What is @ at the beginning of contexts for?

Sometimes many of you ask us:

• why a context should start with @?
• is it obligatory to use such a format for saving contexts?
• is it possible to assign contexts without @?

The “@” symbol is necessary so that MLO recognizes that the word after @ is a context when parsing the input. This undoubtedly speeds up the typing process:

Tip. In the desktop version, to parse the task caption directly from the task list, press Alt+Enter instead of Enter:

If you use contexts without @, write “context” or “cont” to have the input parsed: