[acquacow]

That's still too many formatting bits for me.

My weekly todos look something like this:

It uses a simialr format:

YYYYMMDD

- Task to be done

  - Subtask

  * Note about task

/ Task started/half done

x Task completed

ie:

20220328

- finish baselining instances for ami creation

  x server 1

  / server 2

  - server 3

   * Make sure RH image is being used vs AWS provided AMI

/ verify routes exist for all subnets

x snapshot instance X before users are added

-- Dave

[ungamedplayer]

You can have YYMMDD too.. its just how he's input it.

[emj]

IMHO: Workflow, Text input fields and File formats are like APIs; if there is a way to abuse, hidden or public, then someone will use that in their process (https://xkcd.com/1172/). So adhering to Org mode in your own parser will mean a lot of work anyway. There will always be some subtle point that make your format incompatible with a tool you want to use.