diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8f5d543..0fe95ea 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -28,3 +28,7 @@ Supported commands :
 * Current weather in {cityname} : Tells you the current condition and temperture
 * weather forecast in {cityname} : Tells you the condition, highest and lowest temperture of the next two days
 * What's up
+* shut down : shut down the system
+* open notepad : Opens the notepad
+* battery status : Tells you the current battery status of the system
+* cpu status : Tells you the current CPU status of the system
diff --git a/desktopAssistant.py b/desktopAssistant.py
index 5186e19..a643f94 100644
--- a/desktopAssistant.py
+++ b/desktopAssistant.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import smtplib
 import requests
 from weather import Weather
+import psutil
 
 def talkToMe(audio):
     "speaks audio passed as argument"
@@ -55,6 +56,20 @@ def assistant(command):
         webbrowser.open(url)
         print('Done!')
 
+    elif 'shutdown' in command:
+        talkToMe("system is going to shutdown")
+        os.system("shutdown /s /t 1")
+    
+    elif 'battery' in command:
+        battery=psutil.sensors_battery()
+        talkToMe("Your is system is at " + str(battery.percent) + " percent")
+    
+    elif 'cpu' in command:
+        talkToMe("CPU is at" + str(psutil.cpu_percent()))
+    
+    elif 'notepad' in command:
+        os.system('notepad')
+
     elif 'open website' in command:
         reg_ex = re.search('open website (.+)', command)
         if reg_ex:
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index bd41a2b..18a08d3 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ SpeechRecognition==3.8.1
 urllib3==1.24.2
 beautifulsoup4==4.6.0
 weather-api==0.0.4
+psutil
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