If you want to use a date format that includes characters other than letters, numbers, and a dash (-), you'll need to enclose it in parenthesis like this: 5, 2019) or !(). The defer and due dates support any syntax/format that OmniFocus can parse. If you use them, the only requirement is that they come AFTER the task's title and the 'В–note contents' must be LAST. The defer date, due date, tags, and note are all optional. Instructions:Д®ach line in your draft becomes a new task in OmniFocus, with the exception of 'global' tags and dates, which I'll describe later.Д®ach task goes on its own line and looks like this: Some task title !due-date #tag1 #tag2 -An optional note The format this action uses isn't as feature-rich, but it does everything I need and with less typing.

Yes, you could also do this by writing your tasks in TaskPaper format directly, but I find its syntax (while innovative!) a bit cumbersome for quick entry. This removes the need to confirm each individual action separately. It does this by parsing a compact, easy-to-write syntax that I've adopted from other OmniFocus actions and tweaked to my liking and then converting it into TaskPaper format, which can be 'pasted' into OmniFocus in one go. This allows you to create multiple tasks in OmniFocus with defer dates, due dates, and tags in one step. Following-up on my previous post about using Drafts to create new GitHub issues, here's another action I built and use all the time.

Taskpaper syntax