Creating Obsidian Templates

Create templates for the Second Brain Obsidian vault that work with the core Templates plugin.

Template Location

All templates go in: content/_obsidian-templates/

This directory is excluded from Nuxt Content (configured in content.config.ts).

Template Format

Templates use Obsidian's template syntax:

• {{date}} - Current date (YYYY-MM-DD)
• {{date:format}} - Custom format (e.g., {{date:YYYY-MM-DD}})
• {{time}} - Current time
• {{title}} - Note title

Workflow

1. Understand the use case: Ask what the template is for if unclear
2. Check existing templates: ls content/_obsidian-templates/
3. Research structure (if external format): Fetch examples from the web
4. Create template: Write to content/_obsidian-templates/{name}.md
5. Verify: Confirm template is valid markdown

Template Structure

---
title: "Template Name - {{date:YYYY-MM-DD}}"
draft: true
---

## Section 1

<!-- Guidance comment -->

## Section 2

<!-- Guidance comment -->

Existing Templates

| Template | Purpose | |----------|---------| | newsletter.md | Weekly newsletter draft for beehiiv |

User Setup

Remind user to configure Obsidian:

1. Settings → Core plugins → Enable Templates
2. Template folder: _obsidian-templates
3. Shortcut: Cmd/Ctrl + T to insert