Create or enhance daily notes at 06 - Daily/YYYY/MM/YYYYMMDD.md.
Steps
Create Daily Note
Calculate date - today or specified date
Build path - 06 - Daily/YYYY/MM/YYYYMMDD.md
Generate frontmatter with daily note schema
Add navigation - prev/next links
Create file via Tools/NoteCreator.py daily
Enhance Existing Daily Note
Read existing note
Add structure - headings, task checkboxes
Add wikilinks - link mentioned people, projects, concepts
Suggest tags based on content
Update frontmatter - update updated timestamp
Tool Usage
# Create today's daily note
python Tools/NoteCreator.py daily
# Create for specific date
python Tools/NoteCreator.py daily --date 2026-02-09
# Append content to today's note
python Tools/NoteCreator.py daily --append "Met with team about API redesign"
# Create with initial content
python Tools/NoteCreator.py daily --content "## Focus\n- API redesign\n- Code review"
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Workflow: Daily Note It is listed under Productivity on SkillMD.
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