Obsidian Alfred Workflow

A workflow integrating Obsidian and Alfred to streamline Daily notes, task management, and work time tracking.

Features

Command	Description
memo [text]	Add a quick memo to Daily note
task [filter]	Search tasks and open in Obsidian, or create new
slk [filter]	Attach a Slack link to a task (or create a new one)
start [text]	Start work tracking
end	End work tracking, calculate duration
brief	Generate morning briefing
done [filter]	Mark a task as completed
review	Generate daily review

Requirements

• macOS
• Alfred (Powerpack)
• Obsidian
• gcalcli (for brief and review features)

Installation

git clone https://github.com/shinchu/obsidian-claude-workflow.git
cd obsidian-claude-workflow
./install.sh

After installation, restart Alfred.

Configuration

After installation, edit the configuration file:

~/.config/obsidian-workflow/config

Configuration Options

# Path to your Obsidian vault
VAULT="$HOME/path/to/your/vault"

# Google Calendar names (for gcalcli)
CALENDARS=(
    "Personal"
    "Work"
    "Family"
)

CALENDARS is used by the brief and review commands. If you don't use gcalcli, an empty array CALENDARS=() will also work.

Directory Structure

Obsidian/
├── Daily/           # Daily notes location
├── Templates/
│   └── Daily        # Daily note template
└── TaskNotes/
    └── Tasks/       # Task files location

Usage

Adding a Memo

Type memo Great idea for the project in Alfred, and it will be appended to today's Daily note with a timestamp.

- 14:30 Great idea for the project

Searching and Opening Tasks

task searches existing open/in-progress tasks and opens them in Obsidian.

• task → shows all open/in-progress tasks
• task report → filters tasks matching "report"
• Select a task → opens it in Obsidian

Creating a Task

Use > to switch to task creation mode with project selection:

• task Write report > → shows all projects
• task Write report > work → shows only projects matching "work"

Selecting "Create" from search results creates a task without a project.

Attaching a Slack Link

Copy a Slack message permalink to your clipboard, then use slk to attach it to a task.

Attach to an existing task:

• slk → shows all open/in-progress tasks
• slk report → filters tasks matching "report"
• Select a task → Slack link is added under a ## Slack section

Create a new task with a Slack link:

• slk Fix login bug > → shows project selection list
• slk Fix login bug > work → filters projects matching "work"
• Select a project → task is created with the Slack link attached

Completing a Task

done marks a task as completed.

• done → shows all open/in-progress tasks
• done report → filters tasks matching "report"
• Select a task → status changes to done with a completion timestamp

Work Time Tracking

1. start Writing paper to start work
2. end to finish work

Recorded in Daily note as:

- 10:00 🟢 Start: Writing paper
- 12:30 🔴 End: Writing paper (2h30m)

Morning Briefing

brief generates today's schedule and tasks to focus on:

• 📅 Today's calendar events
• 🔥 Today's focus (high priority, scheduled today, overdue tasks)
• 📊 Task summary

Daily Review

review generates a daily review:

• 📅 Today's events (completed)
• ✅ Completed tasks
• ⏱️ Work time summary

License

MIT

Acknowledgments

Created using Claude Code and Wispr Flow.