diff --git a/__mocks__/factories/noteFactory.js b/__mocks__/factories/noteFactory.js
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+export const noteWIthOpenAndCancelledTasks = {
+  paragraphs: [
+    { type: 'title', lineIndex: 0, content: 'Title', headingLevel: 1 },
+    { type: 'empty', lineIndex: 1 },
+    { type: 'title', lineIndex: 2, content: 'Tasks for 3.4.22', headingLevel: 2 },
+    { type: 'open', lineIndex: 3, content: 'task 1' },
+    { type: 'title', lineIndex: 4, content: 'Journal for 3.4.22' },
+    { type: 'list', lineIndex: 5, content: 'first journal entry' },
+    { type: 'list', lineIndex: 6, content: 'second journal entry' },
+    { type: 'empty', lineIndex: 7 },
+    { type: 'title', lineIndex: 8, content: 'Done ...', headingLevel: 2 },
+    { type: 'title', lineIndex: 9, content: 'Cancelled', headingLevel: 2 },
+    { type: 'cancelled', lineIndex: 10, content: 'task cancelled' },
+  ],
+}
+
+export const noteWIthDoneAndScheduledTasks = {
+    paragraphs: [
+      { type: 'title', lineIndex: 0, content: 'Title', headingLevel: 1 },
+      { type: 'empty', lineIndex: 1 },
+      { type: 'title', lineIndex: 2, content: 'Tasks for 3.4.22', headingLevel: 2 },
+      { type: 'scheduled', lineIndex: 3, content: 'task 1' },
+      { type: 'title', lineIndex: 4, content: 'Journal for 3.4.22' },
+      { type: 'list', lineIndex: 5, content: 'first journal entry' },
+      { type: 'list', lineIndex: 6, content: 'second journal entry' },
+      { type: 'empty', lineIndex: 7 },
+      { type: 'title', lineIndex: 8, content: 'Done ...', headingLevel: 2 },
+      { type: 'done', lineIndex: 10, content: 'task finished' },
+    ],
+  }
+
+  export const noteWithOpenAndDoneTasks = {
+    paragraphs: [
+      { type: 'title', lineIndex: 0, content: 'Title', headingLevel: 1 },
+      { type: 'empty', lineIndex: 1 },
+      { type: 'open', lineIndex: 2, content: 'Open task 1' },
+      { type: 'open', lineIndex: 3, content: 'Open task 2' },
+      { type: 'done', lineIndex: 4, content: 'Done task' },
+    ],
+  }
+
+export const noteWithOneTaskOfEachType = {
+  paragraphs: [
+    { type: 'title', lineIndex: 0, content: 'Title', headingLevel: 1 },
+    { type: 'empty', lineIndex: 1 },
+    { type: 'open', lineIndex: 2, content: 'Open task 1' },
+    { type: 'scheduled', lineIndex: 3, content: 'Scheduled task 2' },
+    { type: 'done', lineIndex: 4, content: 'Done task' },
+    { type: 'cancelled', lineIndex: 5, content: 'Cancelled task' },
+    { type: 'checklist', lineIndex: 6, content: 'checklist' },
+    { type: 'checklistDone', lineIndex: 7, content: 'checklistDone' },
+    { type: 'checklistCancelled', lineIndex: 8, content: 'checklistCancelled' },
+    { type: 'checklistScheduled', lineIndex: 9, content: 'checklistScheduled' },
+  ],
+}
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diff --git a/helpers/__tests__/tasks.test..js b/helpers/__tests__/tasks.test..js
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+/* global jest, describe, test, expect, beforeAll, afterAll, beforeEach, afterEach */
+import { noteWIthOpenAndCancelledTasks, noteWIthDoneAndScheduledTasks, noteWithOpenAndDoneTasks, noteWithOneTaskOfEachType } from '@mocks/factories/noteFactory'
+
+import { getAllTasksFromCurrentNote } from '../tasks.js'
+import * as sorting from '@helpers/sorting'
+import { CustomConsole } from '@jest/console' // see note below
+import { Calendar, Clipboard, CommandBar, DataStore, Editor, NotePlan, simpleFormatter, Paragraph /* Note, mockWasCalledWithString, Paragraph */ } from '@mocks/index'
+
+beforeAll(() => {
+  global.Calendar = Calendar
+  global.Clipboard = Clipboard
+  global.CommandBar = CommandBar
+  global.DataStore = DataStore
+  global.Editor = Editor
+  global.NotePlan = NotePlan
+  global.console = new CustomConsole(process.stdout, process.stderr, simpleFormatter) // minimize log footprint
+  DataStore.settings['_logLevel'] = 'none' //change this to DEBUG to get more logging (or 'none' for none)
+})
+
+describe('mlevison.GenAITaskChecker', () => {
+  describe('test getTasksByType', () => {
+    test('prove Open and Cancelled Tasks found in sample note', () => {
+      const foundTasks = sorting.getTasksByType(noteWIthOpenAndCancelledTasks.paragraphs)
+
+      expect(foundTasks.open.length).toBe(1)
+      expect(foundTasks.done.length).toBe(0)
+      expect(foundTasks.cancelled.length).toBe(1)
+      expect(foundTasks.scheduled.length).toBe(0)
+      expect(foundTasks.checklist.length).toBe(0)
+      expect(foundTasks.checklistDone.length).toBe(0)
+      expect(foundTasks.checklistCancelled.length).toBe(0)
+      expect(foundTasks.checklistScheduled.length).toBe(0)
+    })
+
+    test('prove Done Tasks found in sample note', () => {
+      const foundTasks = sorting.getTasksByType(noteWIthDoneAndScheduledTasks.paragraphs)
+
+      expect(foundTasks.open.length).toBe(0)
+      expect(foundTasks.done.length).toBe(1)
+      expect(foundTasks.cancelled.length).toBe(0)
+      expect(foundTasks.scheduled.length).toBe(1)
+      expect(foundTasks.checklist.length).toBe(0)
+      expect(foundTasks.checklistDone.length).toBe(0)
+      expect(foundTasks.checklistCancelled.length).toBe(0)
+      expect(foundTasks.checklistScheduled.length).toBe(0)
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('getAllTasksFromCurrentNote', () => {
+    test('returns open and done tasks from current note', () => {
+      const tasks = getAllTasksFromCurrentNote(noteWithOpenAndDoneTasks)
+      expect(tasks.length).toBe(3)
+      expect(tasks[0].content).toBe('Open task 1')
+      expect(tasks[1].content).toBe('Open task 2')
+      expect(tasks[2].content).toBe('Done task')
+    })
+
+    test('returns open and cancelled tasks from current note', () => {
+      const tasks = getAllTasksFromCurrentNote(noteWIthOpenAndCancelledTasks)
+      expect(tasks.length).toBe(2)
+      expect(tasks[0].content).toBe('task 1')
+      expect(tasks[1].content).toBe('task cancelled')
+    })
+
+    test('returns one of each task types from current note', () => {
+      const tasks = getAllTasksFromCurrentNote(noteWithOneTaskOfEachType)
+      expect(tasks.length).toBe(8)
+      expect(tasks[0].content).toBe('Open task 1')
+      expect(tasks[1].content).toBe('Scheduled task 2')
+      expect(tasks[2].content).toBe('Done task')
+      expect(tasks[3].content).toBe('Cancelled task')
+      expect(tasks[4].content).toBe('checklist')
+      expect(tasks[5].content).toBe('checklistScheduled')
+      expect(tasks[6].content).toBe('checklistDone')
+      expect(tasks[7].content).toBe('checklistCancelled')
+    })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/helpers/tasks.js b/helpers/tasks.js
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+import { getTasksByType } from './sorting'
+
+export function getAllTasksFromCurrentNote(currentNote) {
+    // This function will extract all tasks from the current note and return them grouped by type
+    // It uses the getTasksByType function to categorize the tasks
+    const groupedTasks =  getTasksByType(currentNote.paragraphs)
+
+    return groupedTasks.open.concat(groupedTasks.scheduled, groupedTasks.done, groupedTasks.cancelled, groupedTasks.checklist, groupedTasks.checklistScheduled,
+      groupedTasks.checklistDone, groupedTasks.checklistCancelled)
+}
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