Subtasks & Recurrence

Subtasks

Indent a task line under a parent to make it a subtask:

- [ ] Prepare board presentation
  - [ ] Pull revenue numbers
  - [x] Get template from design
  - [ ] Draft pipeline slide

Subtasks have their own status, priority, and dates. The parent task shows a completion badge (1/3) in views.

Subtasks can nest further — a subtask can have its own subtasks.

Body text (non-task indented lines) lives alongside subtasks:

- [ ] Prepare board presentation
  - [ ] Pull revenue numbers
  This needs to come from the finance dashboard.
  - [ ] Draft pipeline slide

Recurrence

Add a recurrence rule with the 🔁 emoji:

- [ ] Water plants 🔁 every week 📅 2026-05-13

When you complete a recurring task, Pensum creates the next occurrence automatically with the updated date.

Supported rules

Rule	Example
Every N days/weeks/months/years	🔁 every 3 days, 🔁 every 2 weeks
Every day/week/month/year	🔁 every week
Every weekday	🔁 every weekday
Specific day	🔁 every Monday, 🔁 every Friday
Monthly on a date	🔁 every month on the 15th