Markdown Tasks

Markdown Tasks

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.