Todo.txt Mode for Obsidian

Todo.txt Mode is an Obsidian plugin that provides support for the todo.txt file format in Obsidian.

Features

• Syntax Highlight:

  • Automatic highlighting for todo.txt elements
    • Completed tasks, project tags (+project), context tags (@context), priority markers ((A), (B)), due dates (due:yyyy-mm-dd), recurring task markers (rec:d, rec:w, rec:m, rec:y)
  • Customize colors with the Style Settings Plugin

• Automatic Completion Date:

  • Automatically adds completion date when marking tasks as complete with x

• Recurring tasks:

  • Automatic recurring task generation using rec:
    • attribute Intervals: d (daily), b (business days), w (weekly), m (monthly), y (yearly)
  • Numeric prefixes: rec:3m (every 3 months)
  • Strict mode: rec:+m (based on original due date)

• Task Management:

  • Move completed tasks to done file
    • Todo.txt: Move completed tasks to done file

• Task Sorting:

  • Sort by priority, project, context, due date
    • Todo.txt: Sort by priority/project/context/due date

About todo.txt format

Basic todo.txt format:

x 2023-05-08 Completed task +project @context
Today's task +work @office
(A) High priority task +project
A task with due:2023-05-15 date
Daily standup @work rec:d due:2023-05-08
Monthly review +personal rec:+m due:2023-05-01
Submit report @work rec:3b due:2023-05-12

Visit the official website for more details.