Capture: Add a task to a Kanban board

You end up with one QuickAdd command that drops whatever you type onto a Kanban board as a card in the lane you choose - without opening the board first.

Prerequisites

• The Kanban community plugin, installed and enabled.
• A Kanban board with at least one lane. Each lane is a Markdown heading, for example ## Backlog.

Setup

Imported the package above? Follow After importing in the card, then skip the manual setup below and read What you get.

1. In Settings → QuickAdd, click New choice → Add to a note. The Capture builder opens; set Name (for example, Add to board).
2. Set Where to your Kanban board file.
3. Enable the Task toggle (in the Content section). This wraps your text in - [ ] so Kanban reads it as a card.
4. Set Position to After line….
5. In the Insert after field that appears, write ## followed by the name of the lane you want to add the card to. For a lane called Backlog, that is ## Backlog.

What you get

You run the choice, type Buy milk, and QuickAdd adds - [ ] Buy milk as a new card at the end of the Backlog lane.

Add a date to the card

Kanban recognizes a date written as @{YYYY-MM-DD} on a card. Set What to add one (before QuickAdd 2.30.0, turn on the Capture format toggle first):

• Use today’s date automatically:

  {{VALUE}} @{{{DATE}}}

• Get asked which date to use each time:

  {{VALUE}} @{{{VDATE:DATE,YYYY-MM-DD}}}

  You can type an exact date or a natural-language date such as tomorrow.

Read more about format syntax here.