Eisenhower Matrix — Obsidian Plugin

Organize your tasks by urgency and importance using the Eisenhower Matrix — directly inside Obsidian.

Overview

The Eisenhower Matrix (also known as the Urgent-Important Matrix) helps you decide and prioritize tasks by sorting them into four quadrants based on urgency and importance.

Features

Core

• A real matrix — four equal cells under labeled Urgent / Not urgent and Important / Not important axes, colored by your theme (light and dark); on phones and narrow panes the cells stack, each with a small glyph showing its place in the grid
• Toggle-based input — flip the Urgent and Important switches and the task is automatically routed to the correct quadrant
• Smart contextual fields — Schedule tasks prompt for a due date 📅, Delegate tasks prompt for an assignee 👤
• Markdown persistence — all tasks are saved as a readable Eisenhower Matrix.md file in your vault, fully compatible with search, backlinks, and Dataview
• Inline editing — click any task text to edit it in place; Enter to save, Escape to cancel
• Quick capture — run Add task to Eisenhower Matrix from anywhere (assign your own hotkey); Alt+1–4 picks the quadrant, Enter adds
• Links and tags — [[links]] and #tags in a task are clickable, with page preview on hover
• Sub-items — indented lines under a task show as a collapsible list on its card

Your file stays yours

• Hand edits are kept — frontmatter, notes, callouts, other headings and sub-items you write in the file survive every action
• Live sync — edit the file in another tab or sync it from your phone; the matrix updates on its own
• Safe writes — if the file changed under an action, nothing is written and the matrix refreshes instead

Organization

• Drag & drop — move tasks between quadrants by dragging them
• Reorder within quadrant — drag tasks inside the same quadrant to change priority order
• Hide/show completed — toggle to hide finished tasks and focus on what's pending
• Task counter — each quadrant shows (pending/total) at a glance
• Delete confirmation — clicking ✕ opens a confirmation menu to prevent accidental deletion

Scheduling & Delegation

• Quick date buttons — pick "Tomorrow", "+7 days", or "+30 days" instead of manually selecting a date
• Assignee autocomplete — previously used names appear as clickable chips for quick selection
• Overdue alerts — past-due Schedule tasks are highlighted in red with a ⚠️ badge
• Move with context — moving a task to Schedule or Delegate opens a modal to set the date or assignee

Settings

• Custom data file — choose which markdown file stores your tasks
• Auto-complete Eliminate — tasks added to Eliminate are automatically marked as done
• Responsive layout — works on desktop, tablet, and mobile screens
• Touch-friendly — on mobile, the ⋯ button on each task opens Edit, Move and Delete

How to Use

1. Click the grid icon in the ribbon (or use the command palette: Open Eisenhower Matrix)
2. Type your task in the input field
3. Toggle Urgent and/or Important to select the target quadrant
4. Click Add or press Enter
5. Check off completed tasks ✓, click text to edit, or drag to reorganize (on mobile, tap ⋯)

You can also edit Eisenhower Matrix.md directly: add - [ ] task lines under a quadrant heading, indent sub-items under a task, and write notes anywhere — the matrix picks them up.

Installation

From Community Plugins (pending approval)

1. Open Settings → Community plugins → Browse
2. Search for "Eisenhower Matrix"
3. Click Install, then Enable

Manual Installation

1. Download main.js, manifest.json, and styles.css from the latest release
2. Create a folder .obsidian/plugins/eisenhower-matrix/ in your vault
3. Copy the 3 files into that folder
4. Enable the plugin in Settings → Community plugins

License

MIT — free for personal and commercial use.

Made with ❤️ by Amador Rosa