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tasknotes is agent-read markdown (skill) from vanillaflava/tasknotes-skill: Manage tasks in an Obsidian TaskNotes vault. Use for creating, reading, updating, or completing tasks; checking what is open or in progress; adding items to a list; marking tasks done or in progress; updating task status or priority; investigating why a task is missing from a view or board; troubleshooting TaskNotes MCP or API connection issues; setting up or configuring TaskNotes; or running a schema diagnostic on task files. Routes automatically to the best available access method: MCP server,.

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What the file says

# TaskNotes

Multi-modal task management for Obsidian TaskNotes vaults. The skill probes the environment first and routes to the best available access method.

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## Step 0 - Environment probe

**Run before any operation.** Determines which path to take.

**Bundled help:** This skill includes `references/tasknotes-help.md` with step-by-step setup instructions, full API endpoint reference, and troubleshooting for all failure modes. Read it yourself when connection or setup issues arise, and share the relevant sections with the user to guide them through fixes.

### 1. MCP available?

Run `tool_search("tasknotes")`. If `tasknotes:` tools load successfully, the MCP server is live.

If they do not load, do not conclude the server is down. Since plugin v4.13.0 the MCP endpoint requires a bearer token, and a client configured without one fails at connect time, so the tools never appear at all. Check 2 below - a `401` there means the server is running and the client is simply unauthenticated.

### 2. HTTP API available?

Attempt `web_fetch("http://127.0.0.1:8080/api/health")`. Three outcomes, and they mean different things:

| Response | Meaning |
|---|---|
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How to install

Latest version
mdr add vanillaflava/tasknotes-skill/tasknotes@v4.3
Exact content
mdr add vanillaflava/tasknotes-skill/tasknotes@sha256:0b59a40d4bba7c46

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Versions

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v4.3 latest2026-09-20 0fe1d58 24,911 BB view · diff
v4.32026-09-20 29a8e69 24,781 BA view · diff
v4.32026-09-20 f629f2c 24,625 BA view · diff
v4.22026-06-24 e40f2a6 21,901 BA view · diff
v4.12026-05-28 705c257 18,653 BA view

Audit of the latest version

B  16 of 17 checks passed. Deterministic, no model, same answer every run.
  • fail: No link to a raw IP address (matched: http://127.0.0.1:8080)
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (24911 bytes)
  • pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
  • pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
  • pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
  • pass: No credential-shaped string
  • pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
  • pass: No text hidden with inline styles
  • pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
  • pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
  • pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
  • pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
  • pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
  • pass: No script tag

Source

GitHub

vanillaflava/tasknotes-skill · 17 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-20 · branch master

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_fiua4cgw4uu6cemk
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=vanillaflava/tasknotes-skill/tasknotes
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/0b59a40d4bba7c461889d420698ff3cbe1d6d5b46018bbc9f11dc057e24b330f

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