Name: PARA Workflower – Obsidian Plugin · Obsidian Stats
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Author: KevTheDevX

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#para-method #project-management #obsidian-plugin

The PARA Workflower plugin simplifies managing your Obsidian vault using the PARA method, an organizational strategy developed by Tiago Forte. With commands to quickly create new projects, areas, and resources, the plugin enhances productivity by structuring your vault efficiently. It includes features like easy archiving and restoration of PARA items, a fuzzy search for archived elements, and support for folder structures. The plugin also enables smooth project management with status updates like 'draft' and 'done.' Users can automate tasks such as archiving and restoring projects with a few clicks, making this plugin ideal for users looking to stay organized and streamline their workflow in Obsidian.

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Requires Obsidian 1.14.4 or later.

Safer archiving and restoring

Restoring an area no longer deletes other notes in its archive folder. Folders that end up empty go to the trash.
Archiving a project moves only that project: either its own folder or just the note, never other notes next to it.
If a note with the same name already exists where something is supposed to move, nothing is changed.
Notes that aren't a project, area or resource are no longer silently "archived". You get a message instead.
Searching the archive no longer adds empty tags to your notes.

New

Choose your template notes in the settings (#8). If a template is missing, the built-in one is used.
A new inbox folder setting. "Initialize vault" creates the folder (#7).
"Initialize vault" can be run again at any time. It only creates what's missing.
The plugin's settings now show up in Obsidian's settings search.
Area notes show each project's priority and sort by it. A project also shows up under an area through its Area:: line, not only its tag (#9).
New command "Create projects overview": one note with all active projects, their status, area, priority and deadline (#10).

Changed

Dataview is no longer required. Area notes still use it to show their lists.
Messages are clearer, and "done" messages only appear once the work is actually done.
The built-in area template uses your folder names and lists only projects. To get it, delete your area template and run "Initialize vault". Existing area notes keep their old lists.

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PARA Workflower

PARA Workflower is an Obsidian plugin to make managing your Vault using the PARA Method, by Tiago Forte, a lot easier.
This plugin offers you a handful of very useful commands to

Initialize your Vault and prepare it to use PARA method with this plugin
Create a new Project, Area or Resource
Easily archive your PARA items (Project, Area, Resource) using the plugin commands
Restore projects, areas and resources directly or via the plugin's handy fuzzy search function

To see all changes to the plugin, go to https://github.com/sudokvn/para-workflower/releases.

What is the PARA Method?

A full article on the PARA method and its benefits can be found on this blog post by Tiago Forte.

Installation

Requires Obsidian 1.14.4 or later.

[!tip] Install Dataview as well. Area notes use it to list their projects, archived projects and resources. All commands work without it.

Search for "PARA Workflower" in Obsidian's community plugins browser
Enable the plugin in your Obsidian settings (find "PARA Workflower" under "Community plugins").
Check the settings (You can customize the directory of your PARA notes and more)
Run the command Initialize vault to create the folders and templates

Manual

Go to the releases and download the latest main.js, manifest.json and styles.css files. Create a folder called para-workflower inside .obsidian/plugins and place the files in it.

Commands

Open command palette (default): CTRL+p or CMD+p

Command	Description
`Initialize vault`	Creates the inbox, projects, areas, resources and archive folders and the three templates. Existing folders and notes are left untouched, so you can run it again at any time.
`Create new project`	Opens a dialog to create a new project in your projects folder with the status `draft`. If you enter an area, the project is tagged with it and linked to it.
`Create new area`	Opens a dialog to create a new area in your areas folder, plus a companion folder `_<area>` if enabled.
`Create new resource`	Opens a dialog to create a new resource in your resources folder.
`Create projects overview`	Creates the note `Projects overview` in your projects folder and opens it. It shows all active projects with status, area, priority, deadline and last change. If the note exists, it just opens. Needs Dataview.
`Move to archive`	Moves the open project, area or resource to your archive. Projects get the status `aborted`.
`Restore from archive`	Restores the open archived item, or opens a search dialog to pick one. Projects get the status `pending`.
`Complete project`	Marks the open project as completed (`completed: true`, status `done`) and moves it to your archive.

How items are handled

A note counts as a project, area or resource when its tags property contains project, area or resource and it is inside the matching folder.
If you create a project, area or resource whose name already exists (active or archived, ignoring upper and lower case), the existing note opens instead of a new one being created.
A project with its own folder (1-Projects/<Name>/<Name>.md) moves together with that folder. Any other project note moves alone, so other notes next to it stay where they are.
An area moves together with its companion folder _<area>. In the archive, both are placed in a folder named after the area. When the area is restored and that folder is empty, the folder is moved to the trash.
Before moving anything, the plugin checks that nothing with the same name exists at the destination. If something does, nothing is changed.

Settings

Setting	Default	Description
Inbox folder	`0-Inbox`	Created by `Initialize vault`. Leave empty for no inbox. To collect new notes there, set it as the default location for new notes under Settings → Files and links.
Projects folder	`1-Projects`	Where new projects are created.
Use folder structure for projects	off	Creates a folder for each new project (`1-Projects/<Name>/<Name>.md`).
Areas folder	`2-Areas`	Where new areas are created.
Create area companion folders	on	Creates a folder `_<area>` next to each new area.
Resources folder	`3-Resources`	Where new resources are created.
Archive folder	`4-Archive`	Where archived items are moved.
Project template, Area template, Resource template	`Templates/<Type> Template.md`	The notes used as templates. If a template note is missing, the built-in template is used.

Area notes list the projects that have the area's tag or link to the area in their Area:: line. Projects are sorted by their priority property, lowest number first. Projects without a priority come last.

The area template contains Dataview queries with your folder names at the time the template was created. If you rename folders later, update the queries in your area template and in existing area notes.

Tips

For a better UX consider to configure the following settings:

Editor -> 'Default view for new tabs' --> Reading view
Editor -> 'Default editing mode' --> Source mode
Editor -> 'Properties in document' --> Source

Tags i use for project status

Status	Description
`draft`	Project created or initialized; has to be defined or needs some more specification
`pending`	Project is specified and ready to go
`in_process`	Project is currently under development
`postprocessing`	Project is mostly done but needs some additional documentation or other post processing (this step is optional)
`done`	Project is done and documented