> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Daily Notes

> Capture thoughts and logs with automatically dated notes

Daily notes provide a frictionless way to capture thoughts, journal entries, or daily logs. Glyph automatically creates a note for today's date with a single click.

## Setting Up Daily Notes

Configure daily notes in the Settings:

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open Settings">
    Click the settings icon or press `Cmd+,` (macOS) / `Ctrl+,` (Windows/Linux).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Go to Daily Notes">
    Select the **Daily Notes** tab in the sidebar.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Set folder">
    Choose where daily notes should be created (e.g., `journal/`, `daily/`, or leave blank for root).
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Note>
  The folder path must be relative to your space root. It will be created automatically if it doesn't exist.
</Note>

## Creating Daily Notes

Once configured, create today's note:

<Tabs>
  <Tab title="Toolbar Button">
    Click the **Daily Note** button in the main toolbar.
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="Keyboard Shortcut">
    Press the daily note keyboard shortcut (customizable in settings).
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="Command Palette">
    Open the command palette and search for "Open Daily Note".
  </Tab>
</Tabs>

Glyph will:

1. Check if today's note already exists
2. If it exists, open it
3. If not, create a new note with today's date as the filename
4. Open the note in the editor

## File Naming

Daily notes use ISO date format for filenames:

```
YYYY-MM-DD.md
```

**Examples:**

* `2024-01-15.md`
* `2024-12-31.md`
* `2026-03-03.md`

This format ensures:

* **Chronological sorting**: Files sort naturally by date
* **International standard**: ISO 8601 date format
* **No ambiguity**: Year, month, and day are always clear

## Default Content

When Glyph creates a new daily note, it starts with:

```markdown theme={null}
# YYYY-MM-DD
```

The heading matches the filename, giving you a clean starting point to add content.

## Folder Organization

Choose a folder structure that fits your workflow:

<Tabs>
  <Tab title="Flat Structure">
    **Folder: `daily/`**

    All daily notes in one folder:

    ```
    daily/
      2024-01-01.md
      2024-01-02.md
      2024-01-03.md
      ...
    ```

    Simple and easy to browse. Works well if you search more than you browse.
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="Year Folders">
    **Folder: `journal/`**

    Manually organize by year:

    ```
    journal/
      2024/
        2024-01-01.md
        2024-12-31.md
      2025/
        2025-01-01.md
    ```

    Better for long-term journaling. You'll need to create year folders manually.
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="Root Level">
    **Folder: (empty)**

    Daily notes in your space root:

    ```
    2024-01-01.md
    2024-01-02.md
    Projects/
    Reference/
    ```

    Quick access, but can clutter your root folder over time.
  </Tab>
</Tabs>

## Workflow Tips

### Morning Routine

1. Open Glyph
2. Click the daily note button
3. Start writing your thoughts, tasks, or goals for the day

### Task Tracking

Combine daily notes with task lists:

```markdown theme={null}
# 2024-01-15

## Tasks
- [ ] Review project proposal
- [ ] Call client
- [ ] Update documentation

## Notes
- Met with design team...
```

Tasks from daily notes appear in the Tasks pane when scheduled.

### Linking Daily Notes

Reference other daily notes using wikilinks:

```markdown theme={null}
# 2024-01-15

Follow-up from [[2024-01-14]]

Planning for [[2024-01-16]]
```

### Templates (Manual)

Create a template note and copy its content to new daily notes:

```markdown theme={null}
# YYYY-MM-DD

## Morning Review

## Tasks

## Notes

## Evening Reflection
```

<Tip>
  Keep a `_daily-template.md` file in your daily notes folder to copy from when you want a structured format.
</Tip>

## Integration with Other Features

### Search

Daily notes are indexed like any other note:

* Search content: Find specific entries across all dates
* Filter by tag: Use tags in daily notes and search by them
* Recent notes: Daily notes appear in "Recent" views

### Tags

Add tags to categorize daily entries:

```markdown theme={null}
# 2024-01-15

#journal #reflection

Today I learned...
```

### Backlinks

When you link to other notes from your daily notes, those notes show the backlink:

```markdown theme={null}
# 2024-01-15

Discussed [[Project Alpha]] with the team.
```

The "Project Alpha" note will show a backlink from your daily note.

## Advanced: Custom Date Formats

<Warning>
  Glyph currently only supports ISO date format (YYYY-MM-DD) for daily notes. Custom formats are not available.
</Warning>

The ISO format is intentionally the only option because:

* **Sortability**: Files sort chronologically in any file browser
* **Consistency**: No ambiguity between date formats
* **Compatibility**: Works across all operating systems and locales

## Troubleshooting

### Daily note button doesn't work

**Solution**: Check that you've set a daily notes folder in Settings > Daily Notes.

### Note created in wrong location

**Solution**: Verify your daily notes folder path is relative (e.g., `journal/`, not `/journal/`).

### Can't find old daily notes

**Solution**: Use search to find notes by date or content. Search for `2024-01` to find all January 2024 notes.