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Cookbook

Ready-made setups for common workflows. Each recipe links to the page with the full details.

Name notes from the first line

  1. In your Folder Destination, set New note name to {{title}}.
  2. The first line of your draft becomes the file name.
  3. Optional: turn on the Remove {{title}} action in the Route, so the first line isn’t repeated in the note.

→ New notes and file names

Custom date formats in templates

Templates accept any date token in {{…}}. In a Wrap capture custom template:

{{YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm}}
{{content}}
  • Put fixed text in square brackets: {{[W]-w}} gives W-39.
  • {{ts}} inserts a Unix timestamp in milliseconds.

Warning

Always include {{content}}. Without it, your captured text isn’t saved.

→ Wrap capture, Date formats

Dynamic paths for notes

A New note name can include / to create folders, and date tokens that are filled in when you save:

YYYY/[W]-w/YYYY-MM-DD

On 23 September 2026, notes are saved to 2026/W-39/2026-09-23.md. Missing folders are created; existing ones are reused.

→ New notes and file names

Write to a specific section of a note

  1. Open the Route’s Destination.
  2. Choose Insert note: Before or After.
  3. Optional: type a Section (a heading in the note) to insert your draft exactly there. Quick Draft creates the heading if it’s missing.

→ Note placement and sections

Timestamped log in your Daily Note

Every capture becomes a timestamped bullet under ## Log in today’s Daily Note.

  1. Folder Destination → your Daily Notes folder, New note name YYYY-MM-DD (match your Daily Notes plugin’s format).
  2. Section: ## Log, Insert note: After.
  3. Route action Wrap capture → Custom: - {{HH:mm}} {{content}}

→ Note placement and sections, Wrap capture

AI-named inbox notes

Each capture becomes its own note, named by AI.

  1. Folder Destination → Inbox, New note name {{auto}}.
  2. Optional: a note template with tags: inbox in its Properties.

{{auto}} needs a plan or your own AI source. Without AI, the first line is used instead. → AI overview

One capture, several notes

Log a meeting note in your Daily Note and the project’s note.

  1. Create a Destination for each note.
  2. Add both to one Route.
  3. Give each Destination its own Section, such as ## Meetings and ## Notes.

On the Home screen, Properties show one tab per Destination. → Routes

Add to yesterday’s note

For thoughts after midnight, or for reviewing the day the next morning.

  1. Duplicate your daily-note Destination (swipe left → Duplicate) and name it “Yesterday”.
  2. Open New note name → Time shift → add d and set it to −1.
  3. Create a Route “Yesterday” with that Destination.

→ Time shift

Share articles from your browser straight into a reading list.

  1. File Destination → Reading list.md, Section ## To read, Insert note Before (newest first).
  2. Route with Fetch link titles on (the default) and Wrap capture custom - [ ] {{content}}.
  3. Settings → Defaults → Default Route for sharing → this Route.

Shared links are saved as - [ ] [Page title](url) without opening Quick Draft. → Sharing overview

Attachments sorted by year

  1. In your Route, turn on Custom Files location.
  2. Pick your attachments folder Destination and set Subfolder to YYYY/MM/.

Photos and recordings go to Attachments/2026/09/. → Files and attachments

Daily Notes from your Obsidian template

  1. Folder Destination → your Daily Notes folder.
  2. Turn on New note template → Existing File → pick your Daily Note template.
  3. Put {{content}} in the template where captures should go, for example under ## Inbox.

The first capture of the day creates the note from your template; later captures are added to it. → Note templates

Hands-free voice journal

  • Android: turn on the Voice Bubble and set Route for the Voice Bubble to your journal Route. Tap the bubble from any app, speak, and tap Transcribe and save.
  • iOS: say “Record voice memo in Quick Draft” to Siri, or add the Voice widget to your Lock Screen.

→ Voice notes

Capture from automations

  • iOS: open quickDraftObsidian://voiceNote from a Shortcut, for example on the Action button.
  • Android: send the intent quickdraft.obsidian.action.NEW_NOTE from Tasker, or toggle the Voice Bubble with TOGGLE_VOICE_BUBBLE.

→ Automation

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