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valleytheknight/kanban-complete-mover — explained in plain English

Analysis updated 2026-05-18

1TypeScriptAudience · generalComplexity · 1/5Setup · easy

TL;DR

An Obsidian plugin that automatically moves a Kanban card to a Complete lane the instant its checkbox is checked.

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  root((Kanban Complete Mover))
    What it does
      Moves checked cards
      Creates Complete lane
      Restores on uncheck
    Tech stack
      TypeScript
      Obsidian plugin API
    Use cases
      Auto move finished cards
      Add completion timestamps
      Custom lane per board
    Audience
      Obsidian users
      Kanban planners
    Setup
      Install from community plugins
      Enable automatic move
      Configure settings

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Why would anyone build with this?

REASON 1

Automatically move a checked Kanban card to a Complete lane.

REASON 2

Stamp a card with a completion date and time when it's finished.

REASON 3

Give a specific board its own custom Complete lane name.

REASON 4

Exclude specific boards from automatic moving with one click.

What's in the stack?

TypeScriptObsidian

How it stacks up

valleytheknight/kanban-complete-mover0xkinno/neuralvault0xmayurrr/ai-contractauditor
Stars111
LanguageTypeScriptTypeScriptTypeScript
Setup difficultyeasyhardeasy
Complexity1/54/52/5
Audiencegeneraldeveloperdeveloper

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How do you spin it up?

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min

Wtf does this do

Kanban Complete Mover is an Obsidian plugin that automatically moves a card to your Complete lane the moment you check its checkbox, so you stop dragging finished cards across the board by hand. It works alongside the popular Kanban plugin for Obsidian and adds one simple rule: a checked card belongs in the Complete lane. If your board does not have a Complete lane yet, one gets created automatically in a sensible spot. If you turn on the restore option, unchecking a card while it sits in Complete sends it back to wherever it came from. If you manually drag a checked card out of Complete instead of unchecking it first, the plugin unchecks it for you rather than snapping it back into place. You can also turn on a completion date stamp, with a choice of date formats and how much time detail to add, plus a live preview of what the stamp will look like. Each board can override the default lane name in its own frontmatter, so one board can send cards to a lane called Complete while another sends them to a lane called Shipped. You can exclude any board from the plugin entirely with a single right click, and bring it back the same way. For boards you already used before installing the plugin, nothing changes automatically until you touch a board or run one of two included commands: scan the whole vault at once, or scan just the currently open board. The plugin only reads file paths and the markdown text of your Kanban boards. It makes no network calls and sends no data anywhere. One known limitation is that its automatic moves do not appear in Obsidian's undo history, since Obsidian gives plugins no way to register their own writes on the undo stack.

Yoink these prompts

Prompt 1
Help me install and enable Kanban Complete Mover in Obsidian.
Prompt 2
Show me how to set a custom Complete lane name for one board.
Prompt 3
Explain how the restore on uncheck setting works.
Prompt 4
Help me run a vault wide scan to catch up existing checked cards.

Frequently asked questions

wtf is kanban-complete-mover?

An Obsidian plugin that automatically moves a Kanban card to a Complete lane the instant its checkbox is checked.

What language is kanban-complete-mover written in?

Mainly TypeScript. The stack also includes TypeScript, Obsidian.

How hard is kanban-complete-mover to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 5min to a first successful run.

Who is kanban-complete-mover for?

Mainly general.

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