SuperAdd

Create richly structured tasks from a single natural language line. SuperAdd recognizes your custom properties, applies templates, and writes clean frontmatter with correct ordering.

Highlights

• Natural language parsing for title, tags, time estimate, due date/time, scheduled date/time, and recurrence.
• Custom properties (string, number, boolean, array, date, datetime) recognized inline by name or value.
• Template support with frontmatter merge:
  • All template properties are written to the new file.
  • Properties filled via the modal/NLP override the template.
  • Unfilled template properties are written as key: (null).
  • The frontmatter order matches the template order; non-template keys are appended.
• Recognized text highlighting: see dates, recurrence, templates, and your custom properties highlighted as you type.
• Live preview with pill-style property display.
• Quick link insertion: type - to open a file picker and insert [[links]].

How it works

1. Define properties in Settings → Properties (supports regex for strings/arrays).
2. Optionally add templates in Settings → Templates (frontmatter-driven).
3. Open “Create Task”, type your line (e.g., “Call Alex tomorrow 3pm context office due next week”).
4. SuperAdd parses NLP, matches custom properties, applies the selected template, and creates the file.

Dates and recurrence

• “Due” uses a robust NLP pass (e.g., “tomorrow”, “in 2 days evening”).
• Custom date/datetime properties use the same recognition and reset correctly afterward.
• Recurrence is recognized from natural phrases (e.g., “every week”, “every second Monday”) into RRULE.

Recognized text highlighting

As you type in the task description, SuperAdd highlights each recognized part without changing the text or taking away normal editing:

• Due and scheduled dates in blue.
• Recurrence in purple.
• Status in green.
• Priority in red, when configured.
• Time estimates in orange.
• Template names in cyan.
• Other custom properties in the accent color.

Highlighting follows the same parser that builds the saved task, including custom properties, templates, regex values, and repeated values such as context inside pc, outside pc.

Configuration

• Task management properties: set the field names for due and recurrence.
• Custom properties: add/edit types, defaults, and optional regex/defined values.
• Templates: pick markdown files with frontmatter; their keys define desired frontmatter.

Tips

• Put all desired properties as frontmatter keys in your template. SuperAdd will write them all and keep order.
• Use concise names for properties to make inline recognition natural.
• Use regex sparingly for precision on string/array properties.

Troubleshooting

• Properties not filled: check the property names in Settings match your input phrasing.
• Template not applied: verify the template is selected/recognized and has frontmatter.
• Date not parsed: try more explicit phrases (e.g., “tomorrow 18:00”, “next Monday morning”).

Credits

Core QuickAdd-style functionality in this plugin was extracted and adapted from tasknotes.

MIT License.