housecleaning

Specify the context for the task (use the label context:, or ctx:)

  • Rebuild the outside door frame this Saturday ctx:handyman tag:home

Shortcut to create tasks

As a shortcut (instead of typing "remind me"), you can cause Informant to create a task by simply starting your phrase with a space or a period or the word "task".  

The same rule will apply for tasks:

at is used for location

for is used for duration

every is used for repeat tasks