Tasks

Tasks in Atlas are standard markdown checkboxes — nothing special, nothing proprietary. An uncompleted task looks like - [ ] call John and a completed one looks like - [x] call John. Because they’re plain markdown, your tasks are readable in any editor and stored in your vault just like any other note.

Adding Tasks

Ask Atlas in chat to add a task and it will drop it into the right place:

• “Add a task to call John”
• “Remind me to send the proposal — add it to today’s tasks”
• “Add three tasks: review the contract, email Sarah, and update the roadmap”

By default, tasks go into today’s daily note. You can also specify a file: “add a task to my Henderson Project note.”

Tip

You can add multiple tasks in a single message. Atlas will create each one and confirm what was added.

Completing Tasks

Toggle a task’s completion status by asking Atlas:

• “Mark the call John task as done”
• “Check off ‘send the proposal’”
• “I finished the roadmap update”

Atlas finds the matching task in your notes and flips it from [ ] to [x].

Viewing Your Tasks

Ask Atlas to show you what’s on your plate:

• “What are my tasks for today?” — shows tasks in today’s daily note
• “Show me all open tasks this week” — looks back 7 days across all daily notes
• “What tasks do I have this month?” — searches the past 30 days
• “Show me all uncompleted tasks in my project notes” — searches a specific folder

Date Ranges

Query	What It Covers
Today	Just today’s daily note
This week	Past 7 days of daily notes
This month	Past 30 days of daily notes

Note

“This week” and “this month” look backward from today — they’re rolling windows, not calendar weeks or months. If you want a specific date range, just say so: “show tasks from February 10 to February 20.”

Tasks Outside Daily Notes

Tasks don’t have to live in daily notes. Any markdown file in your vault can contain checkboxes and Atlas can read, add, or toggle them there too. Try:

• “Add a task to the Q1 Goals note”
• “What tasks are open in my Project Henderson note?”
• “Mark all tasks in the sprint planning note as complete”

Viewing Tasks in the UI

The Tasks view (accessible from the sidebar) aggregates open tasks across your vault so you can see everything in one place without asking Atlas. You can filter by date, file, or tag.

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