

If you’re new to Todoist filters, check out this article by Jeff Abbott as an introduction or the official documentation on the Todoist website.

The name is simply the title that will be displayed at the top of the section once we embed the tasks. The variables we can change here are name and filter. To embed Todoist tasks into a note, we use the following code: You can embed Todoist tasks inside any note file, like this blank one I have for the Focused podcast that I do with David Sparks. Once you have your API token set, you’re ready to start using the plugin. Paste the API token into the field and then click Submit. Once you find your API token, copy it to your clipboard and go back into Obsidian. You can click the link access your API token on the web, or you can open the Todoist app and go to Settings → Integrations and scroll down to the bottom. Click on the plugin, then click Install and then Enable.įor the plugin to sync with the Todoist app, you’re going to need your Todoist API token. Search for Todoist, and select the Todoist Sync plugin. Next, go to Community plugins and click Browse. In this video, I’m going to show you how to use the Todoist Sync community plugin to embed tasks using Todoist’s filters in Obsidian.įirst, click on the gear icon in the lower left to access the Obsidian Settings: Fortunately, there’s a Todoist plugin for Obsidian that allows you to have the best of both worlds - you can capture tasks into Todoist directly and get notified on your devices when it’s time to do a task, but you can also embed those tasks into an Obsidian document so you can associate them with a particular project. But if you rely on notifications for when to do what, then you’re going to need a dedicated task manager. Obsidian has some basic support for tasks built in.
