diff --git a/src/dump-metadata.ts b/src/dump-metadata.ts
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+import type { App } from "obsidian";
+import { getAPI } from "obsidian-dataview";
+
+const fixtureVaultPath = "fixture-vault";
+const metadataDumpPath =
+  ".obsidian/plugins/obsidian-day-planner/fixtures/metadata-dump";
+
+export function createDumpMetadataCommand(app: App) {
+  return async () => {
+    const pathToHeadings = Object.fromEntries(
+      app.vault
+        .getMarkdownFiles()
+        .map((tFile) => [
+          tFile.path,
+          app.metadataCache.getFileCache(tFile)?.headings,
+        ]),
+    );
+
+    const exists = await app.vault.adapter.exists(metadataDumpPath);
+
+    if (exists) {
+      await app.vault.adapter.rmdir(metadataDumpPath, true);
+    }
+
+    await app.vault.adapter.mkdir(metadataDumpPath);
+
+    await app.vault.create(
+      `${metadataDumpPath}/headings-metadata.json`,
+      JSON.stringify(pathToHeadings, null, 2),
+    );
+
+    const tasks = getAPI(app)
+      ?.pages(`"${fixtureVaultPath}"`)
+      .file.tasks.array();
+
+    await app.vault.create(
+      `${metadataDumpPath}/tasks.json`,
+      JSON.stringify(tasks, null, 2),
+    );
+  };
+}