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4D Eisenhower Matrix

by Jaroslav Krčál
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This plugin has not been manually reviewed by Obsidian staff. Visualize tasks across your vault in a 5-quadrant Eisenhower matrix (DO / DECIDE / DELEGATE / DELETE / OPEN). Reads and writes standard task syntax — tags, due/start/done dates, and priority emoji.

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4D Eisenhower Matrix — Obsidian plugin

Visualize tasks across your entire vault in a 5-quadrant Eisenhower matrix (DO / DECIDE / DELEGATE / DELETE / OPEN). Reads and writes Obsidian Tasks syntax — #tags, 📅 due, 🛫 start, ✅ done, priority emoji.

A morning dashboard for deciding what to do now: open it, see tasks split by priority, check off the done ones, add new ones. Markdown files stay the source of truth — the plugin is just a visual layer on top.

Note: the screenshots below were taken before the UI was localized — they still show Czech labels. The plugin UI is now in English.

Features

  • 5-quadrant matrix — the quadrant is determined by the first #tag after the checkbox: #DO, #DECIDE, #DELEGATE, #DELETE. Anything else → OPEN.
  • Cross-vault aggregation — collects tasks from all .md files in the vault (Dataview-like), not just today's daily note.
  • Full CRUD — add (form with text + tags + due date + priority), edit, toggle, move between quadrants.
  • Priority following the Obsidian Tasks convention: 🔺 highest · ⏫ high · 🔼 medium · 🔽 low · ⏬ lowest
  • Tag autocomplete — suggests existing vault tags while typing (avoids duplicates).
  • Filter by context tag (OR logic + a virtual "Other" chip).
  • Date navigation (← / → / calendar / Today) + a day-cutoff banner after midnight.
  • 3 s grace period after checking a task off (green border + countdown — click again to undo).
  • Sticky header + collapsible header for mobile.
  • In-quadrant sorting: overdue → priority desc → due date asc → alphabetical.
  • Desktop and mobile (tested on Android).
  • Respects the core "Daily notes" plugin — folder + template (with {{date}}, {{title}}, {{time}} substitution).

Installation

Via BRAT (recommended)

BRAT is an Obsidian community plugin for installing plugins straight from GitHub (with auto-update).

  1. Settings → Community plugins → Browse → search for BRAT → Install + Enable
  2. Ctrl+P (mobile: 3-dot menu → Command palette) → "BRAT: Add a beta plugin for testing"
  3. Paste the URL: https://github.com/krcaljaroslav/4D-eisenhower-matrix
  4. Add Plugin
  5. Settings → Community plugins → enable 4D Eisenhower Matrix
  6. Open via the ribbon icon (grid icon in the left sidebar) or Ctrl+P → "Open matrix"

Updates appear automatically within 15 minutes of a new release, or manually via BRAT: Check for updates to all beta plugins.

Manual (without BRAT)

Download main.js, manifest.json, styles.css from the latest release and drop them into <vault>/.obsidian/plugins/four-d-eisenhower-matrix/. Then Settings → Community plugins → enable.

Task syntax

The plugin reads/writes standard Obsidian Tasks syntax:

- [ ] #DO #Personal ⏫ 📅 2026-05-20 🛫 2026-05-15 Important call with Alice
- [x] #DECIDE Long-term planning ✅ 2026-05-10
- [ ] task without a quadrant tag  ← lands in the OPEN quadrant

Quadrant tags (the first token after - [ ]):

Tag Quadrant Meaning
#DO 🔴 DO Important + Urgent
#DECIDE 🔵 DECIDE Important + Less Urgent
#DELEGATE 🟢 DELEGATE Less Important + Urgent
#DELETE 🟡 DELETE Less Important + Less Urgent
(other / none) ⚫ OPEN Uncategorized

Priority (Obsidian Tasks convention):

Emoji Level
🔺 Highest
⏫ High
🔼 Medium
🔽 Low
⏬ Lowest

Controls

Action How
Toggle a task Click the checkbox · 3 s grace period (click again to undo)
Add a task Click + in the quadrant header → text + #tags + 📅 + ⏫ → Enter
Edit a task Desktop: double-click the card. Mobile: long-press / double-tap → menu → Edit
Change due date alone Click the 📅 badge on the card
Move between quadrants Desktop: drag the card onto the target quadrant. Mobile: long-press / double-tap → menu → "Move to…"
Open the source file Desktop: right-click the card. Mobile: long-press / double-tap. → menu (current pane / new tab / split / window) — the cursor lands on the task's line
Filter by tag Click a chip in the filter bar (multi-select, OR)
Previous / next day The ← → arrows in the header, the calendar, or "Today"
Collapse a quadrant Click the ▼/▶ arrow next to the quadrant name
Collapse the whole header The ▲ button top-right (handy on mobile)
Show completed tasks The "Done" toggle in the header

In-quadrant order

Deterministic — cannot be reordered manually:

  1. Overdue (📅 < today) — at the top
  2. Priority desc — 🔺 → ⏫ → 🔼 → 🔽 → ⏬ → no priority
  3. Due date asc — nearest deadline first
  4. Alphabetical by text

The manual lever for reordering is priority — set it and the task jumps up.

Settings

Settings → 4D Eisenhower Matrix:

  • Daily folder — where new daily notes are created. Empty = respect the core "Daily notes" plugin config. Override = a custom path (with a folder suggester).
  • Daily section heading — the heading in the daily note under which today's tasks are read and added. Default: # Dnes. Set it to whatever you use (e.g. # Today, ## Tasks).
  • Excluded folders — tasks from these folders are ignored. Default: none — add the folders you want excluded yourself. UI with + / × buttons and a folder suggester.

Daily note integration

The plugin looks for a configurable section heading in the daily note (set via Settings → Daily section heading, default # Dnes). New tasks are inserted under that heading.

If a daily note for the given day doesn't exist and you add the first task, the plugin creates it automatically:

  1. If the core "Daily notes" plugin has a template configured, it uses that (expanding {{date}}, {{title}}, {{time}}).
  2. Otherwise it falls back to a minimal scaffold (frontmatter + the configured section heading).

Mobile

Works on Android (isDesktopOnly: false; iOS untested but should work).

  • Long-press or double-tap a card → context menu (Edit · Open file · Move to…)
  • Moving between quadrants on mobile is done via the menu ("Move → DECIDE" etc.). Touch-drag is unreliable inside the Obsidian mobile webview, so the menu is used instead — two taps, deterministic.
  • Collapsed header (the ▲ button) — frees up vertical space for the matrix.

Roadmap

  • Quick-add task via the Command Palette (without opening the view)
  • Keyboard shortcuts inside the view (J/K navigation, X toggle, N new task)
  • Full moment.js syntax in daily templates (currently only {{date}} / {{title}} / {{time}})

Missing something? Open an issue.

Known limitations

  • Manual ordering across files (one task in a daily note, another in a project) is not supported — the sort is deterministic.

Bugs / contributing

Issues · Pull requests welcome.

License

MIT

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