Capture

Capture To is the name of the file you are capturing to. You can choose to either enable Capture to active file, or you can enter a file name in the File Name input field.

This field also supports the format syntax, which allows you to use dynamic file names. I have one for my daily journal with the name bins/daily/{{DATE:gggg-MM-DD - ddd MMM D}}.md. This automatically finds the file for the day, and whatever I enter will be captured to it.

• Create file if it doesn't exist will do as the name implies - you can also create the file from a template, if you specify the template (the input box will appear below the setting).
• Prepend will put whatever you enter at the bottom of the file.
• Task will format it as a task.
• Append link will append a link to the file you have open in the file you're capturing to.
• Insert after will allow you to insert the text after some line with the specified text. I use this in my journal capture, where I insert after the line ## What did I do today?. Capture format lets you specify the exact format that you want what you're capturing to be inserted as. You can do practically anything here. Think of it as a mini template. See the format syntax further down on this page for inspiration. In my journal capture, I have it set to - {{DATE:HH:mm}} {{VALUE}}. This inserts a bullet point with the time in hour:minute format, followed by whatever I entered in the prompt.