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Markdown Tasks

jsmorabitojsmorabito144 downloads

Manage tasks as notes organized into ordered chains. Supports multiple chains, cross-chain membership, and a meta-chain for personal sequencing across projects.

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An Obsidian plugin for managing tasks as Markdown notes, organized into ordered chains.

Features

  • Tasks as notes: a note is a task when its frontmatter matches a configurable key and value (default type: task). New tasks can be created from a template into a chosen folder.
  • Chains: ordered sequences of task notes. A note can belong to several chains, and each chain tracks position and status (ready, current, done) in frontmatter.
  • Chain bar: a status bar strip showing the active chain as filenames or dots, with drag support.
  • Chain view: a side panel for browsing and reordering a chain.
  • Linear integration (optional): import issues from Linear workspaces as notes and sync status in both directions. Requires a Linear API key, set in settings; nothing is sent to Linear unless you configure it.

Commands

  • New task, New item for chain…
  • Add to chain…, Remove active file from chain…, Auto-populate chains…
  • Set as current task, Advance chain, Reconcile chain statuses
  • Open chain view, Toggle chain bar
  • Check if current file is a task file
  • Open linear panel, Linear: sync all linked notes, Linear: push status of active note

Development

npm install
npm run dev     # watch build
npm run build   # production build

Release artifacts: main.js, manifest.json, styles.css.

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About
Manage tasks as Markdown notes by marking files via configurable frontmatter and create new tasks from templates into chosen folders. Organize notes into ordered chains that track position and status, browse and reorder chains in a side panel, and use a chain bar with drag support to show the active chain. Import and sync Linear issues as notes for optional two-way status sync.
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Details
Current version
0.5.1
Last updated
7 hours ago
Created
5 months ago
Updates
24 releases
Downloads
144
Compatible with
Obsidian 1.13.0+
Platforms
Desktop, Mobile
License
0BSD
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jsmorabitojsmorabito
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