Create a todo within a normal message

[biva]

I see 2 possibilities to create a todo currently:

• A. I write /todo send @bob Watch this → in this case, the result is that my original message disappears, only the todo is added to Bob's list and Bob sees a message from Todo Bot.
• B. I write Watch this in a channel, click on the 3 dots, choose Add Todo, choose the user, ... → this is good but a lot of steps.

I'd like to mix A and B:

1. In the channel "News", we have Bob, Alice and me
2. I write /todo send @bob Watch this
3. The todo is added in Bob's list
4. My original message /todo send @bob Watch this is still visible in the channel "News": Alice and me can see it.

This would be really useful to give some context and allow follow-up. For example, I could write: Hey, I have watched the latest report from CrazyNews, and it's interesting And reply to this message writing: /todo send @bob Watch it

[larkox]

If you were to create a todo like that, Bob will just receive the "Wath it" part of the todo. In order for a todo to be "linked" to a message, you have to add the permalink. To do that, you can get the message you want to reference (for example, the news link), create a todo, and remove the content (just keeping the permalin) and just add "Watch this". Would that solve the problem?

Do you see any other way to ease your issue?

CC. @aaronrothschild

[biva]

Thanks @larkox for your feedback. I understand your point with the permalink, which is indeed important. In this case, the todo should just include Watch it and the permalink to the discussion: Bob can click on the link and he will land on the discussion to see what it refers to.

My objective is to make it very easy and straight forward to create a todo, without any additional step than writing a message. I understand that your solution involves more steps. Am I wrong?

[larkox]

Yes, my solution involves more steps. But I struggle to see how to make clear the options to the user. For example, how you differentiate between:

• /todo send @bob Do the dishes (a todo with reference to nothing)
• /todo send @bob Watch this video (a todo with reference to a message)

[biva]

I wouldn't make any difference: I would include the permalink in both cases. For the dishes, Bob won't care about the permalink. And for the video, he will use it.

[biva]

Hello, I see that some people are working on this request, thank you so much! Could you please update us on the status? Thank you again!