Daily

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Create today's daily note in the Obsidian vault.

Instructions

1. Get today's date in YYYY-MM-DD format

2. Check if a daily note already exists at +Daily/YYYY/YYYY-MM-DD.md

3. If it exists, read it and proceed to step 5

4. If it doesn't exist, create it using the template at Templates/Daily.md. The template uses Templater syntax (<% tp.date.now() %>) which should be resolved to actual values when creating the note:

   • <% tp.date.now("YYYY-MM-DD") %> → today's date (YYYY-MM-DD)
   • <% tp.date.now("dddd") %> → full day name (e.g., Monday)
   • <% tp.date.now("D MMMM YYYY") %> → day and month (e.g., 5 January 2026)

5. Search for tasks completed today:

   • Use Grep to find tasks with completedDate: YYYY-MM-DD (today's date)
   • For each completed task found, read the task file to get the resolution
   • Add to the "Completed Today" section in this format: - [x] [[Task - Title]] - Brief resolution summary

6. Add focus areas from meetings:

   • Check for meeting notes linked to today (in "Meetings Today" section)
   • Derive 2-4 focus areas from the meetings scheduled
   • Update the "Today's Focus" section with brief descriptions
   • Format: - **Topic** - Brief description of focus

7. Confirm the daily note path and summarise what was added

File Naming

Daily notes use simple date-based naming in year folders: +Daily/YYYY/YYYY-MM-DD.md

Examples:

• +Daily/2026/2026-01-21.md
• +Daily/2025/2025-12-25.md

This keeps filenames clean and scales well over multiple years.