---
date:
status: idea
owner: Amadou
project:
strategic_area:
effort:
impact:
---

<%*
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";
    }
  );
});
-%>

> 💡 **Idea** · 🔎 **Exploring** · 🟢 **Approved** · ⏸️ **Parked** · ⚫ **Dropped** · 🚀 **Converted**

## The Idea

Describe the idea in one or two sentences.

<% tp.file.cursor() %>

## Problem / Opportunity

What problem does this solve, or what opportunity does it create?

-

## Why It Matters

What is the potential business value?

-

## Current Situation

How is this handled today?

-

## Possible Approach

What could the solution look like?

Keep this high-level. This is not yet a project plan.

-

## Assumptions / Questions

What needs to be true, or what do I need to validate?

-
-

## 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

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