Projects
Creating a project
Section titled “Creating a project”Command palette > “Pensum: New Project”. Enter name, status, priority. Pensum creates the file from a template in your projects folder.
Customize the template by editing .pensum/templates/project.md.
How tasks belong to projects
Section titled “How tasks belong to projects”Containment
Section titled “Containment”A task inside a project file automatically belongs to that project.
Inline tag
Section titled “Inline tag”A task in any file can be assigned with #project/<name>:
- [ ] Send pricing deck #project/alphaInline tags take priority over containment.
Triage flow
Section titled “Triage flow”- Inbox tasks: on project assignment, moved to the project file
- Meeting action items: tagged with
#project/name, stay in the meeting note
Project Page view
Section titled “Project Page view”Opens automatically when you view a project file. Shows:
- Frontmatter fields (status, priority, custom fields)
- Stats: open tasks, overdue, completed in last 7 days
- Open task list, overdue list, recently completed