append tasks to query

[mattecapu]

I have a vault with scattered tasks around, referring to a specific project, and thus tagged. At the top of the page for the project, I have a section `Tasks' which recaps the tasks with the relevant tag. Now I would like to be able to add tasks directly to this list. If I write

\```tasks
tag include #thesis
\```
- [ ] #thesis task foo

then I'd see task foo twice: once in the aggregated list and once below it.

Instead, I'd like to have something like

\```tasks
tag include #thesis
- [ ] #thesis task foo
\```

so that foo is appended to the aggregated list instead of being duplicated.

Any ideas on how to go on about doing that?

[mattecapu]

I figured I could add a filter to remove the tasks from directly below the aggregated list, by filtering by filename and heading

[claremacrae]

I hadn't seen this message when I replied below - hopefully the following may streamline that query...

[claremacrae]

I've moved this to Q&A.

The question

A tasks code block can only contain search instructions.

And any task line inside any code block is ignored by Obsidian, that is, not recognised as a task.

I think that what you are saying is that you want to have a file with content like this, where the file containing the query also contents tasks that match the query...

```tasks
tag include #thesis
```

- [ ] #thesis task foo

Change your query so that it does not match tasks in the same file as the query

To make the above search not show tasks in the same file as the query, you could use placeholders

```tasks
tag include #thesis
path does not include {{query.file.path}}
```

- [ ] #thesis task foo