Drafts Directory: Append to Ideas

Action

Posted by ghawk.dev, Last update about 7 hours ago

Append ideas from individual drafts into a master Ideas draft, automatically organized by category and timestamped.

Setup

Create a master draft with # Ideas at the top, followed by any categories you’d like to use as ## headings. For example:

# Ideas

## Coding Projects
## Writing Ideas
## Music

You can freely add, remove, or rename categories at any time. The action automatically detects the ## headings in your Ideas draft, so no changes to the script are required.

When you run the action, you’ll be prompted to select a category. Your idea will then be appended beneath that category with a timestamp, and the original draft will automatically be archived.

Important: Configure the Ideas Draft

You must enter the UUID of your master Ideas draft in line 2 of the script.

To find the UUID:

Right-click your master Ideas draft and select Get Info.
Copy the draft’s UUID.
Right-click this action and select Edit.
In the Script step, paste the UUID into the indicated location on line 2.

Once configured, the action will automatically keep your ideas organized as you add, remove, or rename categories.

Install

Steps

script

// UUID of your Ideas draft
let ideasUUID = "039CEFFE-7E9B-4505-93CA-8DE3AE2F6DF5";

// Find the Ideas draft
let destination = Draft.find(ideasUUID);

if (!destination) {
    app.displayErrorMessage("Couldn't find the Ideas draft.");
    context.fail();
}

// Find all level-2 Markdown headings (## Heading)
let headingRegex = /^##\s+(.+)$/gm;
let categories = [];
let match;

while ((match = headingRegex.exec(destination.content)) !== null) {
    categories.push(match[1].trim());
}

// Make sure we actually found some sections
if (categories.length == 0) {
    app.displayErrorMessage(
        "No ## sections were found in your Ideas draft."
    );
    context.fail();
}

// Create the category picker
let p = new Prompt();

p.title = "Add Idea";
p.message = "Where should this idea go?";

p.addSelect(
    "category",
    "Section",
    categories,
    [categories[0]],
    false
);

p.addButton("Add Idea", null, true);

// Show the prompt
if (!p.show()) {
    context.cancel();
}

// Get selected category
let category = p.fieldValues["category"][0];

// Format timestamp
let timestamp = strftime(
    draft.createdAt,
    "%B %-d, %Y — %-I:%M %p"
);

// Build the idea entry
let entry = `### ${timestamp}

${draft.content}

---

`;

// Find the selected section
let heading = `## ${category}`;
let headingIndex = destination.content.indexOf(heading);

if (headingIndex == -1) {
    app.displayErrorMessage(
        `Couldn't find the "${category}" section.`
    );
    context.fail();
}

// Find the next ## heading
let nextSectionIndex = destination.content.indexOf(
    "\n## ",
    headingIndex + heading.length
);

let insertPosition;

if (nextSectionIndex == -1) {
    // Selected section is the last section
    insertPosition = destination.content.length;
} else {
    // Insert before the next section
    insertPosition = nextSectionIndex;
}

// Insert the idea
destination.content =
    destination.content.slice(0, insertPosition) +
    "\n\n" +
    entry +
    destination.content.slice(insertPosition);

// Save the Ideas draft
destination.update();

// Archive the original capture
draft.isArchived = true;
draft.update();

app.displaySuccessMessage(`Added to ${category}`);

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