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10 Knowledge/Templates/Idea Template.md

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+---
+date:
+status: idea
+owner: Amadou
+project:
+strategic_area:
+effort:
+impact:
+---
 
-<%* 
-const year = tp.date.now("YYYY"); 
-const date = tp.date.now("YYYY-MM-DD"); 
-const baseFolder = "20 Work/Ideas"; 
-const yearFolder = `${baseFolder}/${year}`; 
-if (!app.vault.getAbstractFileByPath(yearFolder)) { 
-	await app.vault.createFolder(yearFolder); 
-} 
-await tp.file.move(`${yearFolder}/${date}`); 
+<%*
+const date = tp.date.now("YYYY-MM-DD");
+const year = tp.date.now("YYYY");
 
+const title = await tp.system.prompt("Idea title");
+
+if (!title) {
+  new Notice("Idea creation cancelled: no title entered.");
+  return;
+}
+
+const safeTitle = title
+  .replace(/[\\/:*?"<>|]/g, "-")
+  .trim();
+
+const baseFolder = "20 Work/Ideas";
+const yearFolder = `${baseFolder}/${year}`;
+
+if (!app.vault.getAbstractFileByPath(yearFolder)) {
+  await app.vault.createFolder(yearFolder);
+}
+
+const filename = `${date} - ${safeTitle}`;
+
+await tp.file.move(`${yearFolder}/${filename}`);
+
+// Update Properties only after Templater finishes
+tp.hooks.on_all_templates_executed(async () => {
+
+  const file = tp.file.find_tfile(
+    `${yearFolder}/${filename}`
+  );
+
+  if (!file) return;
+
+  await tp.app.fileManager.processFrontMatter(
+    file,
+    (frontmatter) => {
+      frontmatter.date = date;
+      frontmatter.status = "idea";
+      frontmatter.owner = "Amadou";
+    }
+  );
+});
 -%>
-# {{title}}
 
-**Date:** {{date}}
-**Status:** 💡 Idea
+> 💡 **Idea** · 🔎 **Exploring** · 🟢 **Approved** · ⏸️ **Parked** · ⚫ **Dropped** · 🚀 **Converted**
 
 ## The Idea
 
-Describe the idea simply.
+Describe the idea in one or two sentences.
+
+<% tp.file.cursor() %>
 
 ## Problem / Opportunity
 
-What problem does this solve or what opportunity does it create?
+What problem does this solve, or what opportunity does it create?
+
+-
 
 ## Why It Matters
 
 What is the potential business value?
 
-## Who Benefits?
+-
 
-- 
+## Current Situation
+
+How is this handled today?
+
+-
 
 ## Possible Approach
 
-How could this work?
+What could the solution look like?
 
-## Effort
+Keep this high-level. This is not yet a project plan.
 
-**Estimated complexity:** Low / Medium / High
+-
 
-## Risks / Questions
+## Assumptions / Questions
 
-- 
-- 
+What needs to be true, or what do I need to validate?
 
-## Next Step
+-
+-
 
-What is the smallest action needed to validate this idea?
+## Risks / Trade-offs
+
+-
+
+## Smallest Next Step
+
+What is the cheapest or fastest action that would tell me whether this is worth pursuing?
+
+-
+
+## Outcome
+
+What ultimately happened with this idea?
+
+-
 
 ## Related