Function processTemplateVariables

src/utils/templateProcessor.ts:393–554

(
	template: string,
	taskData: TemplateData | ICSTemplateData
)

 * This is the core variable replacement function used by both frontmatter and body processing
 */
export function processTemplateVariables(
	template: string,
	taskData: TemplateData | ICSTemplateData
): string {
	let result = template;
	const now = new Date();

	// {{title}} - Task title
	result = result.replace(/\{\{title\}\}/g, taskData.title || "");

	// {{priority}} - Task priority
	result = result.replace(/\{\{priority\}\}/g, taskData.priority || "");

	// {{status}} - Task status
	result = result.replace(/\{\{status\}\}/g, taskData.status || "");

	// {{contexts}} - Task contexts (comma-separated)
	const contexts = Array.isArray(taskData.contexts) ? taskData.contexts.join(", ") : "";
	result = result.replace(/\{\{contexts\}\}/g, contexts);

	// {{tags}} - Task tags (comma-separated)
	const tags = Array.isArray(taskData.tags) ? taskData.tags.join(", ") : "";
	result = result.replace(/\{\{tags\}\}/g, tags);

	// {{hashtags}} - Task tags as space-separated hashtags
	const hashtags = Array.isArray(taskData.tags)
		? taskData.tags.map((tag) => `#${tag}`).join(" ")
		: "";
	result = result.replace(/\{\{hashtags\}\}/g, hashtags);

	// {{timeEstimate}} - Time estimate in minutes
	result = result.replace(/\{\{timeEstimate\}\}/g, taskData.timeEstimate?.toString() || "");

	// {{dueDate}} - Due date
	result = result.replace(/\{\{dueDate\}\}/g, taskData.dueDate || "");

	// {{scheduledDate}} - Scheduled date
	result = result.replace(/\{\{scheduledDate\}\}/g, taskData.scheduledDate || "");

	// {{details}} - User-provided details/description
	result = result.replace(/\{\{details\}\}/g, taskData.details || "");

	// {{parentNote}} - Parent note name/path where task was created
	result = result.replace(/\{\{parentNote\}\}/g, taskData.parentNote || "");

	// {{date}} - Current date (basic format only)
	result = result.replace(/\{\{date\}\}/g, format(now, "yyyy-MM-dd"));

	// {{time}} - Current time (basic format only)
	result = result.replace(/\{\{time\}\}/g, format(now, "HH:mm"));

	// Extended date/time variables (consistent with filename templates)
	result = result.replace(/\{\{year\}\}/g, format(now, "yyyy"));
	result = result.replace(/\{\{month\}\}/g, format(now, "MM"));
	result = result.replace(/\{\{day\}\}/g, format(now, "dd"));
	result = result.replace(/\{\{hour\}\}/g, format(now, "HH"));
	result = result.replace(/\{\{minute\}\}/g, format(now, "mm"));
	result = result.replace(/\{\{second\}\}/g, format(now, "ss"));