Abbara PhD Manager

Roles → Projects → Tasks for Obsidian, visualised with Custom Badges.

• Roles have a theme colour and a badge icon.
• Projects get an auto shade of their role colour (or your own colour).
• Task types are set per role, and a project can override them with its own.
• A toolbar on daily notes shows one button per role → pick a project → pick a type → a task line is added:

- [ ] `[!!phd-tts-3d]` `[!!phd-t-code]` 

Press Enter at the end of a task to start the next one with the same badges, so you can add several tasks for one project in a row. Enter on a task with no text yet clears it and ends the list. (Turn off with Keep badges on Enter in settings.)

Every role, project and type is pushed into Custom Badges as a badge, so the line above renders as coloured badges.

Task order

Task lists are ordered by role → project → due date → created date:

• Role and project follow their order in settings (role-only tasks come before that role's projects).
• Due date is the Tasks plugin's 📅 YYYY-MM-DD; soonest first, tasks without one after.
• Created date is ➕ YYYY-MM-DD if the line has one, else the first daily note the task appears in (matched by its id badge). Oldest first.
• Ties keep their current order. Subtasks move with their parent. Tasks with no role badge go last. Code blocks are never touched.

It runs automatically when a new daily note is created (after Rollover adds yesterday's tasks; turn off with Sort new daily notes), and any time with the sort button at the right of the toolbar or the Sort tasks in this note command (one undo step). Reorder roles and projects in settings with the ↑ ↓ buttons.

Editing tasks

• New project… at the bottom of a role's toolbar menu opens a popup (name, icon, deadline, colour, own types/statuses), saves the project, then carries on to the type menu.
• Click a role/project badge on a task (or right-click → Set project) to move it to another project of that role. Its type and status carry over when the new project has one with the same id.
• Click a type or status badge (or right-click → Set task type / status) to change it.

Daily note view

Add both blocks to your daily template, above the task list:

```apm-progress
```

```apm-today
```

• Today panel (apm-today): two lines. Line 1 = tasks done / on today's list, tasks added today, tasks still open, and a progress bar. Line 2 = one chip per role with its own done/total, +n added today and a thin bar. Hover a chip for the full numbers.
  • Added today = the task's ➕ date, else the first daily note it appears in, is this note's day. Rolled-over tasks don't count as added.
  • Cancelled tasks ([-]) are left out of every count.
• Hide completed: the eye button (toolbar, or next to done in the Today panel) hides ticked and cancelled tasks, with their subtasks. It's remembered across restarts. Command: Hide / show completed tasks.
• Filter by role: click a role chip in the Today panel or a role divider to show only that role (click again for all). The filter button in the toolbar lets you tick several roles. The filter resets when Obsidian restarts. Command: Show tasks from all roles.
• The line you're typing on always stays visible, so a new task never vanishes while you write it.
• Role dividers: a role label with done/total is drawn above each role's group of tasks. It's not saved in the note, so Rollover and sorting keep working. Only lists with two or more roles get dividers.
• Collapse a role: click the chevron at the left of a divider to fold that role's tasks away (the divider stays, showing how many are open). Click it again to open them. Remembered across restarts. The group opens by itself while the cursor is inside it.
• Pin the Today panel: the pin button at the end of the panel's first line moves it above the note, under the toolbar, so it stays in view while you scroll. The copy in the note hides while it's pinned. Click the pin again (or run Pin / unpin the Today panel) to put it back. Only notes that have an apm-today block get the pinned panel.
• Add new tasks in order: a task added from the toolbar goes straight to the end of its role → project group (in the list the cursor is in, else the biggest task list), not at the cursor. Turn off in settings to insert at the cursor again.
• Badges on completed tasks: grey + strikethrough by default (settings: grey, strikethrough, both or unchanged).

Hiding and dividers work in live preview and source mode. Reading view only hides completed tasks.

Folder structure

src/
  main.ts                          plugin entry: loads settings, wires everything
  models/
    types.ts                       Role, Project, TaskType, ManagerSettings
    rolesJson.ts                   read/write the roles file (checks + fills gaps)
    resolve.ts                     derived values: project shade, types, badge keys
  defaults/
    roles-projects-themes.ts       starting roles for a fresh install / "Reset to defaults"
  settings/
    defaults.ts                    default plugin settings
    SettingsTab.ts                 settings page shell
    sections/
      roleSection.ts               one role block
      projectSection.ts            one project row
      typeList.ts                  editable list of task types
      rolesFileInfo.ts             "Edit as code" note + file errors
  storage/
    RolesFile.ts                   keeps roles-projects-themes.json and settings in sync
  integrations/
    customBadges.ts                sync badges into the Custom Badges plugin
  toolbar/
    ToolbarManager.ts              adds/removes the toolbar on notes
    renderToolbar.ts               builds the role buttons + sort button
    pickTask.ts                    project → type menus
    NewProjectModal.ts             "New project…" popup
  editor/
    carryOnEnter.ts                Enter on a badge task → new task with the same badges
  filter/
    TaskFilter.ts                  hide-completed + role filter state, commands
    taskListField.ts               editor extension: hides lines, draws dividers
    planTaskList.ts                which lines to hide, where dividers go (pure)
    DividerWidget.ts               the role label drawn above a group
    filterMenu.ts                  toolbar filter menu
  today/
    TodayBlock.ts                  ```apm-today``` block (hides while pinned)
    PinnedToday.ts                 the pinned copy above the note + pin toggle
    todaySpec.ts                   gathers the panel's numbers and buttons
    countToday.ts                  done / added / open counts (pure)
    renderToday.ts                 draws the two-line panel
  display/
    doneBadgeLook.ts               grey / struck badges on ticked tasks (body classes)
  tasks/
    taskLine.ts                    builds the "- [ ] badges" line
    nextTaskLine.ts                works out that next line (pure)
    insertTask.ts                  puts the line in the editor
    orderedSpot.ts                 where a new task goes to keep groups together (pure)
  sort/
    TaskSorter.ts                  command + auto-sort of new daily notes
    sortLines.ts                   reorders list blocks (pure)
    listBlocks.ts                  finds lists and their items (pure)
    sortKey.ts                     role → project → due → created comparison
    firstSeen.ts                   day each task was first written down
  utils/
    colour.ts                      hex/HSL helpers and shade generator
    dailyNotes.ts                  "is this a daily note?"
    ids.ts                         slugs and unique ids
    editorView.ts                  reaches the CodeMirror view behind Obsidian's Editor
styles.css                         toolbar + settings styles

Edit roles as code

Your roles live in roles-projects-themes.json in the plugin folder (.obsidian/plugins/abbara-phd-manager/). The settings page and the file stay in sync:

• Change something in settings → the file is rewritten.
• Save the file in any editor → settings, toolbar and badges update within ~2 seconds.
• If the file has a mistake, it is not loaded; settings shows the error and won't overwrite the file until it's fixed.

Only name is required; everything else is filled in (id from the name, icon circle, auto colours):

{
	"roles": [
		{
			"id": "phd", "name": "PhD", "icon": "book-heart", "color": "#C62525",
			"projects": [
				{ "id": "tts-3d", "name": "TTS 3D" },
				{ "name": "January Report", "color": "#8B0000" }
			],
			"types": [
				{ "id": "code", "name": "Code", "icon": "code" },
				{ "id": "bug", "name": "Bug", "icon": "bug", "color": "#f44336" }
			]
		}
	]
}

A project gets its own task types by adding a types list; leave it out to use the role's. data.json now only holds plugin options (daily notes only, badge sync).

Badge keys

Thing	Key pattern	Example
Role	role	phd
Project	role-project	phd-tts-3d
Role type	role-t-type	phd-t-code
Project type	role-project-t-type	phd-tts-3d-t-code

The plugin only removes badges it created itself (tracked in managedBadgeKeys); your other badges are left alone. If a role key matches one of your existing badges (e.g. reslife), the plugin takes it over.

Develop

npm install
npm run dev     # watch + rebuild main.js
npm run build   # type-check + production build

Test vault: myPluginTestVault/.obsidian/plugins/abbara-phd-manager is a symlink to this folder.

Ideas for later

• "New task" command + hotkey (same flow as the toolbar, via a modal)
• Dashboard view: open tasks grouped by role/project
• Role filter in reading view
• Due dates, priorities, status
• Confirm before "Reset to defaults"