How to embed a Kanban board in a note in Obsidian
As of October 2026, a normal embed of a Kanban plugin board shows plain Markdown, one heading under the other.
How to keep Kanban new-card drafts in Obsidian
As of October 2026, Obsidian can hold a draft in a Markdown note, which you can copy into Kanban. Kanban Draft Vault instead captures nonempty updates from Kanban's new-card form while the companion is enabled. It can't recover text that disappeared before capture started.
Background
Kanban uses Markdown-backed boards, but a new-card form is a separate place to write. If you lose text by closing that form, a saved note draft or a captured local copy gives you somewhere to return. Recovery copies text for you to paste after checking the board.
2 ways to do it
Draft in a Markdown note
Write the card text in an ordinary note first. Use paragraphs or lists as needed, then copy the text into a new Kanban card. Kanban's repository describes its boards as Markdown-backed.
- limits
- A separate note draft helps preserve future text. It doesn't recover a closed form whose text you never copied into the note.
Kanban Draft Vault from this site
Keep the companion enabled while typing in Kanban's new-card form. Open draft recovery to find captured text with its board path and lane label. Copy it, inspect the board for a submitted card, then paste into your chosen destination.
Saved records survive a normal reload. If the dialog reports a save failure, keep the app open, copy needed text and select Retry save.
- limits
- The tested integration targets Kanban 2.0.51 in the main desktop window. Existing-card edits aren't captured, and forced stops can lose unsaved text.
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Check draft capture with a small board
Install and enable Kanban and Kanban Draft Vault.
Type a sentence in a small board's new-card form.
Close the form, then run Open draft recovery.
Check the saved board path and text before using it for longer drafts.
Copy the text, inspect the board and paste into the destination you choose.
Dismiss the saved copy when you no longer need it.
Common questions
Can this find a draft I lost before installing it?
Capture needs the companion enabled when the editor changes. A form closed before that has no captured record here. Use a separate note draft for future text if you prefer a manual workflow.
How do I avoid making the same card twice?
Inspect the board before pasting a recovered draft. Empty updates retain the last nonempty text, so a submitted card can remain in recovery. Recovery doesn't submit cards itself.
Can I search an earlier saved version?
Pro search checks board paths, captured labels and latest text. It doesn't inspect earlier versions. Open a draft's Saved versions to find and copy older text.
Sources
- Obsidian Markdown formattingobsidian.md
- Kanban repository and Markdown-backed boardsgithub.com
- Kanban Draft Vault source and READMEgithub.com
You can now keep Kanban new-card drafts.
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The plugin in this guide
Kanban Draft Vault
Find saved card drafts and copy their text to your board.