Tascal

Tascal

Tascal is an Obsidian plugin for day planning around a generated timeline. It syncs ICS calendars, manages scheduled and unscheduled tasks in daily notes, tracks time spent on tasks, and can import backlog items from project notes.

What Tascal Does

• syncs events from ICS calendar feeds into a daily timeline
• renders scheduled work and free-time gaps under a managed heading in your daily note
• keeps date-scoped unscheduled tasks in a second managed section
• supports recurring rules defined in plugin settings
• lets you add manual events with optional linked notes created from templates
• tracks time spent on scheduled events
• imports project backlog items from configured source directories into the active daily note's unscheduled task list

Daily Note Output

Tascal treats the daily note as rendered output. It manages the content beneath the configured headings and preserves checkbox changes when the note is rebuilt.

Example timeline:

## Timeline
<!-- tascal:start -->
**2/5** done | 2h/8h30m | **TT 1h15m** | *sync 09:10*

- *08:00–09:00 (free)*
- [x] 09:00–10:00 *(work)* Team standup
- [ ] > 10:00–11:30 Deep work *· tracking*
- *11:30–12:00 (free)*
- [ ] 12:00–12:30 Lunch *· rc*
- [ ] 12:30–14:00 Project review
- [x] 14:00–15:00 Code review *· rs:2026-02-05*
- *15:00–22:00 (free)*
<!-- tascal:end -->

Example unscheduled section:

## Unscheduled
<!-- tascal:unscheduled:start -->
- [ ] Send invoice *(20m)*
- [ ] Prepare slides *(45m)*
<!-- tascal:unscheduled:end -->

Features

Calendar Sync

Tascal fetches events from ICS calendar URLs such as Google Calendar, Outlook, or iCloud and merges them into the day store for the active daily note.

• each calendar gets a short label used as a prefix in rendered timeline items
• sync status is shown in the timeline stats line
• rebuilding the timeline preserves completion state for existing items

Command: Tascal: Sync calendar

Timeline

The timeline is rendered under the configured heading, Timeline by default.

• shows scheduled blocks in time order
• inserts free-time gaps within configured working hours
• marks recurring items with *· rc*
• marks rescheduled items with *· rs:YYYY-MM-DD*
• shows total tasks done, scheduled time done, and total tracked time

Command: Tascal: Update timeline

Manual Events

Manual events are created through Tascal modals and stored in the day store.

• add events with a start/end range or start plus duration
• optionally start from an event template
• optionally create and link a note when using a template
• edit, delete, or reschedule existing events

Command: Tascal: Add event

Unscheduled Tasks

Unscheduled tasks belong to a specific date but do not have a time slot yet.

• add tasks manually
• complete or reopen them from the note or management modal
• move them to another date
• schedule them onto the timeline
• import them from project notes

Commands:

• Tascal: Add unscheduled task
• Tascal: Manage unscheduled tasks

Project Inbox Import

Tascal can scan configured source directories for project notes and import backlog items into the active daily note's unscheduled tasks.

Each project note must contain frontmatter with a stable project id:

---
tascal-project-id: tascal
---

and an inbox block:

## Tascal Inbox
<!-- tascal:inbox:start -->
- [ ] Draft release notes {est: 30m}
- [ ] Review sync errors {av: 2026-03-25, est: 45m}
- [ ] Clean up timeline parsing
<!-- tascal:inbox:end -->

Supported inbox syntax:

• [ ] available and not yet imported
• [-] imported into Tascal and still open
• [x] completed in Tascal

Supported metadata:

• est: estimate such as 20m, 1h, 1h30m
• av: make the item importable on or after a date in YYYY-MM-DD
• id: stable task id, added automatically by Tascal on first import when missing
• doneAt: completion date written back by Tascal

Metadata parsing is forgiving:

• : after the key is optional, so both {est: 30m} and {est 30m} work
• keys are case-insensitive, so AV, Est, and doneAt are all accepted
• when Tascal rewrites the line, it normalizes metadata back to the canonical lowercase form with :

Workflow:

1. Add backlog items to a project inbox block.
2. Run Tascal: Import project tasks from a dated daily note.
3. Import available items into the active daily note's unscheduled list.
4. Schedule or complete them in Tascal.
5. Tascal writes status back to the source note, adds a loadedAt timestamp on import, and tracks the imported item in a persistent registry.

Command: Tascal: Import project tasks

Recurring Rules

Recurring scheduled items are defined in settings rather than in the note.

• weekly rules specify a set of weekdays
• monthly rules specify a day number
• rules are injected when the timeline is rebuilt
• recurring items can be skipped through exceptions

Example weekly rules:

09:00, 60m on Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
10:00, 30m on Wed

Rescheduling

Events can be moved to another date and optional new start time.

• rescheduled events are stored in the target day store
• origin dates are shown in rendered output
• a separate management command lists future rescheduled events

Command: Tascal: Manage rescheduled events

Time Tracking

Tascal records time tracking entries directly on scheduled events.

• start tracking from the selection modal
• stop tracking to record the elapsed duration
• multiple tracking sessions per event are supported
• total tracked time appears in the timeline stats line

Commands:

• Tascal: Start time tracking
• Tascal: Stop time tracking

Event Templates And Linked Notes

Templates make repeated manual events faster to create.

• define a shortcode, label, note name pattern, and optional folder
• configure a template note as initial content
• set default start and duration
• optionally create a linked note immediately when adding the event

Settings

Current settings areas:

• General: timezone, managed heading names, plugin status
• Project Sources: directories scanned for project inbox notes
• Calendars: ICS feed URLs and labels
• Working Hours: default day bounds and per-day overrides
• Recurring Rules: structured weekly and monthly recurring items
• Templates: manual-event presets and linked-note defaults

Commands

Data Storage

Installation

From Release

1. Download main.js, manifest.json, and styles.css from the latest release.
2. Create your-vault/.obsidian/plugins/tascal/.
3. Copy those files into that folder.
4. Restart Obsidian and enable Tascal in Community Plugins.

From Source

git clone <repo-url>
cd tascal
npm install
npm run build

Copy main.js, manifest.json, and styles.css into your vault's plugin directory.

Notes

• Tascal expects the active note name to start with a date in YYYY-MM-DD format.
• Daily-note sections managed by Tascal should be treated as generated output.
• Project inbox scanning is intentionally strict: only configured directories, only notes with tascal-project-id, and only tasks inside inbox markers are considered.

License

MIT