Omni Automation Plug-Ins for OmniFocus
For your convenience, the Omni Automation plug-ins (actions) contained in this website’s documentation for OmniFocus are listed here. All plug-ins are fully documented on their “More info…” links, and are completely user-editable, should you wish to make changes or alterations.
Installing the Plug-Ins
Detailed instructions regarding the creation, installation, and removal of plug-ins is available in the Plug-Ins documentation. Other related Plug-In Links: Automation Controls • Edit Plug-Ins • Assign Keyboard Shortcuts
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Plug-In Count:
APPLICATION
Omni Automation Website
This action will display a form from which you can choose which page in the OmniFocus section to display. Such as: Plug-In Collection, Action Templates, etc.
PROJECT
Create Packing List for Trip
Action uses Forms to present input controls for creating and displaying a packing list based on title and date parameters entered by the user.
PROJECT
Sort Non-Sequential Project Tasks by Name
This action will alphabetically sort the tasks of the selected non-sequential project.
TASK
Copy Tags Between Selected Tasks
This plug-in copies the tags of a chosen task to the other selected tasks selected in the OmniFocus window.
PROJECT / TASK
Adopt Tags from Tag Groups
This action plug-in will “adopt” the tags contained in tag groups that are assigned to the selected task or project.
APPLICATION
Tag Check
This action plug-in will select all tags whose name matches the provided title. If the tag is not found, an option to create and reveal it will be offered.
TASK
Clear Tags from Selected Tasks
This action will clear all tags assigned to the selected tasks.
PROJECT
Clear Tags from Selected Projects
This action will clear all tags assigned to the selected projects.
APPLICATION
Import Tags from File
This action will convert the paragraphs of the chosen text file into OmniFocus tags.
TASK
Display Parent Project of Selected Task
This action will focus the display of the parent project of the selected task.
PROJECT
Move Selected Projects into New Folder
Plug-in will move the selected projects into a folder created using the user-provided name. Option to ensure that folder name be unique.
TASK
Move Selected Tasks into New Project
Here’s an action plug-in that will move the selected tasks into a new project created using the user-provided name.
TASK
Move Selected Tasks into New Action Group
Move the selected tasks into a new top-level action group.
TASK
Duplicate Selected Tasks
This action will duplicate the selected tasks in their parent container.
TASK
Duplicate Selected Tasks and Set New Due Date
This action will duplicate the selected tasks in their parent container, and assign the user-provided date as the due date.
TASK
Tag Tasks whose Notes Contain…
This action will add the provided tag to every task whose note field contains the provided string.
TASK
Send Task Link
Here’s an example action plug-in that creates a new mail message containing a OmniFocus URL for generating a copy of the selected task.
APPLICATION
Send Database Backup
This action will add a copy of the OmniFocus database to a new outgoing mail message.
PROJECT / TASK
Open Project|Action Note URL
This action will open the URL string that is the value of the note of the selected action.
TASK
Delete All Tasks Tagged with Tag
This action will delete all tasks that have been tagged with the specified tag.
TASK
Set Time Zone Type for All Tasks
Converts the time zone type for all tasks to the chosen type.
TASK
Copy Selected OmniFocus Tasks to OmniPlan
This action creates copies of the selected OmniFocus tasks in the current OmniPlan project.
PROJECT
Push-Out Project Due Date
Will add specified number of days to due date of selected projects. If project has no due date, target date will be based upon today.
TASK
iCal File for Task
This action will create an iCal (ics) file matching the parameters of the currently selected task.
APPLICATION
Import TaskPaper Document
This action will import the contents of the chosen TaskPaper document.
APPLICATION
Import Chosen TaskPaper into Selected Folder
This action will import the contents of the chosen TaskPaper document into the selected folder.
PROJECT
Export Selected Projects to TaskPaper File
(macOS) This action will export plain-text descriptions of the selected projects to a new TaskPaper document.
TASK
New Link-Back Task
Creates a new task in the Inbox with a link to the selected task placed in the notes of the new task.
TASK
Repeating Task Rule Info
This action will display an alert showing the ICS rule string and repetition method of the selected project or task.
TASK
Add Chosen Files to Task
This action will add chosen files as attachments to the selected task.
TASK
Add Chosen Files to Task as Links
This action will add chosen files as file links to the selected task.
TASK
Export All Task Attachments
This action will export all of the attachments of the selected tasks into a new folder placed in a user-chosen directory.
APPLICATION
Add Today’s Forecast
Creates a new window (tab on macOS) displaying the forecast for the current day.
APPLICATION
Add 7-Day Forecast
Creates a new window (tab on macOS) displaying the forecast for the next seven days.
TASK
Tasks to Projects
Convert the selected tasks into projects placed at either the beginning or ending of the library, or in a new folder placed at the beginning or ending of the library.
APPLICATION
Add Chosen Perspective
This action will open a new tab (macOS) or new window (iOS or iPadOS) displaying the chosen perspective.
TASK
Copy Plaintext & Delete
Copy a plaintext list of task titles and delete the selected tasks.
TASK
Complete and Await Reply
Mark the currently selected task as complete and add a new task to await the reply.
APPLICATION
Select All Items in View
This action will select all of the tasks and/or projects in the current content view. (macOS only)
PROJECT
Push Out All Deferred Projects
This action will push out all deferred projects the entered number of days.
APPLICATION
Delete All Unused Tags
This action will delete all tags that have not been associated with items.
TASK
Append to Note
(v3.8.2+) This action will append the provided text (and optional date/time stamp) to the end of the note of the selected task.
TASK
Assign Tags to Tasks
(iPadOS/iOS) This action will display a list of all tags (sorted), any or all of which may selected to be assigned to the selected tasks.
APPLICATION
Eisenhower Matrix (tags)
The Eisenhower Matrix as a set of 4 plug-ins perfect for the assignment of keyboard shortcuts. Tag selected projects and/or tasks with the Eisenhower Matrix from the keyboard!
TASK
Note to Email
This action will add the note text of the selected task to a new outgoing mail message.
APPLICATION
Export Custom Perspective (v3.9)
Exports the chosen custom perspective to file.
APPLICATION
eMail Custom Perspective (v3.9)
Creates a new outgoing mail message with the chosen custom perspective.
APPLICATION
Share Clipboard Text
Here’s a useful plug-in that summons the system Share Panel to share the current text contents of the clipboard.
TEMPLATE
New Task with Tasks
This plug-in creates a new task with the specified sub-tasks. Empty fields will be ignored.
TASK
Add FaceTime Task
This plug-in will create a new task with a FaceTime call link in its notes. Option to make FaceTime Audio call.
TAG
Toggle Tag Status
This plug-in will toggle the status of the selected tag between active and on-hold. The status of any child tags will changed as well.
PASTEBOARD
Clipboard Objects to Markdown
Converts the OmniFocus objects currently copied to the clipboard, into a series of markdown text links, replacing the current clipboard contents with the markdown text.
PASTEBOARD
Clipboard to New Bear Note
Creates a new note in the Bear app with the text contents of the OmniFocus pasteboard.
PASTEBOARD
Sort Active Tasks by Creation
Places on the clipboard a list of Markdown links to all active tasks sorted by creation date. Works with “Clipboard to New Bear Note”
PROJECT
Focused Outline Items to New Project
Create a new OmniFocus project containing the focused OmniOutliner items as tasks.
PASTEBOARD
Clipboard Text to Drafts
Creates a new draft in the Drafts app with the text contents of the OmniFocus pasteboard.
EXPORT
Export Contents to Drafts TaskPaper
This plug-in creates a new note in the Drafts app with the displayed contents expressed in TaskPaper format.
TASK MANAGEMENT
Kanban Board
A plug-in for creating and maintaining a tag-based Kanban Board in OmniFocus where the Kanban categories are displayed as stack of horizontal sections.
NAVIGATION
Show 1st Active Forecast Day
Selects the first forecast day in the Forecast perspective that has a positive badge count.
TRAINING
Learn OmniFocus Website
Provides a menu for quickly accessing resources on the Learn OmniFocus website.
IMPORT
Import TaskPaper Template
Presents a menu of the TaskPaper files stored in iCloud > OmniFocus > TaskPaper Templates folder. Chosen template will be imported.
ADJUST
Task Date Controls
A bundle plug-in providing actions for quickly changing defer and due dates of selected tasks.
TASK
Add Standard Notifications
Replaces existing notifications of the selected task with: day before task due date/time; morning of task due date/time; and hour before task due date/time.
TASK
Process Inbox (Scotty Jackson)
Based upon a concept by Scotty Jackson, this plug-in will iterate each inbox task prompting the user to choose a set of procedures to apply to the iterated task.
TASK
Change Next Due Repetition
This plug-in from Dave Maccaferri allows a due date change only to a repeating task when you want future due dates to remain fixed.
IMPORT
Import TaskPaper from Clipboard
This plug-in will import the TaskPaper contents from the clipboard to either the Inbox or Projects folder.
NOTE
Append Mail Link to Note
Presents a form interface for entering the parameters used to create a mailto link (Recipient, Subject, CC, BCC, Body) that is appended to the note of the selected task.
ATTACHMENT
Share Task Attachments
Displays a share sheet for sharing the task attachments.
LIST
Grocery Shopping List
Creates a project containing a list of shopping items grouped by category.
NOTE
Just For Today
Retrieves and cleans the contents of the Just For Today website and then sets the note of the inbox task “JFT” to the cleaned content.
LINK
Script URL for Plug-In
Places a Script URL for executing the chosen plug-in, on the clipboard.
PROJECTS
Schedule Medication
Creates a project with sequential tasks for tracking doses during the course of a medication.
NOTES
Open Note in BBEdit
Opens the text content of the note of the selected task or project as a markdown document in the BBEdit application from Bare Bones software.
NOTES
Open Note in Drafts
Opens the text content of the note of the selected task or project in the Drafts application from Agile Tortoise Inc.
NOTES
Replace Note Text with Clipboard
Will replace the text content of the note of the selected project or task with the text content of the clipboard.
LINK
Copy Link to Selected Object
Places a link URL to the selected task, project, or folder on the clipboard.
PROJECT
Multi-Day Project
This plug-in create a project, lasting a specified number of days, containing a sequential series of daily tasks.
PREFERENCE
Set Drop Repetition Preference
Set the hidden preference for dropping an instance of repeating task.
PREFERENCE
Set URL Detection Preference
Set the hidden preference for automatically detecting URLs in note text.
PROJECTS
Duplicate Projects to New Folder
Duplicates the selected projects to a new folder and sets the status of the duplicated projects to Active.
TASKS
Clear Notes of Tasks with Tag
Clears the notes of the tasks that are tagged with the specified tag.
TASKS-PROJECTS
Copy Item Link to Clipboard as Markdown
Copies links to the selected item (task or project) along with links to the item’s sub-tasks, to the clipboard in Markdown format. Perfect for pasting into a Craft document.
TASKS-PROJECTS
Search Craft for Title of Selected Item
Initiate a search in the Craft app for the title of the selected project or task.
TASKS-PROJECTS-ATTACHMENT
Add/Edit Markdown Attachment
A set of plug-ins for creating and editing a markdown attachment.
TASKS
Replicate Task in Hive
Recreates the selected task in the Hive management environment.
TASKS-PROJECTS
Agenda Note for Selected Item
Creates a new Agenda note using the title and note of the selected project or task. A link-back to the created Agenda item is prepended to the item’s note.
TASKS
New Task for Selected Agenda Note
This plug-in creates a new task based upon the selected Agenda note.
NOTE
Paragraph Attributes
A plug-in for setting and restoring the paragraph attributes of the note of the selected project or task.
NOTE
Reset Paragraph Attributes
A plug-in for restoring the paragraph attributes of the note of the selected project or task to their default values.
NOTE
Character Attributes
A plug-in for setting and restoring the character attributes of the note of the selected project or task.
NOTE
Reset Character Attributes
A plug-in for restoring the character attributes of the note of the selected project or task to their default values.
LINK
Transform Links
A pair of plug-ins for transforming links between markdown and object formats, in the note of the selected project or task.
STYLE
Note Style: “Syllabus”
This plug-in will apply a set of style attributes to the note of the selected project or task.
NOTE
Note Style “Financial”
This plug-in will format the rich text of the note of the selected project or task to add the indicated number of decimal tab columns.
NOTE
Append Copied Spreadsheet
This plug-in will append the copied spreadsheet data to the note of the selected project or task using the user-indicated tab formatting.
LINK
Markdown Link for Object
This plug-in generates a link, in markdown format, to the selected tag, folder, project, or task, and places the link on the clipboard.
FOCUS
Toggle Focus for Folders
A pair of plug-ins for toggling the focus of folders named: “Work” or “Personal”
MARKDOWN
Contents to Markdown
Places markdown of the contents of the window on the clipboard.
DATE
Push Due Date 24-Hours
Advances the due date of the selected projects or tasks twenty-four hours. Only items with due dates are processed.
DATE
Push Due and Defer Dates 24-Hours
Advances the due and defer dates of the selected projects or tasks twenty-four hours. Only items with due dates are processed.
NOTIFICATION
Assign Default Notification
Adds a notification to the selected tasks or projects matching their date and time due.
FILTER RULES
Save Perspective Rules
Saves the settings archive of the current custom perspective to specified JSON file.
FILTER RULES
Restore Perspective Rules
Restores the settings archive of the current custom perspective using the contents od the chosen JSON file.