Compile Step: Remove checkboxes

[pdworkman]

What should this step do?
I'd like a step that removes all checkbox paragraphs/tasks, checked or unchecked

Should this step affect scenes, manuscripts, or join the two?
scenes/manuscripts

[pdworkman]

Here is a script to remove all tasks

module.exports = {
  description: {
    name: "Remove Markdown Tasks",
    description: "Removes Markdown task list items and one blank line after each.",
    availableKinds: ["Scene"],
    options: [],
  },

  compile(input, context) {
    return input.map(scene => {
      const lines = scene.contents.split("\n");
      const resultLines = [];

      for (let i = 0; i < lines.length; i++) {
        const line = lines[i];

        // Check for a Markdown task item
        if (/^\s*[-*]\s+\[[ xX]\]/.test(line)) {
          // Skip this task line
          // Also check if the next line exists and is blank — skip that too
          const nextLine = lines[i + 1];
          if (nextLine !== undefined && /^\s*$/.test(nextLine)) {
            i++; // skip the blank line too
          }
          continue;
        }

        resultLines.push(line);
      }
      return {
        ...scene,
        contents: resultLines.join("\n"),
      };
    });
  },
};

To add this custom step to your vault:

1. create a /steps folder inside your vault.
2. copy the above text into a text file and save it as remove-tasks.js
3. go into the settings for the longform plugin and select /steps as the location for User script step folder