| name | obsidian-capture |
| description | Append quick captures — todos with due dates, log lines, learnings, reflections — to the right section of Obsidian daily (DailyPlan/) and weekly (Weekly/) notes. Use when asked to "add a todo", "note this down", "log this", "capture an idea", "due Friday", or to record something fun or a weekly reflection. Do NOT use for searching notes (use obsidian-vault-search) or for creating standalone long-form notes. |
obsidian-capture
Turn a quick capture into one small edit in today's daily note or this week's weekly note, following the vault's existing template conventions.
Targets
Vault root: $OBSIDIAN_VAULT (e.g. ~/vaults/Vault).
daily=$OBSIDIAN_VAULT/DailyPlan/$(LC_TIME=C date '+%Y-%m-%d %a').md
weekly=$OBSIDIAN_VAULT/Weekly/$(date +%G-W%V).md
If the target note is missing, create it from Meta-Obsidian/Templates/DailyTemplate.md or Weekly Template.md, resolving {{date:...}} placeholders to real dates (nav links use adjacent day/week names).
Section Routing
| Capture | Destination |
|---|
| Must-do / important todo | daily ## 🎯 今天必须完成 |
| Any other todo, incl. future due dates | daily ## ✅ 其他 |
| Timestamped happening | daily ## 🪵 Log as - HH:mm <text> |
| Learned something new / diary entry | daily ## 📝 今日记 (新知: / 新事:) |
| Fun thing this week | weekly ## Something Fun This Week |
| Reflection answer | weekly ## Reflections, under the matching Q: |
A todo due next month still goes in today's daily note — the Tasks plugin finds it by its 📅 date, not by file location.
Task Format (Tasks plugin)
- [ ] Review Daytona doc 📅 2026-07-10 ⏫
📅 due, 🛫 start, ⏳ scheduled, ⏫ high, 🔼 medium, 🔽 low.- Resolve natural-language dates ("Friday", "next week") to absolute
YYYY-MM-DD — check date +%F first, never guess today's date.
- Keep the capture text in the language the user used.
Rules
- Fill the first empty
- [ ] slot in the target section before appending a new line; likewise replace a still-empty - HH:mm placeholder in Log.
- Append at the end of the section otherwise; one capture = one line.
- Never touch: frontmatter,
> [!summary] callouts (RescueTime), ```base and ```dataviewjs blocks, the **<< [[prev]] | [[next]] >> nav line.
- Marking a todo done:
- [x] ... ✅ YYYY-MM-DD (append the completion date, keep the rest of the line).
