📱 Dashboard Quick Reference

Your Daily Workflow

Morning (1 minute)

  1. Open Obsidian
  2. Daily dashboard opens automatically
  3. Check ⏫ High Priority section (top 5 tasks)
  4. Review ✅ Today’s Tasks

During the Day (anytime)

Option 1: Quick Task Button

  • Tap âž• Create Task
  • Choose project → priority → done

Option 2: Type & Organize

  • Type tasks in “Quick Task Inbox”
  • Tap đź“‹ Organize when ready

Capturing Notes

  • Dump everything in “Today’s Notes Dump”
  • No need to organize while working
  • Stay in flow, organize later

End of Day (30 seconds)

  • Tap đź“‹ Organize Daily Notes
  • Tasks → routed to projects
  • Notes → stay in today’s file
  • Tomorrow → fresh dashboard

Button Guide

ButtonDoes What
➕ Create TaskDialog → Quick task creation
đź“‹ OrganizeRoute tasks to projects
🆕 New SprintCreate sprint file
📊 ProjectsView all project tasks

Task Syntax

Priority

- [ ] High priority task ⏫
- [ ] Medium priority task 🔼  
- [ ] Low priority task đź”˝

Auto-Routing (by keyword)

- [ ] Fix telescope (routes to Star Sailors)
- [ ] Design bee mechanic (routes to Bumble)
- [ ] Add roving feature (routes to Roving)
- [ ] Update station UI (routes to Station 198)

Required Plugins

âś… Buttons - Interactive buttons
âś… Templater - Run scripts
âś… Dataview - Show tasks

Install: Settings → Community Plugins → Browse

Mobile Tips

iOS

  • Widget: Add to home screen
  • Shortcuts: Long-press app icon
  • Keyboard: Cmd+P for commands (iPad)

Android

  • Long-press app icon for shortcuts
  • Widgets available in launcher

High Priority Detection

Tasks show in “High Priority” section if they contain:

  • ⏫ emoji
  • #p1 tag
  • #high-priority tag
  • 🔥 emoji

Example Daily Flow

## 📥 Today's Notes Dump
 
Had idea for moon phases affecting bee behavior
Telescope viewport needs pagination fix
Meeting with design team - want more color
 
## âž• Quick Task Inbox
 
- [ ] Implement moon phase system for Bumble ⏫
- [ ] Fix telescope viewport pagination 🔼
- [ ] Research color palette options đź”˝

Tap 📋 Organize →

Result:

  • Moon task → _Tasks/Projects/bumble.md (High Priority)
  • Telescope → _Tasks/Projects/star-sailors.md (Medium)
  • Colors → Unknown (stays in daily file)

File Locations

WhatWhere
Today’s dashboard_Daily/2025-11-09.md
All project tasks_Tasks/Projects/*.md
Active sprints_Sprints/Active/*.md
Scripts.obsidian/scripts/*.js

Troubleshooting

Buttons not working? → Enable “Buttons” plugin

Scripts not running? → Templater settings → Script folder: .obsidian/scripts

No high-priority tasks showing? → Enable Dataview plugin → Enable JS queries

Commands

You can also use command palette (Cmd+P):

  • “Templater: Run Script - create-task”
  • “Templater: Run Script - organize-daily”
  • “Templater: Run Script - new-sprint”

Desktop Alternative

If on desktop, you can still use terminal:

vault organize-daily     # Same as button
vault new-sprint 296     # Create sprint

That’s it!

Just tap buttons, dump notes, stay organized. 🎯

Keep this file bookmarked for quick reference