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Lars User Guide 💛💜

Lars is a friendly, interactive chatbot designed to help users manage tasks, deadlines, and events efficiently.

This guide will show you how to interact with Lars and make the most of its features.

Quick Show

Getting Started

Prerequisites:

• For windows: JDK 17
• For Mac: Java 17 JDK+FX Azul distribution
  1. Download the jar file from the Releases page.
  2. Open a terminal in the jar file location.
  3. Launch the application
• double-click the .jar file
• run via terminal with java -jar lars.jar
  1. You will see a welcome message from Lars.
  2. Tip: Type help anytime to see a list of supported commands.

Features

Quick Review

Feature	Format
Help	help
List	list
Todo	todo <description>
Event	event <description> /from <start> /to <end>
Deadline	deadline <description> /by <yyyy-mm-dd>
Mark	mark <index>
Unmark	unmark <index>
Find	find <description>
Delete	delete <index>
Remind	remind or click the ⏰ button
Bye	bye

More Details

1. Help - View all commands

Displays the full list of available commands and their formats.

Format

help

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2. List - List all tasks

Displays every task currently in your list.

Format

list

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3. Todo - Add tasks

Adds a task without any date/time constraints.

Format

todo <description>

Example

todo 2103

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4. Event - Add events

Adds a task with a start and end time.

Format

event <description> /from <start> /to <end>

Examples

event project meeting /from 2026-02-10 /to 2026-02-10

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5. Deadline - Add tasks with deadline

Adds a task that needs to be done by a specific date.

Format

deadline <description> /by <yyyy-mm-dd>

Example

• deadline return library book /by 2026-02-15
• deadline return library book /by 2026-02-15 1800
• deadline return book /by Sunday

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6. Mark / Unmark - Update task status

Marks a specific task as completed or incomplete.

Format

• Mark as done: mark <index>
• Mark as not done: unmark <index>

Examples

• mark 1
• unmark 1

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7. Find - find tasks

Find tasks according to keyword

Format

find <description>

Example

find book

8. Delete - remove tasks

Permanently deletes a task from the list.

Format

delete <index>

Example

delete 2

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9. Remind - Check urgent tasks

Shows tasks that are overdue or approaching their deadline.

Format

• Type command: remind
• Click the ⏰ button

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10. Bye - Exit the program

Closes the application.

Format

bye

Project Status

Feature-complete
Actively maintained