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Add @mention autocomplete in task description 👥

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Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
70/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
javascript, react
Domain
frontend

Research direction

Start by reading client/src/components/Task/TaskModal.jsx and locating how the task description is displayed and updated. Add the requested @mention suggestions there, using the provided team list as the initial source. Verify that typing @ shows matching suggestions and choosing one inserts the mention into the description.

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Description

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Add @mention autocomplete in task description 👥

File: client/src/components/Task/TaskModal.jsx

You can type @name but nothing happens 💀
No autocomplete, no suggestions fr!!

Fix: show suggestion dropdown when @ typed:
const [mentionQuery, setMentionQuery] = useState('')
const [showSuggestions, setShowSuggestions] = useState(false)

const handleDescChange = (e) => {
const val = e.target.value
setForm({...form, description: val})
const lastWord = val.split(' ').pop()
if (lastWord.startsWith('@')) {
setMentionQuery(lastWord.slice(1))
setShowSuggestions(true)
} else {
setShowSuggestions(false)
}
}

// hardcode team members for now:
const TEAM = ['anoopcodehack', 'phisher01', 'omkarwarik02']
const suggestions = TEAM.filter(m =>
m.includes(mentionQuery)
)

{showSuggestions && suggestions.length > 0 && (

{suggestions.map(s => ( { const words = form.description.split(' ') words[words.length-1] = `@${s} ` setForm({...form, description: words.join(' ')}) setShowSuggestions(false) }} className="block w-full text-left px-3 py-2 text-xs text-[#888] hover:bg-[#2a2a2f]"> @{s} ))} )}

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Dominant language
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Forks
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Avg merge
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Merged PRs (30d)
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