Applescript - export Omnifocus tasks to Obsidian checklist (or kanban)

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update

This script has been overhauled by DrJJWMac over at the MPU forums see here :

:warning: warning, this script will choke on tasks with more than one paragraph, or special characters like slashes

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This script

  • creates a new .md in Vault using project title from Omnifocus
  • appends task’s title as a checklist item to that .md
  • IF the Task in Omnifocus has a note (text only)

    • encloses the added task in [[]] wiki brackets

    • creates separate .md with name of task

    • adds Omni note text to that .md in ObsidianTo convert into kanban use this plugin GitHub - mgmeyers/obsidian-kanban: Create markdown-backed Kanban boards in Obsidian. , and just “Insert template” above the checklist.

      tell application "OmniFocus"
    tell front window
	    set my_trees to selected trees of content

## INSERT YOUR OBSIDIAN VAULT PATH HERE

tell application "Finder" to open ("/Users/XXXX/DT Documents/Vault/" as POSIX file)

repeat with i from 1 to count of my_trees
	set my_selection to value of item i of my_trees
	set task_name to name of my_selection
	set task_note to note of my_selection
	set project_id to containing project of my_selection
	set project_name to name of project_id
	
	
	try
		tell application "Finder" to set theLocation to (folder of the front window as alias)
	end try
	
	if task_note is not "" then tell application "TextEdit"
		
		## INSERT YOUR OBSIDIAN VAULT PATH HERE
		
		set n to "/Users/XXXX/DT Documents/Vault/" & task_name & ".md"
		close access (open for access n)
		write task_note to n as "utf8" starting at eof
		write " 
" to n as "utf8" starting at eof
		end tell
	
	tell application "TextEdit"
		
		## INSERT YOUR OBSIDIAN VAULT PATH HERE
		
		set f to "/Users/XXXX/DT Documents/Vault/" & project_name & ".md"
		close access (open for access f)
		
		
		if task_note is not "" then set task_name to "[[" & task_name & "]]"
		
		
		write "- [ ] " & task_name & " " to f as "utf8" starting at eof
		write " 
" to f as "utf8" starting at eof
		
	end tell
	
	
end repeat

end tell



end tell
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I tried the script but I get errors:

tell application “TextEdit”
open for access “/Users/mikeormerod/vault/PreSales.md”
→ error number -10004

Any thoughts?

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Mmmm, I’m no expert at this stuff but did you add that “open for access”? It’s not in my script originally, is it?

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This script has been overhauled by DrJJWMac over at the MPU forums see here :

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This is great and worked first time, Thanks.