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Templates

Daily Notes NG includes a built-in template engine and a bridge to the Templater plugin.

Built-in variables

When Templater is not installed, the plugin resolves these template context variables:

VariableDescriptionExample
{{title}}Note filename (without extension)2026-03-24
{{date}}Today’s date in YYYY-MM-DD format2026-03-24
{{time}}Current time in HH:mm format14:30
{{person}}Current user’s display name (from identity)Alice Smith

Templater integration

When Templater is installed, Daily Notes NG delegates template processing to Templater automatically via the Templater bridge. This means you can use the full Templater syntax (<% %> tags) in your periodic note templates.

See the Templater integration guide for recommended template patterns.

Template assignment

Templates are assigned per-periodicity in Settings > Periodic notes > Template.

In multi-user vaults, templates can be overridden per-person via person note frontmatter or settings-based overrides.