Use the / command menu
Type / in a task description or comment to open a menu. Keep typing to filter it. For example, /bold , /assign , /important , or a person’s name.
The menu replaces the old shortcut keys. Severity, status, tags, and task links used to open when you typed ! , $ , # , or ## . Those keys no longer open a menu, because they clash with Markdown. Use / instead.
@ still works. In a description it assigns someone. In a comment it mentions them and sends a notification.
How to use it
Click into the description or comment.
Type
/Keep typing to narrow the list, or use the arrow keys.
Press Enter to choose. If the row has a submenu, Enter or the right arrow opens it.
Press Esc to close the menu. If you are inside a submenu, Esc goes back first.
You can also pick a row with the mouse.
Formatting commands change the text. Assign and CC also insert that person’s name. Mention and Link task insert a mention or a task reference. Severity, status, tags, due date, and the members-only switch only change that setting. They do not leave the command in the text.
What the menu includes
Some rows only appear when you are allowed to change that par of the task, and only in the places listed below.
Everywhere the menu is available
Heading, including Heading 1 to Heading 4
Text styling: bold, italic, strikethrough, underline, highlight
Inline code and code block
Bullet list, numbered list, and todo list
Link
Block quote
Create task description (sidebar and project board)
Assign user. This also inserts their name. You will not see yourself, or anyone already assigned.
CC user. This notifies them without assigning the task, and inserts their name. Guests appear here only when the task is visible to guests.
Severity: Not set, Critical, Important, Normal, Minor
Status. The list is your project’s columns. Feedback is not included.
Add tag. Tags already on the task are hidden.
Due date, when the create-task form is showing a due date. Choose Today, Tomorrow, or Next week, or type a date such as
/tomorrow,/25 Sep, or/2026-09-25.Link task, when the project has other tasks you can reference
Clients can only format the task description and don't have access to other commands in the menu.
Existing task description (sidebar and project board)
Assign, CC, severity, status, tags, and link task, using the same rules as on create task
Each of those appears only if you can edit that field on the task
Due date is not in this menu
Comment
Mention a project user. This notifies them. It does not assign the task.
Link task
Set to members only comment, or set visible to all project users, when you are allowed to change comment visibility. If the comment mentions someone who cannot see a members-only comment, that switch will not apply until those mentions are removed.
Examples
Type this | What it does |
| Bold |
| Heading 2 |
| People you can assign |
| People you can notify without assigning |
| Set severity to Important |
| Set status, when Doing is a column on the project |
| Tags you can add |
| Set the due date, on create task |
| People you can mention in a comment |
| Make the comment members only |
@ followed by a name assigns in a description, and mentions in a comment.
For the formatting itself, see Format text in Tasks and Comments