this kind of does what you want:

#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
(require 'org-id)

(add-hook 'org-insert-heading-hook
#'(lambda ()
(org-entry-put (point) "UUID" (org-id-uuid))))
#+END_SRC

at least it works if you use the menu to insert a new heading. it does not work if you type the heading by hand.

org-insert-heading-hook

you can probably write a little function that sets a uuid property.

John

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On Sun, Apr 6, 2014 at 2:21 PM, Esben Stien <b0ef@esben-stien.name> wrote:

I'm using the following to have a CREATED field in the PROPERTIES field
of a TODO:

;; advice org-insert-todo-heading to insert a created timestamp using org-expiry
(defadvice org-insert-todo-heading (after mrb/created-timestamp-advice activate)
"Insert a CREATED property using org-expiry.el for TODO entries"
(mrb/insert-created-timestamp)
)
(ad-activate 'org-insert-todo-heading)

So, I get:

**** TODO
:PROPERTIES:
:CREATED: [2014-04-06 sų. 20:11]
:END:

Is there any way to insert a UUID as well?, like:

**** TODO
:PROPERTIES:
:CREATED: [2014-04-06 sų. 20:11]
:UUID: 70f273b5-8bce-315f-6f31-6d9ec9a8b739
:END:

Any pointers as to how I can achieve this?

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