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Daily Notes#

Daily notes give you a fresh page for each day — perfect for journaling, logging meetings, or capturing quick thoughts.

Creating a Daily Note#

Click the calendar icon in the sidebar header or use the command palette to open today's daily note. If one doesn't exist, FoldNotes creates it automatically.

Each daily note:

  • Is stored in .daily/YYYYMMDD.md (e.g. .daily/20260403.md)
  • Starts with a heading like # Thursday 3 April 2026
  • Has a special daily field in its front matter linking it to the date
  • Cannot be renamed (the filename is the date)

The sidebar can show a calendar view that highlights days with existing daily notes. Click any day to open or create that day's note.

Appending to Daily Notes#

The quickest way to add to today's daily note is via the command line tool:

fn daily append "Met with Sarah about the design review"

Or use an Apple Shortcut for hands-free voice capture.

Tasks in Daily Notes#

Daily notes support the same task syntax as regular notes:

# Thursday 3 April 2026

- [ ] Review PR #42 due:2026-04-03 priority:high
- [x] Send weekly report done:2026-04-03
- [ ] Book flight for conference

Tasks from daily notes appear in the Inspector's Tasks tab alongside tasks from all other notes.

Activity Summary#

You can add an activity summary to any daily note that lists which notes you created or modified on that day. This is useful for reviewing what you worked on, or revisiting an older daily note to recall what happened.

To insert or refresh the summary:

  • macOS: Edit > Refresh Activity Summary (++shift+cmd+R++)
  • iOS: Tap the editor menu (three dots) and choose Refresh Activity Summary

The summary is inserted at the bottom of the note, bracketed by warning admonitions:

> [!WARNING] Auto-generated section — do not edit between the warnings.

## Activity

### Created
- [[Meeting Notes]]
- [[Project Plan]]

### Modified
- [[Travel Itinerary]]
- [[Reading List]]

> [!WARNING] End of activity summary — updated 3:45 PM

The section lists notes as [[backlinks]], grouped into Created and Modified (a note appears under Created if it was created that day, even if also modified). Other daily notes are excluded from the list.

You can refresh the summary at any time — FoldNotes replaces the content between the two warning markers, so anything you write above the first warning or below the second is preserved.

Tip

If you revisit an older daily note, refreshing the summary will show the activity for that day, not today.

The activity summary uses backlinks so you can click through to the referenced notes. If a note listed in the summary has since been trashed or deleted, clicking its backlink will do nothing — FoldNotes silently ignores the click rather than offering to create a new note with that name. This is intentional: the summary is a historical record, not a prompt to recreate old notes.