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(Optional Setting)

Flow

• Parse current page for any top level unchecked boxes ( - [ ] )
• Based on what is gathered, create a task and send it to inbox (or relative project from #9)

Bonus

Any unchecked boxes underneath top level could be added as subtasks of created things task.

• Not sure if that is possible using x-callback url scheme though

If the current task is sent to Things, then bundle any indented sub-tasks below as lines in the checklist for that task in Things.

Since Things only supports one level of subtask, there would need to be a decision of whether to (a) flatten the subtask hierarchy or (b) visually indent each subtask with spaces in Things.

in other words,

• level 1
  • level 2
    • level 3
  • level 2.2

could become in Things:

a)

• level 1
  Checklist:

  - [ ] level 2
  - [ ] level 3
  - [ ] level 2.2
  

or
b)

• level 1
  Checklist:

  - [ ] level 2
  - [ ]   level 3
  - [ ] level 2.2
  

I prefer the (b) option but I could see an argument for (a).

Thank you for this useful plugin!
Is it possible to have an option to add a backlink to the Obsidian note to the task created in Things?

Installed on a vault (with Minimal theme plus a few other plugins)...
Cannot see commands in Command palette. Works in another vault with different themes and some different plugins.

• Disabled all other plugins - still not working.
• Changed theme to default - still not working.
• Uninstalled all other plugins - still not working.

(BTW, restarted Obsidian after each step)...

Any ideas? Thanks in advance...

Hi Gavin,

First of all thanks for this small but powerful plugin. It really made my life much easier since I was stuck trying to figure out a way to communicate my tasks between Things and Obsidian.

There is one small issue I noticed which occasionally causes problems. When Things Link creates the link between Obsidian task and Things task, it turns all of the text into a link. But this causes some problems with tags and linked notes inside the sentence. In those cases either tags become unusable or note links or Things links break. Like this:

One option might be adding the Things link next to the task, maybe a one word text or only an emoji to link. Like this mock-up:

Hi,

Thanks for this really helpful plugin!

If a note could have an "assigned" things project (either through a link in the file, or the header -- when you create the project from the note in obsidian this header could be automatically filled in), then when a task is created, it would be great to have it assigned to that project rather than the inbox.

Cheers,
Paul.

For more durable permalinks, it would be nice if this plugin detected whether https://github.com/Vinzent03/obsidian-advanced-uri/ was installed and enabled, triggered that plugin's creation of a link (thus adding the "uid" field to the frontmatter), and then pasted that link into Things.

Instead of the fragile obsidian://open URI, we'd get a more durable obsidian://advanced-uri link.

Perhaps a link to 'things' could help to understand what the plugin is about.