[views & workspace]

Boards

Kanban-style task lists with priorities, difficulty, due dates, and dependencies.

A board is a Kanban-style list of tasks — end a note’s name with /board to create one.

  • Shift+Option+N — new list
  • Option+N — new task in the focused list
  • Enter on a task — open its detail panel
  • Shift+Cmd+Enter — mark the focused task complete
  • / inside a task’s title — add a priority, difficulty, or description

Every task carries priority, a difficulty rating, a due date, labels, a description, and subtasks — and every one of them, from every board in your vault, also shows up together in Task View.

Use boards for project management, or any list with more structure than a plain checklist. Use mind maps instead when you’re still figuring out the shape of the thing.

design note

Boards support real task dependencies: a task can be marked as blocking another one, and the blocked task can’t be checked off until its blocker is. The app also refuses to let you create a circular dependency — block A on B, then try to block B on A, and it won’t let you. It’s a small feature, easy to miss, and genuinely useful once a board has more than a handful of tasks.