Notes and task conventions

Tasks Eye reads status, up tree properties, and Obsidian Tasks emoji metadata from ordinary Markdown notes.

Why it matters

Tasks Eye is deliberately not a separate database. Notes remain normal Markdown, status remains frontmatter, and task state remains in the Obsidian Tasks format.

That convention keeps the vault useful without the plugin and gives every view a small, predictable set of source data to read.

One note declares up: "-" as the root and every other note links to its parent, so moving a note between folders does not change its context. Which folders are read at all is configured separately in Sources.

What to expect

• The unique root note declares up: - and every other indexed note declares a parent wikilink.
• Context follows the up tree rather than the note’s folder.
• Supported note statuses are open and closed.
• Missing or blank status is treated as open.
• Tasks due dates and completion dates are read from Obsidian Tasks emoji metadata.

What it looks like

Note row

Note row