Getting started with Bots from Bnder

Basic commands

We will go through some of the most common commands to get a basic understanding.

First, create a task:

To then display tasks, use:

You will notice that there are no tasks displayed. This is because the task you created is not assigned to you.

So, to see all the tasks that have been created so far, we can run:

The task will now appear in the todo category.

To keep track of your progress, each task has a status of todo, in progress or done.
When you create a new task, the default status is todo.
To change the status of a task, we need the task ID, which can be found when creating or listing tasks.

The following command sets the status of the task with the ID 1 from todo to in progress

All task commands can be found here.

Assign tasks

You can distribute tasks by assigning them to other users or discord roles.
To assign the previously created task (My first task) to a user or role, you can use the task assign command:

This command assigns the task with the ID 1 to the user SomeUser.

It is also possible to assign a user (or role) to a task directly when creating it:

When a task is assigned to a user, the user will receive a DM notification from the bot.

Projects

If your team is working on different things at the same time, projects come in handy. In short, a project is an isolated place for tasks. Read more about projects here.

By the way, the task “My first task” was also created in a project. This is the default project, and unless you create another, all tasks will be created in this project.

If you want to keep track of which books you want to read and which you have already read, without being distracted by other tasks, you can create a project called books:

You can now select the project by clicking on the blue “Select project” button or using this command:

Tasks you create will now be placed in books until you select another project.

For a list of all project commands, click here.

Create an event

We will go through some of the most common commands to get a basic understanding.

First, create a event:

To then display your calendar, use:

Depending on the time of year, you may see the event “My first event” in the list. If not, click the buttons till you find it.

Inviting someone

To invite someone to the event, use:

The user SomeUser will now receive a DM notification from the bot where they can accept or decline the invitation.

All event commands can be found here.

Documents

We will go through some of the most common commands to get a basic understanding.

First, create a new document:

this will open a dialog where you can enter the title and content of your first document.

Now you can see your new created document here:

The document will appear in the “default” project.

To read a task use this command:

If you have entered the title of your document correctly, you will see the content of your document.

All task commands can be found here.

Topics

You can use topics to categorize your documents. Now we will create our first topic called “website”:

We can check if the topic is created, by listing all topics:

You topic should be listed now.

To move a document inside the topic, use this command:

Now when we run “document list”, your document will be displayed inside the topic.

Projects

If your team is working on different things at the same time, projects come in handy. In short, a project is a container for your topics. Read more about projects here.

Your first document was already created in a project. This is the default project, and unless you create another, all documents and topics will be created in this project.

For a list of all project commands, click here.