OmniFocus

OmniFocus is a task management app for macOS, iOS, and iPadOS by The Omni Group. It’s built around GTD (Getting Things Done) — inbox capture, projects, contexts/tags, perspectives, and review cycles. I’ve used it as my primary task manager since ~2018.

Automation#

OmniFocus supports two scripting approaches on macOS:

• JXA (JavaScript for Automation) — runs via osascript -l JavaScript, uses Application("OmniFocus") API
• OmniAutomation — cross-platform JavaScript API built into the app, accessed via omni-automation: URLs or evaluateJavascript()

See ofocus for a CLI I built that wraps JXA for terminal and AI agent use.

TaskPaper format#

OmniFocus can import/export projects in TaskPaper format.

• OmniFocus TaskPaper Reference Guide

Templating#

Drafts#

• Using Drafts 5 Taskpaper with OmniFocus

Taskpaper#

• Automation in OmniFocus 2.14 (released 2016-04-26)