Tasks arrives in Cleft v1.16.0 on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Until then, you will not find **Send Tasks** or **New Task** in the app.
Two ways in
- Send Tasks. Open a note and choose Send → Send Tasks. Cleft finds the checklist items and shows them for review.
- New Task. Capture a task without a note. Start it from the New Task widget, the New Task control in Control Center, or in the app.
Review before you send
The first time you send tasks, Cleft shows you every task it found, even if you already set a default destination. From the review sheet you can:- Edit the title and notes
- Set or change a due date and time
- Turn an Alert on or off
- Set Priority to low, medium, or high
- Set a Repeat of daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly
- Choose a Reminders list, when you are sending to Apple Reminders
- Delete anything you do not want to send
- Tap Add to compose more than one task
Speak a task naturally
Cleft understands a small, predictable vocabulary and shows everything it worked out in Task details, so you can correct it before sending.
Ambiguous language is left alone on purpose. “Discuss the tomorrow problem” keeps its wording, and “Watch Tomorrow Never Dies” stays an undated title.
A timed date turns on an alert. An all-day date does not invent one. Ask for a repeat without giving a first date and Cleft sets an editable all-day due date of tomorrow, so the repeat cannot quietly disappear.
Choose a destination
- Apple Reminders
- Things
- Custom Shortcut
- Copy Portable Markdown
The deepest integration. Cleft creates each task directly in Reminders with its title, notes, due date and time, alert, priority, repeat, and whether it is already ticked. The whole list is created together, so you never end up with half of it.Recurring tasks alert on every occurrence, not just the first. Tasks go to your default list unless you name one while speaking.Cleft asks for Reminders access the first time you choose this destination, never during onboarding. See the Apple Reminders guide.
Remember your choice
Turn on Use this destination next time and later sends go straight there. Switch Default destination back to Ask Every Time in Settings to get the picker back. Each device shows that first review once before a remembered destination starts sending on its own.What happens to your note
When a destination confirms it created a task, Cleft can tick the checklist item in your note and add a short receipt:Settings
Open Settings → Sharing → Tasks:- Default destination. Ask Every Time, Apple Reminders, Things, Custom Shortcut, or Copy Portable Markdown.
- Include completed checklist items. Off by default, so ticked items stay out of the send.
- Mark confirmed exports in the note. On by default.
- Reminders list. Your default list. Cleft restores a saved list without asking for access again, and keeps a missing one visible until you replace it.
- Things project or area. Optional.
- Shortcut name. Required before Custom Shortcut becomes available.
Start a task without opening Cleft
- New Task widget. On the Home Screen, Lock Screen, Mac desktop, or Notification Center. Tap it and start speaking. Cleft transcribes, turns it into an editable task, and keeps the voice note.
- Quick Capture widget. The medium widget offers Voice, Text, and Task side by side.
- Control Center. Add the New Task control for one-tap capture.
What Cleft reads as a task
Standard Markdown checklists, both unordered and ordered:When something goes wrong
Your work stays recoverable:- Reminders access denied. Cleft offers a direct route to System Settings, or pick another destination.
- App or Shortcut missing. Check it is installed and that the name in Settings matches.
- Part of a batch failed. Confirmed tasks are reported as sent, and only the failed ones stay in the sheet, so retrying cannot duplicate anything.
- Tasks created but the note could not be updated. Cleft tells you the tasks exist and offers Retry Note Update, which retries only the note change.
Your task text goes only to the destination you choose.