Plug-In: Sort Active Tasks by Creation Date

Places on the clipboard a list of Markdown links to all active tasks sorted by creation date. Use the “Clipboard to Bear” plug-in to send the clipboard contents to a new note in the Bear app.

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Active Tasks Sorted by Creation Date
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/*{
	"type": "action",
	"targets": ["omnifocus"],
	"author": "Otto Automator",
	"identifier": "com.omni-automation.of.links-to-active-task-sorted-by-creation",
	"version": "1.1",
	"description": "Places on the clipboard a list of Markdown links to all active tasks sorted by creation date.",
	"label": "Tasks Sorted by Creation",
	"shortLabel": "Tasks Sorted by Creation",
	"paletteLabel": "Tasks Sorted by Creation"
	"image": "rectangle.stack",
}*/
(() => {
	const action = new PlugIn.Action(function(selection, sender){
		tasks = flattenedTasks
		tasks.sort((a, b) => {
		  var x = a.added;
		  var y = b.added;
		  if (x < y) {return -1;}
		  if (x > y) {return 1;}
		  return 0;
		})
		taskData = new Array()
		tasks.forEach(task => {
			if(task.active && task.project === null){
				taskTitle = task.name
				taskAdded = task.added
				dc = Calendar.current.dateComponentsFromDate(taskAdded)
				dateSlug = dc.month + "/" + dc.day + "/" + dc.year
				taskID = task.id.primaryKey
				taskLink = `[${dateSlug} ${taskTitle}](omnifocus:///task/${taskID})`
				taskData.push(taskLink)
			}
		})
		markdownText = taskData.join("\n")
		Pasteboard.general.string = markdownText
		new Alert("Completion","Markdown links are on the clipboard.").show()
	});

	action.validate = function(selection, sender){
		return true
	};
	
	return action;
})();