Peak Task

How do I quickly create a task in Peak Task?

Press Q (or N) and just type. Peak shows what it understood as chips: day, time, duration, due date, priority, project, labels, person, repetition. Clicking a chip keeps the word in the title. Enter saves.

1. 01“Call Max tomorrow 2pm p1” → tomorrow at 2 pm, priority 1.
2. 02“Offer by Fri #Sales” → due Friday, in the Sales project.
3. 03“Stocktake every Monday 9am @admin” → recurring, with a label.
4. 04“waiting for Alexander: supplier prices” → waiting, follow up in three days.

How do recurring tasks work?

Write the repetition with the task or enter it in the details: daily, weekdays, every Mon and Thu, every 2 weeks, every 3rd Tuesday, every month on the 15th, last business day of the month. When you complete it, Peak creates the next task on the next date. “after completion” counts from the day you finished.

1. 01Open the task.
2. 02Under “Repeat”, enter for example “every 14 days after completion”.
3. 03When you check it off, “Next time on …” appears, with Undo.

How do I work through my tasks one at a time?

With “Start stack” under “Today”. Peak shows just one task, Focus 3 first, and everything else is hidden. You choose 25 minutes or the stopwatch, then “Done · next” or “Skip”. “End” or Esc takes you back to the list.

1. 01Open Peak Task → Today.
2. 02Click “Start stack”.
3. 03To start a single task, press F or use “Start focus” in its menu.

How do I mark that I'm waiting on someone?

In the task's menu, choose “Waiting on …”, enter the name and choose 1 to 14 days under “Follow up in”. When it arrives, choose “Has arrived”. In quick entry, “waiting on Alexander: supplier prices” works too.

How do I filter my tasks?

Under “All tasks & filters” or with /. Type what you're looking for, for example a project, a label or a person. Each recognized piece becomes a filter you can remove individually. “Save filter” stores the combination on this device.

How do I bring back a completed task?

“Done” lists the tasks from the last 30 days. Remove the check mark and the task is open again, everywhere in Peak.

What's the difference between “scheduled” and “due date”?

Scheduled is the day you do something. The due date is the day it must be finished at the latest. The two are separate: moving, Later or “Move everything to tomorrow” never change the due date. In quick entry, “by …”, “due …” or “before …” sets the due date.

Are the tasks in Peak Task the same as in Board and Day?

Yes. Peak Task has no task list of its own. It shows the same tasks as Board, Day and Work. Anything you capture here without a project lives on the “My Day” board. If you check something off, it's done everywhere.

Where do the Focus 3 suggestions come from?

From fixed rules, not AI: due today or soon, priority P1 and P2, scheduled for today, already postponed several times, open for a long time. “Why?” shows the reasons. Only what you select yourself is taken over, and it's three at most.

What is the “Day wrap-up” in Peak Task?

From 5 pm, “Today” shows what's done and what's still open. “Move all to tomorrow” schedules the open tasks for tomorrow; deadlines stay. “Review individually” takes you to the tasks.

What's under “Still open from before”?

Tasks that were scheduled for an earlier day and are still open. You decide: today, later or drop. “All to today” schedules all of them for today and can be undone.

Peak Task says “A similar task already exists”.

Peak found a task with an almost identical title and asks before a duplicate is created. Nothing is merged. With “Create anyway” you create the new task.

What keyboard shortcuts does Peak Task have?

Q or N: new task. I, T, U, P: Inbox, Today, Upcoming, Projects. / searches and filters. J and K: next and previous task. Enter or E opens, C checks off, F starts focus. ? shows all shortcuts.

How do I create a project in Peak Task?

Projects are your boards. Under “Projects”, use “Create board” to add a new one, and see the same tasks as a list with their health. Health describes missed deadlines, blockers, upcoming deadlines, repeatedly postponed and untouched items; it doesn't judge you.

“Not recognized.” when entering a recurrence.

Peak didn't understand the recurrence. Write it more simply, for example “daily”, “every Mon and Thu”, “every 3rd Tuesday” or “last workday of the month”.

Do I get reminders by push or email?

Not yet. A due reminder appears in Peak Task at the top under “Today”, with “1 h later” and “Seen”. Push, email and the Inbox in the header will follow.