Tasks to OmniFocus

script

const COMPLETED_PREFIX = "- [OF] "; 
const TASKPAPER_PREFIX = "- ";         

let taskpaperContent = "";
let updatedDraftContent = "";
let tasksFound = 0;

const lines = draft.content.split("\n");

for (const line of lines) {
    const trimmedLine = line.trim();

    if (trimmedLine.startsWith("- [ ]")) {
        // This is a task to process
        tasksFound++;

        // 1. Get the task text *without* the "- [ ] " prefix
        //    (slice(6) skips the 6 characters: "-", " ", "[", " ", "]", " ")
        const taskText = trimmedLine.substring(6).trim();

        // 2. Add to Taskpaper string for OmniFocus
        //    Formats as: "- Task name\n"
        taskpaperContent += `${TASKPAPER_PREFIX}${taskText}\n`;

        // 3. Add to updated draft content, marked as completed
        //    Formats as: "- [x] [OF] Task name\n"
        //    We preserve the original line's indentation by replacing
        //    only the prefix on the non-trimmed line.
        updatedDraftContent += line.replace("- [ ]", COMPLETED_PREFIX.trim()) + "\n";

    } else {
              updatedDraftContent += line + "\n";
    }
}

if (tasksFound > 0) {
    const cb = CallbackURL.create();
    cb.baseURL = "omnifocus://x-callback-url/paste";
    
    cb.addParameter("content", taskpaperContent.trim());

    const success = cb.open();

    if (success) {
        draft.content = updatedDraftContent.trim();
        
        draft.update();
        const taskWord = tasksFound === 1 ? 'task' : 'tasks';
        app.displayInfoMessage(`Sent ${tasksFound} ${taskWord} to OmniFocus`);
    } else {
        app.displayErrorMessage("Failed to send to OmniFocus. Is it installed?");
    }

} else {
    app.displayInfoMessage("No uncompleted tasks found");
}