Daily Note Injection

What it does

If you keep daily notes, turn on this option. For example, your notes can use Daily/2026-04-28.md. On each export, the app merges selected metrics into the YAML frontmatter. It does not change the rest of the note.

Before

---
title: Tuesday note
mood: focused
---
Wrote launch notes…

After export

---
title: Tuesday note
mood: focused
steps: 12642
sleep_total_hours: 7.31
workout_count: 1
---
Wrote launch notes…

Optionally, the app can also inject Markdown sections (Sleep, Activity, Heart, etc.) into the note body. Those sections are app-managed: replaced cleanly on each export. Headings you write yourself stay untouched.

Location

Folder

Vault-relative path to your daily notes folder. Default Daily. Leave empty to target the vault root. Examples: Daily, Journal/Daily.

Filename

Pattern for the note filename without extension. Default {date} resolves to 2026-04-28.

Filename placeholders

Mix and match:

• {date}, full ISO date (2026-04-28)
• {year}, {month}, {day}
• {weekday}, short name (Tue)
• {monthName}, long name (April)
• {quarter}, Q1 / Q2 / Q3 / Q4

Example: {year}/{monthName}/{date}-{weekday} → 2026/April/2026-04-28-Tue.md. The preview line below the field shows the resolved path live.

Options

Create note if missing

If the daily note does not exist for a given date, create a fresh one. Leave off if you create your own daily notes via Obsidian Templater or a similar plugin.

Inject metric sections

Also write Sleep, Activity, Heart, etc. headings into the note body. App-managed, replaced cleanly on each export. Off by default.

Which metrics get injected

Daily Note Injection uses your selections in Health Metrics. There is no separate selector. Change the metric selection there to change Daily Note Injection.

Frontmatter preview

The bottom of the Daily Note Injection screen has a live preview of the frontmatter that will be merged. This updates as you change metric selection or the format customization frontmatter fields.

How merging works.

If your existing daily note already has frontmatter, the app preserves your keys and adds/updates only the keys it owns. App-managed body sections are wrapped in HTML comments so re-runs are idempotent.

Related

PrereqHealth Metrics, pick what gets injected. FormatFrontmatter Fields editor, rename keys, add custom fields. GranularIndividual Tracking, alternative for per-event tracking.