Daily Journal

The daily journal gives you a dedicated markdown file for each day, opened with a single keyboard shortcut.

Opening Today's Journal

Press Ctrl+Alt+J (Cmd+Alt+J on macOS).

If today's journal file already exists, it opens immediately. If not, a new file is created from your journal template and then opened.

The daily journal requires an initialised workspace. See Getting Started if you haven't set one up yet.

File Naming and Location

Journal files are created as:

journals/YYYY_MM_DD.md

For example, journals/2026_03_07.md for 7 March 2026.

The folder name defaults to journals/ and can be changed in Settings via as-notes.journalFolder. The folder is created automatically on first use.

Journal Template

New journal files are generated from a journal_template.md file in your workspace root. The placeholder YYYY-MM-DD in the template is replaced with today's date.

A default template is created automatically on first use:

# YYYY-MM-DD

## Notes

## Tasks

Edit journal_template.md to add your own sections, prompts, or daily structure. Changes take effect the next time a new journal file is created.

Wikilink Integration

Journal files are indexed immediately when created, so you can link to them using Wikilinks from other notes straight away:

Daily notes from [[2026_03_07]] onwards.

Because journal filenames follow a consistent YYYY_MM_DD pattern, the Backlinks panel lists journal backlinks in chronological order in flat view.

Inserting Today's Date as a Wikilink

You can also insert a wikilink for today's date anywhere in your notes using the Slash Commands menu — type / and choose Today.