diff --git a/frontend/src/components/tasks/partials/RelatedTasks.vue b/frontend/src/components/tasks/partials/RelatedTasks.vue
index 95ff3b17d..3f9eef36b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/tasks/partials/RelatedTasks.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/tasks/partials/RelatedTasks.vue
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 				</label>
 				<div
 					key="field-search"
-					class="field"
+					class="field task-relation-search-field"
 				>
 					<Multiselect
 						v-model="newTaskRelation.task"
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@
 							</span>
 						</template>
 					</Multiselect>
+					<QuickAddMagic class="task-relation-quick-add-magic" />
 				</div>
 				<div
 					key="field-kind"
@@ -200,6 +201,7 @@ import CustomTransition from '@/components/misc/CustomTransition.vue'
 import BaseButton from '@/components/base/BaseButton.vue'
 import Multiselect from '@/components/input/Multiselect.vue'
 import FancyCheckbox from '@/components/input/FancyCheckbox.vue'
+import QuickAddMagic from '@/components/tasks/partials/QuickAddMagic.vue'
 
 import {error, success} from '@/message'
 import {useTaskStore} from '@/stores/tasks'
@@ -362,7 +364,7 @@ async function removeTaskRelation() {
 }
 
 async function createAndRelateTask(title: string) {
-	const newTask = await taskService.create(new TaskModel({title, projectId: props.projectId}))
+	const newTask = await taskStore.createNewTask({title, projectId: props.projectId})
 	newTaskRelation.task = newTask
 	await addTaskRelation()
 }
@@ -459,6 +461,17 @@ async function toggleTaskDone(task: ITask) {
 	padding: 0.5rem;
 }
 
+.task-relation-search-field {
+	position: relative;
+}
+
+.task-relation-quick-add-magic {
+	position: absolute;
+	inset-block-start: .5rem;
+	inset-inline-end: .75rem;
+	z-index: 4;
+}
+
 // FIXME: The height of the actual checkbox in the <FancyCheckbox/> component is too much resulting in a 
 //  weired positioning of the checkbox. Setting the height here is a workaround until we fix the styling 
 //  of the component.
diff --git a/frontend/tests/e2e/task/related-tasks-quick-add-magic.spec.ts b/frontend/tests/e2e/task/related-tasks-quick-add-magic.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..935b1cf9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/tests/e2e/task/related-tasks-quick-add-magic.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+import {test, expect} from '../../support/fixtures'
+import {ProjectFactory} from '../../factories/project'
+import {TaskFactory} from '../../factories/task'
+import {UserFactory} from '../../factories/user'
+import {createDefaultViews} from '../project/prepareProjects'
+import {login} from '../../support/authenticateUser'
+
+async function openRelatedTasksForm(page) {
+	await page.locator('.task-view .action-buttons .button').filter({hasText: 'Add Relation'}).click()
+	const input = page.locator('.task-relations .multiselect input').first()
+	await expect(input).toBeVisible()
+	return input
+}
+
+test.describe('Related tasks quick add magic', () => {
+	test('Applies a label parsed via *prefix to the new related task', async ({authenticatedPage: page}) => {
+		const project = (await ProjectFactory.create(1, {id: 1, title: 'Project A'}))[0]
+		await createDefaultViews(project.id)
+		const parent = (await TaskFactory.create(1, {id: 1, title: 'Parent task', project_id: project.id}, false))[0]
+
+		await page.goto(`/tasks/${parent.id}`)
+		const input = await openRelatedTasksForm(page)
+		await input.fill('Subtask one *Urgent')
+		await input.press('Enter')
+
+		const relatedTaskLink = page.locator('.task-relations .related-tasks .task a').filter({hasText: 'Subtask one'})
+		await expect(relatedTaskLink).toBeVisible({timeout: 10000})
+		// Quick add magic strips the *Urgent prefix from the title
+		await expect(relatedTaskLink).not.toContainText('*Urgent')
+
+		await relatedTaskLink.click()
+		await expect(page).toHaveURL(/\/tasks\/\d+/)
+		await expect(page.locator('.task-view .details.labels-list .multiselect .input-wrapper span.tag').filter({hasText: 'Urgent'}))
+			.toBeVisible({timeout: 10000})
+	})
+
+	test('Applies a priority parsed via !prefix to the new related task', async ({authenticatedPage: page}) => {
+		const project = (await ProjectFactory.create(1, {id: 1, title: 'Project A'}))[0]
+		await createDefaultViews(project.id)
+		const parent = (await TaskFactory.create(1, {id: 1, title: 'Parent task', project_id: project.id}, false))[0]
+
+		await page.goto(`/tasks/${parent.id}`)
+		const input = await openRelatedTasksForm(page)
+		await input.fill('Important work !4')
+		await input.press('Enter')
+
+		const relatedTaskLink = page.locator('.task-relations .related-tasks .task a').filter({hasText: 'Important work'})
+		await expect(relatedTaskLink).toBeVisible({timeout: 10000})
+		await expect(relatedTaskLink).not.toContainText('!4')
+
+		await relatedTaskLink.click()
+		// Priority 4 is "Urgent"
+		await expect(page.locator('.task-view .columns.details select').first()).toHaveValue('4', {timeout: 10000})
+	})
+
+	test('Creates the related task in another project via +project prefix', async ({authenticatedPage: page}) => {
+		const projectA = (await ProjectFactory.create(1, {id: 1, title: 'Source'}))[0]
+		await createDefaultViews(projectA.id)
+		const projectB = (await ProjectFactory.create(1, {id: 2, title: 'TargetProject'}, false))[0]
+		await createDefaultViews(projectB.id, 5)
+		const parent = (await TaskFactory.create(1, {id: 1, title: 'Parent task', project_id: projectA.id}, false))[0]
+
+		await page.goto(`/tasks/${parent.id}`)
+		const input = await openRelatedTasksForm(page)
+		await input.fill('Cross task +TargetProject')
+		await input.press('Enter')
+
+		const relatedTaskRow = page.locator('.task-relations .related-tasks .task').filter({hasText: 'Cross task'})
+		await expect(relatedTaskRow).toBeVisible({timeout: 10000})
+		await expect(relatedTaskRow.locator('a')).not.toContainText('+TargetProject')
+		// Cross-project marker shows the other project name
+		await expect(relatedTaskRow.locator('.different-project')).toContainText('TargetProject')
+	})
+
+	test('Keeps the title literal when quick add magic is disabled', async ({page, apiContext}) => {
+		const user = (await UserFactory.create(1, {
+			frontend_settings: JSON.stringify({
+				quickAddMagicMode: 'disabled',
+			}),
+		}))[0]
+		const project = (await ProjectFactory.create(1, {id: 1, title: 'Project A', owner_id: user.id}))[0]
+		await createDefaultViews(project.id)
+		const parent = (await TaskFactory.create(1, {id: 1, title: 'Parent task', project_id: project.id, created_by_id: user.id}, false))[0]
+
+		await login(page, apiContext, user)
+		await page.goto(`/tasks/${parent.id}`)
+
+		const input = await openRelatedTasksForm(page)
+		await input.fill('Buy milk *Urgent')
+		await input.press('Enter')
+
+		// With magic disabled, the prefix stays in the title verbatim
+		await expect(page.locator('.task-relations .related-tasks .task a').filter({hasText: 'Buy milk *Urgent'}))
+			.toBeVisible({timeout: 10000})
+	})
+})