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Tasks by laurigates — Agent Skill

Name: Tasks
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: laurigates

File contents

Obsidian Task Management

When to Use This Skill

Use this skill when...	Use the alternative instead when...
Listing open `- [ ]` tasks across the vault, creating tasks, or marking tasks complete	Editing arbitrary note content rather than checklist lines — use `vault-files`
Filing a task on a daily note via the running Obsidian CLI	Tracking work in `taskwarrior` outside Obsidian — use a `taskwarrior-plugin` skill
Verifying which tasks Obsidian itself indexes as open	Searching for arbitrary text patterns including non-task content — use `search-discovery`

List, create, and complete tasks across the Obsidian vault using the official CLI.

Prerequisites

Obsidian desktop v1.12.4+ with CLI enabled
Obsidian must be running

When to Use

Use this skill automatically when:

User wants to list open tasks from their vault
User needs to create new tasks in notes
User wants to mark tasks as complete
User asks about todos or checklists in Obsidian

Core Operations

List Tasks

# All open tasks across vault
obsidian tasks

# JSON output for parsing
obsidian tasks format=json

Create a Task

# Create a new task
obsidian task:create content="Review PR #42"

# Create task in specific note
obsidian task:create content="Update documentation" file="Sprint Tasks"

Complete a Task

# Mark task as done by ID
obsidian task:complete task=task-id

Workflow Patterns

Daily Task Capture

# Add task to today's daily note
obsidian daily:append content="- [ ] New task from CLI"

# Or use task:create
obsidian task:create content="Follow up on meeting action items"

Task Review

# List all open tasks, pipe to grep for filtering
obsidian tasks format=json

Agentic Optimizations

Context	Command
List tasks (structured)	`obsidian tasks format=json`
Create task	`obsidian task:create content="text"`
Complete task	`obsidian task:complete task=ID`
Quick capture to daily	`obsidian daily:append content="- [ ] task"`

Related Skills

vault-files — Append tasks to specific notes
search-discovery — Find notes containing tasks

---name: tasksdescription: Obsidian tasks via CLI: list open tasks, create tasks, mark complete. Use when user mentions Obsidian tasks, todos, checklists, or completion.--- # Obsidian Task Management ## When to Use This Skill | Use this skill when... | Use the alternative instead when... | |---|---| | Listing open `- [ ]` tasks across the vault, creating tasks, or marking tasks complete | Editing arbitrary note content rather than checklist lines — use `vault-files` | | Filing a task on a daily note via the running Obsidian CLI | Tracking work in `taskwarrior` outside Obsidian — use a `taskwarrior-plugin` skill | | Verifying which tasks Obsidian itself indexes as open | Searching for arbitrary text patterns including non-task content — use `search-discovery` | List, create, and complete tasks across the Obsidian vault using the official CLI. ## Prerequisites - Obsidian desktop v1.12.4+ with CLI enabled - Obsidian must be running ## When to Use Use this skill automatically when: - User wants to list open tasks from their vault - User needs to create new tasks in notes - User wants to mark tasks as complete - User asks about todos or checklists in Obsidian ## Core Operations ### List Tasks ```bash # All open tasks across vault obsidian tasks # JSON output for parsing obsidian tasks format=json ``` ### Create a Task ```bash # Create a new task obsidian task:create content="Review PR #42" # Create task in specific note obsidian task:create content="Update documentation" file="Sprint Tasks" ``` ### Complete a Task ```bash # Mark task as done by ID obsidian task:complete task=task-id ``` ## Workflow Patterns ### Daily Task Capture ```bash # Add task to today's daily note obsidian daily:append content="- [ ] New task from CLI" # Or use task:create obsidian task:create content="Follow up on meeting action items" ``` ### Task Review ```bash # List all open tasks, pipe to grep for filtering obsidian tasks format=json ``` ## Agentic Optimizations | Context | Command | |---------|---------| | List tasks (structured) | `obsidian tasks format=json` | | Create task | `obsidian task:create content="text"` | | Complete task | `obsidian task:complete task=ID` | | Quick capture to daily | `obsidian daily:append content="- [ ] task"` | ## Related Skills - **vault-files** — Append tasks to specific notes - **search-discovery** — Find notes containing tasks

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