OmniFocus: Search Notes App for Tag

This shortcut searches the Notes application for notes tagged with the chosen tag assigned to the currently selected OmniFocus task or project.

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The Shortcut Workflow:

 1  “Omni Automation Script” action • The Omni Automation script checks for a single selected task or project and then presents a menu of titles of the tags assigned to the selected element. In addition, an option is provided to place a link to the selected element on the clipboard for pasting into the found note. The result of this action is the chosen tag title, prepended with a hash character (#) which is used by the Notes application to delineate tags.

 2  “Find Notes” action • This action searches the Notes database for notes that contain the passed tag.

 3  “Show Notes” action • This action will display and select the note chosen from the list of found notes containing the search tag.

Search Notes App for Tag
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(async () => {
	try {		
		sel = document.windows[0].selection
		selCount = sel.tasks.length + sel.projects.length 
		if(selCount === 1){
			if (sel.tasks.length === 1){
				selectedItem = sel.tasks[0]
				itemType = "task"
			} else {
				selectedItem = sel.projects[0]
				itemType = "project"
			}
		} else {
			throw {
				name: "Selection Issue", 
				message: "Please select a single project or task."
			}
		}
		tagTitles = selectedItem.tags.map(tag => tag.name)
		if(tagTitles.length === 0){
			throw {
				name: "No Tags", 
				message: `The selected ${itemType} has no assigned tags.`
			}
		}

		tagTitlesMenu = new Form.Field.Option(
			"tagTitle", 
			null, 
			tagTitles, 
			tagTitles, 
			tagTitles[0]
		)
		
		checkSwitchField = new Form.Field.Checkbox(
			"shouldCopyLinkURL",
			`Place a link to selected ${itemType} on the clipboard`,
			false
		)

		inputForm = new Form()
		inputForm.addField(tagTitlesMenu)
		inputForm.addField(checkSwitchField)

		formPrompt = "Choose tag to search for in Notes:"
		buttonTitle = "Continue"
		formObject = await inputForm.show(formPrompt,buttonTitle)
		tagTitle = formObject.values["tagTitle"]
		shouldCopyLinkURL = formObject.values["shouldCopyLinkURL"]
		
		if(shouldCopyLinkURL){
			url = URL.fromString("omnifocus://task/" + selectedItem.id.primaryKey)
			Pasteboard.general.URL = url
		}
		
		return String("#" + tagTitle)

	}
	catch(err){
		if(!err.message.includes("cancelled")){
			await new Alert(err.name, err.message).show()
		}
		throw `${err.name}\n${err.message}`
	}
})();