Dainvo Task Manager

Dainvo Task Manager connects Obsidian checkbox tasks to Dainvo. Version 1.1.2 supports Obsidian desktop and mobile and can publish task projections directly to Dainvo mobile without requiring Dainvo desktop.

Website: dainvo.com

What you can do

• Keep writing Markdown checkbox tasks naturally in Obsidian.
• View synced tasks in Dainvo mobile while offline.
• Complete or reopen a task in Dainvo mobile and apply the checkbox change the next time the selected vault publisher is active.
• Sync task title, completion, priority, tags, date-only due information, and relative source-note metadata.
• Keep the existing localhost Dainvo desktop pairing for planning, Daily Notes, and the broader desktop editing workflow.

Dainvo mobile can also request a confirmed delete when this plugin is the selected publisher. The plugin verifies the stable task identity and source line, removes only the complete Markdown task line, then republishes the vault snapshot before acknowledging the operation. Create, rename, and move remain in Obsidian or Dainvo desktop.

Direct mobile task sync

1. Open Obsidian Settings > Dainvo Task Manager.
2. Under Dainvo mobile task sync, choose Sign in and finish browser authorization with the same Dainvo account used on your phone.
3. Select an existing cloud vault mapping or create one for this vault.
4. Choose a stable-ID mode. Backfill existing + future tasks is the default; New tasks only leaves existing ID-less tasks unchanged.
5. Enable sync and wait for Published.

Only one installation publishes a cloud vault at a time. A newly connected installation does not take ownership automatically. If another Obsidian installation or Dainvo desktop is selected, sync pauses until you intentionally choose Use this device.

The publisher sends at most 300 active nonblank tasks and the 700 most recently completed nonblank tasks. It advertises complete/reopen/delete support and checks for queued mobile operations every 30 seconds while Obsidian is active. Obsidian desktop continues while open or minimized. Obsidian mobile runs while foregrounded and on resume; the mobile operating system may suspend Obsidian after it is closed.

Offline changes are eventual. Dainvo mobile keeps a local task cache and durable operation queue. The phone must reconnect to upload a change, and the selected vault publisher must later run to update the real Markdown checkbox.

Stable task IDs

The plugin uses an existing unique Obsidian block ID when one is present. Otherwise it appends an ID such as ^dainvo-550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000 with Obsidian's atomic vault API. Stable IDs keep a task's cloud identity when a line moves within a note or between notes.

• Backfill existing + future tasks shows the number of affected tasks and asks for confirmation before changing files. The migration is journaled and resumes safely after a restart.
• New tasks only records the current ID-less tasks as a baseline and assigns IDs only to tasks created afterward. A publisher takeover establishes a fresh baseline before watching for new tasks.

The parser does not add IDs in frontmatter, fenced code, non-task examples, blank-title tasks, or unsupported lines. Immediately before each atomic edit, the plugin re-parses the complete current note so a task moved into an excluded region after the initial scan is not changed. If a Dainvo ID was copied, the first occurrence keeps it and later occurrences receive new IDs during repair. Existing IDs are never removed when the mode changes.

Optional Dainvo desktop pairing

The localhost bridge remains available on Obsidian desktop and is independent from direct mobile task sync:

1. Open Dainvo desktop and start an Obsidian pairing session.
2. In Obsidian Settings > Dainvo Task Manager, paste the bridge URL and pairing code.
3. Choose Pair with Dainvo.

Bridge and Daily Notes settings are hidden on Obsidian mobile. If a paired older Dainvo desktop cannot understand stable-ID aliases, the plugin blocks backfill and asks you to update Dainvo desktop or disconnect that local bridge.

Privacy and account safety

Direct sync is an explicit per-vault opt-in. The relay receives only task projections and relative note metadata. It never receives Markdown bodies, raw task lines, attachments, full filesystem paths, vault files, bridge secrets, OAuth refresh tokens, or account passwords.

OAuth access and refresh tokens, pending PKCE state, the local bridge bearer token, and the installation UUID are stored in Obsidian SecretStorage rather than data.json. Every cloud mapping is scoped to the signed-in Dainvo user. Signing out pauses work without silently deleting cloud data; switching accounts requires an explicit relink. A revoked or expired refresh grant clears the cloud session and pauses as signed out, while network and server failures retain the session for retry.

Disabling sync stops publication immediately and requests deletion of the cloud copy. If deletion cannot be confirmed, the plugin shows Disable pending and keeps enough local mapping state to retry.

Daily Notes

Dainvo Task Manager uses Obsidian Daily Notes and Periodic Notes settings when available. Daily Notes integration is part of the optional local desktop bridge; it is separate from the direct task relay and does not upload note bodies.