New Plugin: Obsidian Todoist Context Bridge, Bridge your Obsidian notes with Todoist tasks while preserving rich context

Hey, I developed another Todoist sync plugin. Yes, I know, but I hope it can be useful for you. You can check out the details on GitHub, and it’s already submitted to the community store. Feel free to test it and provide feedback.

A powerful Obsidian plugin that bridges your Obsidian notes with Todoist tasks while preserving rich context, helping you highlight important tasks and maintain seamless workflows between the two platforms.

What Makes This Plugin Different?

Unlike traditional Todoist sync plugins that try to sync everything, Context Bridge helps you:

  • :sparkles: Highlight important tasks selectively in Todoist
  • :arrows_counterclockwise: Preserve rich context with bidirectional links
  • :dart: Focus on what truly matters
  • :lock: Maintain system reliability through one-way sync

The Story Behind This Plugin

Obsidian Todoist Context Bridge was crafted with five PTKM Core Principles that shape its functionality:

  • Task-Centered Workflow: Prioritizing efficient task management and natural workflow integration
  • Context Preservation: Ensuring no valuable information is lost in the task management process
  • Linking Everything: Bridging the gap between Obsidian and Todoist
  • Focus on Priority: Helping users concentrate on what truly matters
  • Reliable Redundancy: Maintaining data integrity through smart synchronization

This plugin was born from a real-world challenge: the need to effectively highlight and track important tasks while preserving their complete context. As both an Obsidian enthusiast and Todoist power user, I discovered that while not every note-taking task warranted a place in my task manager, the crucial ones deserved focused attention and reliable tracking.

The Challenge

Modern knowledge workers face a common dilemma: Obsidian excels at capturing tasks with rich context - embedding them within notes, projects, and thought processes. However, these important tasks can easily become buried in an ocean of notes and ideas. Todoist shines at task tracking and highlighting, but traditionally lacks the deep context that birthed these tasks.

The Bridge

This plugin elegantly solves this challenge through four key mechanisms:

  1. Selective Sync: Thoughtfully choose which tasks deserve promotion to your Todoist workflow
  2. Contextual Links: Maintain robust bidirectional connections to your original Obsidian notes
  3. Reliable Redundancy: Ensure task security through strategic presence in both systems
  4. Focused Management: Keep your task system lean and relevant by promoting only what matters
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Thanks your , really interesting! The concept of preserving rich context while bridging Obsidian and Todoist tasks is definitely a game-changer. It’s great to see a plugin that not only syncs tasks but helps users focus on what truly matters by selectively syncing important tasks and maintaining bidirectional links.

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Thank you for your kind words! I’m glad you found the concept interesting. The ability to selectively sync important tasks and maintain bidirectional links really does help users prioritize what matters most.