NotePlanNNotePlan
Sep 22

Sync @remind tags added via external file edits (not just in-editor typing)

Thanks for the new two-way Apple Reminders integration in v3.21.2 — the @remind(...) syntax is great. I use NotePlan alongside a personal automation script that writes tasks (including @remind(...) tags) directly to my daily note files. I noticed that reminders created this way are NOT automatically synced to Apple Reminders — the tag shows up correctly as a pill when I open the note, but nothing actually appears in Reminders.app until I make an actual edit to that line (e.g. adding an indent, a line break, or a space). Simply opening the note or clicking the pill doesn't trigger the sync either. Would it be possible to also trigger the reminder-creation sync when a note file changes on disk (e.g. via iCloud sync, an external editor, or a script), not only when the @remind tag is typed live inside NotePlan's own editor? This would make the feature much more useful for anyone combining NotePlan with external automation tools, plugins that write to files, or synced editing from another device. Thanks for considering this!
PendingPending
2 weeks ago

Thanks for sharing this, we made it create Reminders specifically only when you add the tag manually in the app directly to avoid syncing bugs. This could cause all kinds of edge cases where reminders will be created in a kind of infinite loop, but will consider it as a feature.