Create Note

Writes a new note file to a specified file path or name. The path can contain folders; these folders will be created if necessary. (See examples.) The action will append .md to the note filename if necessary.

The note can be created empty, or you can pass a note body. It's also possible to apply a template (either using the community plugin Templater or the core plugin Templates). Passing a note body and applying a template are mutually exclusive. Passing a note body or applying a specific template will cause Obsidian to ignore any existing Folder Templates rules in Templater that may have been set for that folder.

Available Options

Strategy for dealing with an existing note

The default behavior in case there’s already a note with the same name / at the requested file path, the base file name will be suffixed with a number. You can also choose to overwrite the note or skip the creation of a new, suffixed note (i.e., leaving it as it is).

Examples

A file path of /my/new/notes/Hello will create the note Hello.md in /my/new/notes/ . If the folder structure /my/new/notes/ didn't exist before, it will when the action is finished.

Changes / History

v1.2

Adds the option to apply a template on note creation.

v1.1

Introduces the option "Strategy for dealing with an existing note", removes "Overwrite existing note" option. The original "Overwrite" behavior is a selectable strategy now.