Vault Task List

Get all tasks from your vault with filtering options.

When to Use

Invoke when you want to:

See all open tasks across the vault
Filter tasks by folder, tag, or status
Quick task overview when outside Obsidian
Complement Dataview task queries

Arguments

Argument	Required	Default	Description
`status`	No	"all"	Filter: "open", "completed", "cancelled", "all"
`folder`	No	-	Limit to notes in this folder
`tag`	No	-	Filter to tasks with this tag
`limit`	No	100	Maximum tasks to return

Process

1. Parse User Input

Identify filter criteria:

"show all open tasks"
"tasks in the projects/ folder"
"completed tasks with #urgent tag"
"list tasks from work notes"

2. Call MCP Tool

mcp__flywheel__get_all_tasks(
  status: "open",
  folder: "projects/",
  tag: "#urgent",
  limit: 50
)

3. Format Results

Tasks Found:

Vault Tasks
=================================================

Filter: open tasks in projects/
Found: 23 tasks

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High Priority (5):

  ☐ Complete API documentation
    📍 projects/Alpha.md (line 45)
    📅 Due: 2026-01-05
    🏷️ #urgent

  ☐ Review pull request #123
    📍 projects/Beta.md (line 23)
    📅 Due: 2026-01-02
    🏷️ #review

  ☐ Fix authentication bug
    📍 projects/Alpha.md (line 67)
    🏷️ #bug

  ... and 2 more

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Normal Priority (18):

  ☐ Update README with new features
    📍 projects/Alpha.md (line 89)
    🏷️ #docs

  ☐ Add unit tests for UserService
    📍 projects/Beta.md (line 56)
    🏷️ #testing

  ☐ Refactor database queries
    📍 projects/Gamma.md (line 34)

  ... and 15 more

-------------------------------------------------

Summary:
  Open: 23 tasks
  With due dates: 8 tasks
  Overdue: 2 tasks
  Tagged: 23 tasks

=================================================

By Status:

Vault Tasks
=================================================

Status breakdown (all tasks):

  Open:       23 tasks
  Completed:  156 tasks
  Cancelled:   4 tasks
  ────────────────────
  Total:      183 tasks

Completion rate: 85%

Recent completions (last 7 days):
  ✓ Deploy v2.0 to production (2025-12-30)
  ✓ Write architecture document (2025-12-29)
  ✓ Review team feedback (2025-12-28)
  ... and 12 more

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Relationship to Dataview

Tool	Use Case	When
Dataview (Obsidian)	Rich queries, live views	In Obsidian
vault-tasks (Claude)	Quick overview, CLI access	Outside Obsidian

This skill complements your Dataview workflow:

Use when chatting with Claude about tasks
Quick checks without opening Obsidian
Cross-reference with other Claude tools

Task Syntax Supported

The skill recognizes Obsidian checkbox syntax:

- [ ] Open task
- [x] Completed task
- [-] Cancelled task
- [/] In progress (treated as open)

Due date formats:

📅 2026-01-05 (emoji format)
due: 2026-01-05 (text format)
[due:: 2026-01-05] (Dataview format)

Use Cases

Morning check: "What tasks are open?"
Folder focus: "Tasks in my work/ folder"
Tag filter: "Show #urgent tasks"
Progress tracking: "How many tasks completed this week?"

Integration

Works well with other skills:

vault-due: Focus on deadline-based view
task-add: Add new tasks to daily notes
vault-search: Find notes by task status
vault-activity: Correlate tasks with activity

Version: 1.0.0

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