Skeddy: reminders in plain words

You think "I should call John in twenty minutes," and twenty minutes later you are deep in something else. A calendar is too heavy for that, and sticky notes get lost. Skeddy fixes it inside Telegram: type a sentence the way you would say it, and the bot messages you on time.

The bot has been running since 2016, and its audience has grown to tens of thousands of people. For a reminder tool that matters, because these services earn trust by firing reliably.

One sentence, one reminder

There are no buttons to hunt for and no date pickers. Write a plain sentence such as "call John in 20 minutes" or "check email tomorrow at 10am."

The bot reads the time and sets the reminder. It understands several languages, including English, Russian, Spanish, German, French and Portuguese. 🗣

When one sentence is not enough

Bills on the first of every month at 7pm, a weekly meeting, a checkup twice a year: schedules like these are easier to build in the web interface, which opens inside Telegram as a mini app. There you can set repeats and complex timing.

• One-off. "Pick up the parcel the day after tomorrow at noon."
• Recurring. "Pay the bills on the 1st of the month at 7pm."
• Weekday based. Handy for the gym, lessons and weekly reports.

The commands you will actually use

The list is short, which is a plus. There is almost nothing to memorize.

• /start opens the main menu.
• /list shows all your reminders.
• /formats shows which date and time formats the bot understands.
• /settings opens language, timezone and other options.
• /help prints the help text, and /cancel stops the current action.

Your first five minutes

1. Open the bot and tap Start.
2. Pick your language and timezone in settings. This is the step that matters most, because a wrong timezone means reminders arrive at the wrong hour. ⏰
3. Send your first reminder as a plain sentence.
4. Check the result with /list.
5. For repeating tasks, open the web interface and set a schedule.

Why a reminder in a messenger beats a separate app

A notes app has to be opened first. Your messenger is already open dozens of times a day. The reminder lands where you are likely to see it, without yet another program competing for attention.

There is a flip side. If Telegram notifications are off or Do Not Disturb is on, the message can arrive in silence. For anything important, keep sound on for at least this chat. 🔔

What it will not replace

Skeddy stores reminders, not your meeting schedule. There are no attendee invites, shared calendars or work email integration. If you need to agree on times with colleagues, use a calendar. If you need a reliable poke, the bot does the job.

A good habit: word each reminder as an action, not a topic. "Send the contract to accounting" works better than "contract." In a week you will not remember what you meant.

One more tip: do not let reminders pile up. Pushing ten overdue items to tomorrow turns into noise, and you start ignoring the messages. Delete what lost its meaning and keep only live tasks. ✅