Block ID Prompt helps create and manage stable block identifiers and task links in Obsidian. ## Plugin facts | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Name | Block ID Prompt | | ID | `block-id-prompt` | | Version | 1.33.3 | | Minimum Obsidian version | 1.8.7 | | Desktop only | No | | Description | Prompt for custom block IDs and complete wiki block links to open tasks, with a plan-budget suffix. Ctrl+Shift+Enter refuses Depends-On โ›“๏ธ **DEPENDS ON:** dependency lines. On inbox notes, Ctrl+Shift+Enter asks where the task goes before linking or unlinking, then moves it with the toggle applied (nav inboxRoute v1). Ctrl+Shift+Enter asks which of today's Pomodoros to link into (โ†ต = current/next, type to filter or name a new one). Project Schedule comes from the ^prj task; a future-scheduled ^prj link is refused only when its date is the sole remaining reason, dependency reasons are reported first, and a direct link raises a Ready ^prj to Next. A tagged \#prj\_is\_blocked ^prj is refused as blocked by its parent project without raising prerequisites. Ctrl+Shift+Enter refuses LINKS with the relation notice and LINKED FROM with the generated-line notice; Pomodoro cleanup skips both. Link to today also offers recent themes with component swatches and near-duplicate hints; Ctrl+D hides or restores Recent suggestions only. | ## Registered commands | Command | Command ID | Default hotkey | | --- | --- | --- | | Rename selected block ID | `rename-selected-block-id` | Ctrl+6 | | Toggle task Pomodoro link | `link-task-to-pomodoro` | Ctrl+Shift+Enter | ## Linking tasks to today `Ctrl+Shift+Enter` (`link-task-to-pomodoro`) toggles the open task under the cursor on link presence. An unlinked task opens the Link to today picker to choose which of today's Pomodoros to link into: Enter takes the current or next one, typing filters the list or names a new Pomodoro. A block ID prompt follows when the task still needs one. Today's open Pomodoros stay first. When the Ledger Tools `themes` catalog is available, the picker also offers recent themes for new Pomodoros, with a swatch for each `+` component and a `like NAME` hint on near-duplicates. A recent row keeps its catalog spelling. `Ctrl+D` hides that theme from Recent suggestions; the row remains as a reversible hidden suggestion. Typing the name still works, and `Ctrl+D` on a Today row leaves it unchanged. Linking applies lane changes: Ready and Blocked tasks become Next, while Next and In Progress tasks stay unchanged. A `^^` task-picker link that is the sole content of an open Pomodoro sub-bullet pulls a uniquely future-scheduled target into today: it removes the target's `scheduled` date, promotes Blocked or Ready to Next, and prepends a dated entry to an existing Schedule Log, never creating one for a task that keeps none. The `Ctrl+Shift+Enter` flow applies the same future-schedule and Schedule Log pull-forward. New Pomodoro Task Links are inserted immediately after the entry's last child, before any trailing blank separators. Every Pomodoro link cleanup deletes the open entries it empties. A linked task unlinks instead: its links under today's open Pomodoros are removed without changing closed history, and the checkbox is never written. Unlinking an In Progress task first opens an optional work-summary prompt titled `Unlink task`; a nonblank summary is recorded as a locally dated entry such as `*2026-08-15* โ€” Added coverage` under a tab-indented managed `๐Ÿ› ๏ธ **WORK LOG**` child bullet. ## Task Link selection `Ctrl+Shift+Enter` on a selected Task Link โ€” a plain or embedded wiki block link to a task, including ๐Ÿ…-marked, `#` move-only, and struck `~~[[โ€ฆ]]~~` forms โ€” deletes the link and today's other open-Pomodoro duplicates. One link per line is selected from anywhere on the line; several links are selected by cursor. When the link is the bullet's only content, the whole bullet and its children go with it. Deleting a Task Link never changes the lane: Next, In Progress, Ready, and Blocked all stay as they are. An In Progress target goes through the same optional `Unlink task` Work Log prompt. ## Guards `Ctrl+Shift+Enter` refuses several targets with a notice instead of writing: - A Depends-On โ›“๏ธ **DEPENDS ON:** line, including a malformed one with trailing prose, a half-typed link, or a prose-only label. The notice points to `Ctrl+Shift+P`, and no token is ever deleted there. A VS16 link-emoji shape is not a dependency line and takes the normal path. - A ๐Ÿงฑ **BLOCKS:** mirror, including a malformed one, with the generated-line notice. Pomodoro scanners skip managed dependency lines. - A `๐Ÿชข **LINKS:**` line with the relation notice, or a `๐Ÿชข **LINKED FROM:**` line with the generated-line notice. Pomodoro cleanup skips both relation lines. - Closed targets and legacy transclusion children. Dependencies live on the Depends-On line, never as embedded children. The task picker skips `#hide` tasks, lists Blocked `[?]` tasks in a separate group beneath unblocked tasks, prunes duplicate links from future open Pomodoros, and marks dependency-blocked tasks. ## Freshness, plan budget, and projects `Ctrl+Shift+Enter` and `^^` stamp the target task's freshness (`[fresh:: today]`) through Bob Ledger Tools whenever they rewrite its line. Link, unlink, and Task Link notices append the live plan budget (`ยท plan T/3 ยท L/10`, with ๐Ÿ”ด when over the cap) from Bob Ledger Tools. Project Schedule comes from the `^prj` task. A future-scheduled `^prj` link is refused only when its date is the sole remaining reason, with dependency reasons reported first; a direct link raises a Ready `^prj` to Next. A tagged `#prj_is_blocked` `^prj` is refused as blocked by its parent project without raising prerequisites. On an inbox note, `Ctrl+Shift+Enter` asks where the task goes before linking or unlinking, then moves it with the toggle applied. A `Ctrl+Shift+Enter` link from the row the review walk just landed on advances the walk once to the next remaining item. The plugin exposes the Link to today picker as `api.pomodoroLinkPicker` v1 so the navigation successor picker can retarget rows per row. ## Settings This plugin adds no settings tab. Block ID suggestions are generated from the target task's headline and need no configuration. ## Related - [Block ID defaults]() โ€” generated suggestions and collision handling. - [Cross-plugin APIs]() โ€” the Pomodoro link-picker interface. - [Task dependencies]() โ€” the Depends-On line this plugin's guards defer to. - [Plan]() โ€” the plan budget appended to link notices. - [Task status hooks]() โ€” how link changes reconcile lanes. - [Bob Navigation Hotkeys]() โ€” the Task Card and review walk this plugin hands off to.