Example usage
Create a 15 minute sprint:
/sprintYou and other participants can join:
/join Writing starts 1 minute after the sprint is created. Write until time’s up.
… 15 minutes later …
Enter your word count at the end. Word counts are on the honour system.
/words
count:
442 Sprinto posts a scoreboard for everyone who joined.
Congratulations! You’ve written some words! Start again and write some more!
With a starting word count
/sprint
/join
word-count:
1000 ... 15 minutes later ...
/words
count:
1442 Your starting count (1,000 words) is taken off the word count you report (1,442 words), so Sprinto counts 442 words written.Without slash commands
You can also type commands after @Sprinto:@Sprinto#2517 sprint
@Sprinto#2517 join
... 15 minutes later ...@Sprinto#2517 442
After @Sprinto, a number on its own is a word count.
Sprinto accepts fairly flexible input and fixes obvious typos, such as `spront`. Try the commands you think ought to work, or see the rest of this site for more commands.Some variations
The `options` box of
/sprint
suggests options as you type.
Other ways to create a sprint:
/sprint
options:
at :30 for 45 This creates a 45 minute sprint that starts at the next half past the hour. For example, if it's 2:26pm, the sprint starts at 2:30pm. A minute mark like `:30` works for everyone, and nobody needs to set a time zone.
/sprint
options:
at 2:30pm for 45 To give a full clock time, first set your time zone with
/timezone
place:
Brisbane
. Or, without setting a time zone, name the place or time zone in the command: `at 2:30pm new york` or `at 10:30 est`. A sprint set to a clock time can start up to 50 minutes from now (90 minutes if you add `please`). A sprint set to start with `in`, such as `in 40`, can start up to 60 minutes from now.
/sprint
options:
until :00 now This creates a sprint that starts immediately and runs until the end of the hour.
/sprint
options:
for 20 soon This creates a 20 minute sprint that starts 1 to 2 minutes from now, on a whole minute. Use `shortly` instead of `soon` to start the sprint 2 to 3 minutes from now.
/sprint
options:
hel iab `hel` is short for "however long": Sprinto picks a random length. `iab` is short for "in a bit": the sprint starts in 2½ to 7½ minutes, at a round clock time. See [Random sprint lengths](/docs/random-sprint-lengths/).
/sprint
options:
pomo x4 Run four 25 minute sprints, one every half hour. `25 then 50 then 15` runs three sprints in a row: 25, 50 and 15 minutes long. Sprints in a row like these are a chain, and each sprint in a chain is a round. A chain can have up to 8 rounds. See [Chain sprints](/docs/chain-sprints/).
/join
word-count:
1000 Join the sprint with a starting count of 1,000 words. Your starting count is taken off the word count you report at the end.
/same Join the sprint with your last word count as your starting count. Your last word count is the count you last reported, or the starting count you last joined with.
/words
count:
1442 final Give your final word count before the sprint ends, so Sprinto and the other participants don't wait for your count at the end. Use this if you need to rush off in the middle of a sprint.
/words
count:
+102 A plus sign adds to your last count: `+102` adds 102 words to the count you last reported, or to your starting count if you haven't reported yet. Use a plus sign if you don't remember the count you joined with.
For many more ways to start a sprint, see [Sprint (all options)](/docs/sprint-all-options/).
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