May 11th 2026 - Interesting Finds
Org Agenda creating repeating tasks
There are a number of ways to creating repeating tasks:
<2005-10-01 Sat +1m>
Repeater types:
- y (yearly)
- m (monthly)
- w (weekly)
- d (daily)
- h (hourly)
Org template expansions
You can create templates with different expansions like %? for arbitrary text or %^t to prompt the user for a specific date.
You can also have a custom prompt with any text you want like:
%^{Task}
%^{Your name}
Full example:
(setq org-capture-templates '( ("i" "Inbox" entry (file+headline "path/to/your/file.org" "Inbox") "* TODO %?") ("c" "Calendar" entry (file "path/to/your/other-file.org") "* %^{Some Description}\nSCHEDULED: %^t")))