OmniFocus Automation - Kanban Board

Automation OmniFocus Automation
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Here’s the plug-in for displaying the child tags in the Kanban tag set, which will be created if needed. UPDATE: Thanks to @draft8 for the wisdom. I’ve added code for creating child tags if needed, and reordering them if needed.

/*{
	"type": "action",
	"targets": ["omnifocus"],
	"author": "Otto Automator",
	"identifier": "com.omni-automation.of.display-kanban-tags",
	"version": "1.0",
	"description": "Plug-in will select all of the child tags of the “Kanban” tag set, which will be created if needed.",
	"label": "Display Kanban Tags",
	"shortLabel": "Kanban"
}*/
(() => {
	var action = new PlugIn.Action(function(selection, sender){
		
		// IDENTIFY KANBAN TAG, CREATE IF MISSING
		var targetTag = flattenedTags.byName("Kanban") || new Tag("Kanban")
		
		// ADD KANBAN CATEGORIES IF MISSING
		var tagTitles = ["To Do", "In Progress", "Waiting", "Done"]
		tagTitles.forEach(title => {
			if (!targetTag.children.byName(title)){
				new Tag(title, targetTag)
			}
		})
		
		// REORDER THE CATEGORIES
		tagTitles.forEach(title => {
			var tag = targetTag.children.byName(title)
			moveTags([tag], targetTag)
		})
		
		// SHOW THE TAGS
		var tagIDs = targetTag.children.map(tag => tag.id.primaryKey)
		var tagIDsString =  tagIDs.join(",")
		URL.fromString("omnifocus:///tag/" + tagIDsString).open()
		
	});
	
	return action;
})();