• Create a repository for the original shortcuts
  • automation-things-journal
• Journal About Things To-Do
  • Save the Things URL of the selected item
  • Create a new Drafts document with the date, published, things_url, title attributes in the frontmatter
  • I could also create a new text file directly using iA Writer URL schemes, and the Shortcut
    • Get the Things URL
    • Format the frontmatter
      • title → name of the selected Things item
      • date → the current date
      • published → false
      • things_url → URL of the selected Things item
    • Create the Markdown file with a timestamp and a slugged version of the selected Things item
• Open Things To-Do Journal
  • Check the platform we’re on
    • If Mac
      • Open The Archive app by searching for the current Things URL
        • The Archive Help • Zettelkasten Method
          • thearchive://match/TERM works like the search but displays a good match directly; this is similar to Wiki-Links. You likely want to use this.
          • thearchive://search/TERM searches for TERM as if you typed it in
    • If iOS
      • Search for the Things URL in iA Writer
        • URL Commands – iA
          • ia-writer://quick-search?query=%23unfinishedtask
  • The Things URL needs to URL encoded
    • Shortcuts should do this by default

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