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Daily Notes

Daily notes give you one Markdown file per day. Glyph names them by date and keeps them in a folder you choose.

File layout

Each daily note is:

{Daily notes folder}/{YYYY-MM-DD}.md

Example: if the folder is Journal, today’s file might be Journal/2026-07-17.md.

Set the daily notes folder

  1. Open Settings → Space → Daily Notes.
  2. Pick the folder for daily notes.
  3. Optional: set a Default daily note template under Settings → Space → Templates.

Set the folder before you open a daily note. If the folder is missing, Glyph shows a toast telling you to set it first. Fix that setting, then run Open Daily Note again.

Open today’s note

Use Open Daily Note. Glyph opens (or creates) the file for today.

If the file does not exist yet:

  • With a daily template: Glyph creates the note from that template and expands placeholders.
  • Without a template: Glyph creates a note whose default content is a heading with the date (# plus the date).

You can also start Open Daily Note from the command palette.

Open another date

Use the Calendar to pick a different day. Glyph opens or creates {YYYY-MM-DD}.md for that date in the same daily notes folder. Past and future dates use the same naming rule.

If that date’s file already exists, Glyph opens it. If it does not, Glyph creates it with the same template rules as today.

Optional daily template

A daily template is optional. When set, new daily notes use that template and expand placeholders such as {{date}}, {{weekday}}, and {{title}} (see Templates and Placeholders).

When unset, you get the simple date heading and write from there. Existing daily notes do not change when you later pick or clear a template. The template applies when Glyph creates a new date file.

Typical day

  1. Confirm Settings → Space → Daily Notes points at your journal folder.
  2. Run Open Daily Note in the morning.
  3. Capture tasks and notes in that file.
  4. Use the calendar when you need yesterday or next week.
  5. Tag or link the day note if you want it to show up in search and collections.

Tips

  • Keep daily notes in one folder so the calendar and Open Daily Note stay predictable.
  • Use a short template if you repeat the same sections every day (Wins, Tasks, Notes).
  • Tags and properties still work inside daily notes like any other Markdown file.
  • Checklists (- [ ]) work in daily notes and feed progress rings like elsewhere.
  • Collections can include the daily folder as a source if you want a table or board over journal entries.

What stays on disk

Daily notes are plain .md files. You can open them outside Glyph, move the folder later (then update Settings), or back them up with the rest of your space. Renaming a single day file breaks the calendar link for that date until the name matches YYYY-MM-DD.md again.