Calendar Defaults

Automatically apply templates when creating daily or weekly notes from the calendar. This saves time and ensures consistent structure for your recurring notes.

Setting Default Templates

1. Go to Settings (gear icon)
2. Select the Templates tab
3. Scroll to Default Templates
4. Choose a template from each dropdown:
   • Daily Notes Template - Applied when creating daily notes
   • Weekly Notes Template - Applied when creating weekly notes

How It Works

Daily Notes

When you click a date in the calendar to create a daily note:

1. Sidvy checks if a default daily template is set
2. If set, the template content is used as the note’s initial content
3. Template variables like {date}, {day}, {week} are replaced with actual values
4. The note opens ready for editing

Weekly Notes

When you click a week number in the calendar to create a weekly note:

1. Sidvy checks if a default weekly template is set
2. If set, the template content is used as the note’s initial content
3. Template variables like {week}, {monday} through {sunday} are replaced
4. The note opens ready for editing

Example Workflow

Set Up a Daily Journal

1. Create a template named “Daily Journal”:

# {day} - {date}

## Morning Intentions
-

## Tasks
- [ ]

## Evening Reflection
**What went well:**

**What could improve:**

2. Set it as the default daily template
3. Click any date in the calendar
4. Your journal structure is ready with the correct date filled in

Set Up Weekly Reviews

1. Create a template named “Weekly Review”:

## Week {week}

### {monday} - Monday
### {tuesday} - Tuesday
### {wednesday} - Wednesday
### {thursday} - Thursday
### {friday} - Friday

---

## Summary
**Wins:**

**Learnings:**

2. Set it as the default weekly template
3. Click any week number in the calendar
4. Your weekly review is pre-filled with all the dates

Clearing Defaults

To stop using a default template:

1. Go to Settings > Templates
2. In Default Templates, select None from the dropdown
3. New calendar notes will start empty

Notes Without Templates

If no default template is set, calendar notes are created with empty content. You can always manually create a note from a template using the command palette.

Tips

Different Templates per Workspace

Default templates are workspace-specific. You can have different defaults for your work workspace vs. personal workspace.

Template Changes

Changing a template does not affect existing notes. Only new notes created after the change use the updated template content.