Templates

Templates are regular notes stored in the workspace's .templates/ folder. Anything you can write in a normal note — frontmatter, headings, checklists, wikilinks, tags — works in a template. When you create a note from a template, its content is copied into the new note and its frontmatter is merged in.

The Templates Page

Open Templates from the More menu (or via the Command Bar's Go to Templates action). The page lists all templates in your workspace, sorted alphabetically, with a search field at the top to fuzzy-filter by name.

Tap a template to open and edit it like any other note. Tap the + button in the header to create a new blank template.

Creating a Note From a Template

There are two entry points:

• The + button in the bottom nav — when at least one template exists, tapping + opens a sheet with Blank Note and From Template. Choosing From Template shows the list of templates; tap one to create a new note from it.
• The block picker inside a note — tap + in the editor toolbar to open the block picker and scroll to the Templates section. Tapping a template inserts its content at the cursor and merges its frontmatter into the current note (existing values win over template defaults).

Template Variables

Templates support variables that are resolved when the template is applied. Variables use double curly braces:

Variable	Resolves to	Default format
{{title}}	The new note's title (filename without .md)	—
{{date}}	Current date	yyyy-MM-dd
{{date:FORMAT}}	Current date with a custom format	User-specified
{{time}}	Current time	HH:mm
{{time:FORMAT}}	Current time with a custom format	User-specified

Format strings use date-fns tokens — for example, {{date:MMMM d, yyyy}} produces "April 22, 2026".

Unknown variables are left untouched in the output.

Example Template

---
type: meeting
status: open
tags:
  - meeting
---

# {{title}}

**Date:** {{date:EEEE, MMMM d}}
**Time:** {{time}}

## Attendees
-

## Agenda
-

## Notes

## Action Items
- [ ]

Saving this as .templates/Meeting.md gives you a one-tap meeting-note starter from the + button.