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Your Mom

The Your Mom for Todoist skill is invoked by Your Mom. The actions that Your Mom can perform for you are listed below.

Select a Todoist Project ​

By default, Your Mom will add tasks to your Inbox. However, you can ask Your Mom to add tasks to any of your Todoist projects. After selecting a project, Your Mom will remember your selection and add all tasks to that project until you select a different project.

TIP

Create a project called Shopping List and share it with your family members.

Command Syntax

Your Mom understands the following commands to select a project:

  • use {project}
  • use project {project}
  • select {project}
  • select project {project}
  • set project to {project}
  • set list to {project}
  • put stuff in my {project}
  • put stuff on my {project}
  • put things in my {project}
  • put things on {project}

Example Commands ​

  • "Alexa, ask Your Mom to use Shopping List"
  • "Alexa, ask Your Mom to put stuff on my Shopping List"

Add Tasks to the Selected Project ​

Your Mom will add tasks to the selected project. If the requested task already exists in the selected project, Your Mom will notice and not create a duplicate.

Command Syntax

Your Mom understands the following commands to add a task:

  • add {item}
  • {item}
  • add {item} to the list
  • add {item} to the shopping list

Example Commands ​

  • "Alexa, ask Your Mom to add bananas"
  • "Alexa, tell Your Mom milk"
  • "Alexa, ask Your Mom to add eggs to the list"

Read the List of Tasks ​

Your Mom can read the list of tasks in the selected project. Unlike Alexa's built-in shopping list, Your Mom will read the whole list.

Command Syntax

Your Mom understands the following commands to read the list of tasks:

  • read the list
  • list my tasks
  • list tasks
  • list the tasks
  • read the tasks
  • list the items
  • read the shopping list

Example Commands ​

  • "Alexa, ask Your Mom to read the list"
  • "Alexa, ask Your Mom to list my tasks"

Complete a Task ​

Command Syntax

Your Mom understands the following commands to complete a task:

  • remove {item}
  • complete {item}
  • check off {item}
  • check {item} off the list
  • delete {item}

Example Commands ​

  • "Alexa, ask Your Mom to remove bananas"
  • "Alexa, ask Your Mom to check off milk"
  • "Alexa, ask Your Mom to complete eggs"