Overview
Roam Research is a networked note-taking tool popular for its bidirectional linking and daily notes workflow. If you are moving your knowledge base to Taskade, you can export your Roam pages as Markdown files and import them in just a few steps. Once imported, your notes become part of your Taskade workspace where you can organize them into projects, visualize them in 7 project views, and enhance them with AI agents.
Export a Roam Research Note
Open Roam Research and click the ☰ All Pages button on the left.
Check the boxes next to the notes you want to export.
- Check the top box to Select All your notes.
Click the export button 📤 and choose Markdown.
Save the downloaded file to your computer. Roam exports each page as an individual .md file inside a ZIP archive.
Unzip the archive to access the individual Markdown files.
Import to Taskade
Navigate to your workspace/folder.
Click the arrow next to the ➕ New Project button.
Select Import and drag your Roam Research .md files into the Import with AI tab, or click Paste Text & Markdown to paste content directly.
- You can select multiple files at once.
Click Create Project to finish.
After Import
Once your Roam notes are in Taskade, you can take advantage of several features to organize and enhance your content:
- Switch views: Toggle between List, Mind Map, Board, and other views to see your notes from different angles.
- Use AI to restructure: Ask Taskade AI to summarize, rewrite, or reorganize imported notes.
- Add to agent knowledge: Upload your imported notes as agent knowledge so your custom AI agents can reference them in conversations.
- Collaborate in real time: Share your workspace with teammates and edit notes together with real-time collaboration.
Tips
- Export all pages at once if you want a complete backup of your Roam graph.
- Roam's
[[wikilinks]]will appear as plain text after import. You can use Taskade's internal links to reconnect related notes. - For large exports, consider importing notes into separate folders organized by topic.
For more on turning notes into AI workflows, see Custom AI Agents/GPTs.
Roam → Taskade Field Mapping
| Roam | Taskade Equivalent |
|---|---|
| Page | Project |
| Block | Task / Sub-task |
[[Page]] |
Internal link |
((block-ref)) |
Plain text (re-link) |
| Tag (#) | Tag |
| TODO | Task |
| Daily Notes | Project per date in folder |
What imports well vs needs cleanup
- Imports cleanly: Block hierarchy, headings, plain text, TODO/DONE markers.
- Needs cleanup: Bidirectional links (rebuild with internal links), block embeds, Roam queries (recreate as agent prompts).