Introduction
blastbeat is a keyboard-driven task manager with a calendar, mail and Notes beside it. It is built for one person: you. These docs cover setup, the Quick add and Filter syntax, every Shortcut and the Google integrations.
How it fits together
An account belongs to one person. You see only your own data, and nothing in it is shared with anyone.
Everything in blastbeat is one of four things.
| Thing | Lives in | Shows up in |
|---|---|---|
| Task | A Project, or the Inbox | Today, Upcoming, High Priority, its Project, the Planner, Calendar and your Filters |
| Note | A Folder, or Unfiled, and optionally a Project | Notes, its Project’s page, and the Tasks linked to it |
| Event | A Calendar from a connected account | Calendar and Today |
| Thread | A Mailbox of a connected account | Mail, and any Task or Note you made from it |
Goals and Habits sit beside these. A Goal tracks an outcome from the Tasks or number behind it. A Habit is something you check off on the days it is scheduled.
Your account
Sign-up starts with your email address. blastbeat sends a 6-digit Email code to prove it is yours, then you choose a password of 12 to 128 characters.
A password alone never opens an account. During Onboarding you add a Second factor: an authenticator app, or a Passkey that uses Face ID, Touch ID, Windows Hello or a hardware key. blastbeat then shows ten single-use Recovery codes, once, for the day you lose the factor. Keep them somewhere safe.
Log in with your password and your Second factor. A Passkey can also log you in on its own.
Conventions in these docs
- Capitalized words, such as Task, Project, Label and Filter, are blastbeat’s own terms. They mean the same thing everywhere.
- ⌘ means Ctrl on Windows and Linux. ⌥ means Alt.
- Two keys written apart, g t, are pressed one after the other, not together.
Monospaceis text you type into Quick add, a Filter or the Command palette.