${escapeHtml(title)}
🎯 Top Priorities
${ul(top)}
🚧 In Progress (${in_progress.length})
${ul(in_progress)}
⏳ Pending Validation (${pending.length})
${ul(pending)}
📥 Backlog (top 12)
${ul(backlog.slice(0, 12))}
✅ Recently Done
${ul(done.slice(0, 10))}
🧱 Blockers
${ul(blocked)}
▶️ Next 3 Actions
${ul(next3)}
Updated: ${escapeHtml(stamp)} · Source: tasks/*.md
`
}
// ── AppleScript helpers ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
/**
* Escape a string for embedding inside an AppleScript string literal.
*/
function asEscape(str) {
// In AppleScript, backslash and double-quote need to be escaped for shell
// We'll write HTML to a temp file and read it in AppleScript to avoid quoting issues.
return str
}
const TMP_HTML = '/tmp/taskflow-apple-notes.html'
/**
* Check whether a note with the given Core Data ID exists.
* Returns true/false.
*/
function noteExists(noteId) {
const script = `
tell application "Notes"
try
set n to note id "${noteId}"
return (name of n) as text
on error
return "NOT_FOUND"
end try
end tell
`
try {
const result = execSync(`/usr/bin/osascript -e '${script.replace(/'/g, "'\\''")}'`, {
encoding: 'utf8', stdio: ['pipe', 'pipe', 'pipe']
}).trim()
return result !== 'NOT_FOUND'
} catch {
return false
}
}
/**
* Update an existing note by Core Data ID.
*/
function updateNote(noteId, title, html) {
writeFileSync(TMP_HTML, html, 'utf8')
const script = `
set noteBody to (do shell script "cat /tmp/taskflow-apple-notes.html")
tell application "Notes"
try
set targetNote to note id "${noteId}"
set name of targetNote to "${title.replace(/"/g, '\\"')}"
set body of targetNote to noteBody
return (id of targetNote) as text
on error errMsg
error errMsg
end try
end tell
`
const result = execSync(`/usr/bin/osascript << 'OSASCRIPT'\n${script}\nOSASCRIPT`, {
encoding: 'utf8', stdio: ['pipe', 'pipe', 'pipe']
}).trim()
return result
}
/**
* Create a new note in the specified folder.
* Returns the new note's Core Data ID.
*/
function createNote(title, html, folder) {
writeFileSync(TMP_HTML, html, 'utf8')
const script = `
set noteBody to (do shell script "cat /tmp/taskflow-apple-notes.html")
tell application "Notes"
launch
delay 0.5
set targetFolder to missing value
try
set targetFolder to folder "${folder.replace(/"/g, '\\"')}"
on error
-- folder not found, use default account
end try
if targetFolder is missing value then
set newNote to make new note with properties {name:"${title.replace(/"/g, '\\"')}", body:noteBody}
else
set newNote to make new note at targetFolder with properties {name:"${title.replace(/"/g, '\\"')}", body:noteBody}
end if
return (id of newNote) as text
end tell
`
const result = execSync(`/usr/bin/osascript << 'OSASCRIPT'\n${script}\nOSASCRIPT`, {
encoding: 'utf8', stdio: ['pipe', 'pipe', 'pipe']
}).trim()
return result
}
// ── Main ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
async function main() {
const config = readConfig()
const folder = config.appleNotesFolder ?? 'Notes'
const title = config.appleNotesTitle ?? 'TaskFlow - Project Status'
let noteId = config.appleNotesId ?? null
// Parse content
const projects = parseProjects()
const tasks = parseTasks(projects)
const html = generateHtml(tasks, title)
const { in_progress, pending, backlog, done, blocked } = tasks
console.log(`[apple-notes-export] ${in_progress.length} in-progress, ${backlog.length} backlog, ${done.length} done`)
// Retry loop (up to 3 attempts)
for (let attempt = 1; attempt <= 3; attempt++) {
try {
if (noteId && noteExists(noteId)) {
// Update existing note
console.log(`[apple-notes-export] Updating existing note…`)
updateNote(noteId, title, html)
console.log(`[apple-notes-export] ✓ Note updated (${noteId})`)
break
} else {
// Create new note (either no ID configured, or note was deleted)
if (noteId) {
console.log(`[apple-notes-export] Previous note not found — creating new note…`)
} else {
console.log(`[apple-notes-export] No note configured — creating new note in "${folder}"…`)
}
const newId = createNote(title, html, folder)
if (!newId) throw new Error('osascript returned empty note ID')
noteId = newId
writeConfig({
appleNotesId: noteId,
appleNotesFolder: folder,
appleNotesTitle: title,
})
console.log(`[apple-notes-export] ✓ Note created and ID saved to taskflow.config.json`)
console.log(`[apple-notes-export] ID: ${noteId}`)
break
}
} catch (err) {
console.error(`[apple-notes-export] Attempt ${attempt} failed: ${err.message}`)
if (attempt < 3) {
await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 2000))
} else {
console.error('[apple-notes-export] All retries exhausted. Note not updated.')
process.exit(1)
}
}
}
}
await main()