Initiative Planner

Initiative Planner is a Visual Studio Code extension project for planning and tracking initiatives directly in your editor.

Current Capabilities

• Dedicated Initiative Planner editor panel command.
• Local-only initiative storage in VS Code global state.
• One active initiative model with archive and restore support.
• Form-first editing for:
  • initiative metadata (name, objective, optional start date)
  • phases (add/delete/reorder)
  • tasks (add/delete/reorder)
  • task details (description, notes, start date, duration, dependencies)
  • task links (URL plus optional label)
  • milestones (date-based and task-linked)
• Session snapshot undo/redo commands (max 20 snapshots).
• In-session restore for the most recent delete action.
• Timeline preview in the editor.
• Timeline dependency indicators between related tasks.
• PNG export from timeline preview with save location prompt.

Commands

• Initiative Planner: Open
• Initiative Planner: New Initiative
• Initiative Planner: Archive Current Initiative
• Initiative Planner: Restore Archived Initiative
• Initiative Planner: Export PNG
• Initiative Planner: Undo Snapshot
• Initiative Planner: Redo Snapshot

Default keybindings currently contributed:

• Mac: Cmd+Alt+I opens planner
• Mac: Cmd+Alt+E exports PNG
• Mac: Cmd+Alt+Z triggers snapshot undo
• Windows/Linux equivalents use Ctrl+Alt

License

MIT License. See LICENSE file for details.