From 853d152ba5edd78a3cb69ad1eaa9e8ecd9ef8b2f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sheikh Arfaz Ahamed <38525086+sheikharfaz@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2026 22:28:19 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] fix(tasks): honor category argument in add_task (#46)

---
 trushell/commands/tasks.py | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/trushell/commands/tasks.py b/trushell/commands/tasks.py
index 7a1688c..27847f7 100644
--- a/trushell/commands/tasks.py
+++ b/trushell/commands/tasks.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import re
 from typing import Callable
 
 from trushell.core.database import complete_todo, delete_todo, get_all_todos, insert_todo, update_todo
@@ -7,13 +8,32 @@
 
 
 def add_task(args: str) -> None:
-    """Add a new task to the todo list. The full remainder is treated as the task."""
-    if not args.strip():
-        print("Usage: task add <task>")
+    """Add a new task to the todo list.
+
+    Accepts an optional quoted category, mirroring ``update_task`` and the
+    documented ``addtask "<task>" "<category>"`` syntax::
+
+        task add "Buy milk" "Shopping"   -> task="Buy milk", category="Shopping"
+        task add "Buy milk"              -> task="Buy milk", category="General"
+        task add Buy milk                -> task="Buy milk", category="General"
+
+    When no category is supplied the task falls back to the "General" category,
+    preserving the previous default behaviour.
+    """
+    text = args.strip()
+    if not text:
+        print('Usage: task add "<task>" ["<category>"]')
         return
 
-    task_text = args.strip()
-    todo = Todo(task=task_text, category="General")
+    match = re.fullmatch(r'"([^"]+)"(?:\s+"([^"]*)")?', text)
+    if match:
+        task_text = match.group(1)
+        category = match.group(2) or "General"
+    else:
+        task_text = text
+        category = "General"
+
+    todo = Todo(task=task_text, category=category)
     insert_todo(todo)
     print("Task added.")
 

From e640ce6b612490b919c5a7a2c1dcfd70e5a7a902 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sheikh Arfaz Ahamed <38525086+sheikharfaz@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2026 22:33:48 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] fix(cli): pass quoted category to add_task (#46)

---
 trushell/cli.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/trushell/cli.py b/trushell/cli.py
index 0eb1674..e6c836c 100644
--- a/trushell/cli.py
+++ b/trushell/cli.py
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ def _handle_todo_command(command: str) -> bool:
     if add_match:
         from trushell.commands.tasks import add_task
 
-        add_task(f"{add_match.group(1)} {add_match.group(2)}")
+        add_task(f'"{add_match.group(1)}" "{add_match.group(2)}"')
         return True
 
     update_match = re.match(r'updatetask\s+(\d+)\s+"([^"]+)"\s+"([^"]+)"', command)

From bdc22d3a96c1628d502e5852ad549563487f53fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sheikh Arfaz Ahamed <38525086+sheikharfaz@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2026 22:36:07 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] test(tasks): add regression tests for category parsing
 (#46)

---
 tests/test_tasks.py | 54 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 54 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tests/test_tasks.py b/tests/test_tasks.py
index 69e5474..d3dace9 100644
--- a/tests/test_tasks.py
+++ b/tests/test_tasks.py
@@ -50,3 +50,57 @@ def fake_update_todo(index: int, task: str | None, category: str | None) -> None
     assert captured["task"] == "New"
     # and treats the remainder as the category
     assert captured["category"] == "text"
+
+
+def test_add_task_parses_quoted_category(monkeypatch) -> None:
+    """`task add "<task>" "<category>"` stores the supplied category (gh-46)."""
+    from trushell.commands.tasks import add_task
+
+    captured: dict[str, Any] = {}
+
+    def fake_insert_todo(todo: Any) -> None:
+        captured["task"] = todo.task
+        captured["category"] = todo.category
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr("trushell.commands.tasks.insert_todo", fake_insert_todo)
+
+    add_task('"Buy milk" "Shopping"')
+
+    assert captured["task"] == "Buy milk"
+    assert captured["category"] == "Shopping"
+
+
+def test_add_task_defaults_category_when_omitted(monkeypatch) -> None:
+    """A quoted task with no category falls back to the "General" category."""
+    from trushell.commands.tasks import add_task
+
+    captured: dict[str, Any] = {}
+
+    def fake_insert_todo(todo: Any) -> None:
+        captured["task"] = todo.task
+        captured["category"] = todo.category
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr("trushell.commands.tasks.insert_todo", fake_insert_todo)
+
+    add_task('"Pay rent"')
+
+    assert captured["task"] == "Pay rent"
+    assert captured["category"] == "General"
+
+
+def test_add_task_unquoted_remains_backwards_compatible(monkeypatch) -> None:
+    """Unquoted input keeps the whole remainder as the task text (back-compat)."""
+    from trushell.commands.tasks import add_task
+
+    captured: dict[str, Any] = {}
+
+    def fake_insert_todo(todo: Any) -> None:
+        captured["task"] = todo.task
+        captured["category"] = todo.category
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr("trushell.commands.tasks.insert_todo", fake_insert_todo)
+
+    add_task("buy groceries")
+
+    assert captured["task"] == "buy groceries"
+    assert captured["category"] == "General"