v0.29.1

Implement `foam.files.include` configuration to allow users to specify which files/directories Foam should include.
Also migrating `foam.files.ignore` to `foam.files.exclude`

Fixes #1422

.all-contributorsrc

@@ -1175,6 +1175,24 @@
       "contributions": [
         "doc"
       ]
+    },
+    {
+      "login": "ChThH",
+      "name": "CT Hall",
+      "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9499483?v=4",
+      "profile": "https://github.com/ChThH",
+      "contributions": [
+        "code"
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "login": "meestahp",
+      "name": "meestahp",
+      "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/177708514?v=4",
+      "profile": "https://github.com/meestahp",
+      "contributions": [
+        "code"
+      ]
     }
   ],
   "contributorsPerLine": 7,

.claude/commands/research-issue.md

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+# Research Issue Command
+
+Research a GitHub issue by analyzing the issue details and codebase to generate a comprehensive task analysis file.
+
+## Usage
+
+```
+/research-issue <issue-number>
+```
+
+## Parameters
+
+- `issue-number` (required): The GitHub issue number to research
+
+## Description
+
+This command performs comprehensive research on a GitHub issue by:
+
+1. **Fetching Issue Details**: Uses `gh issue view` to get issue title, description, labels, comments, and related information
+2. **Codebase Analysis**: Searches the codebase for relevant files, patterns, and components mentioned in the issue
+3. **Root Cause Analysis**: Identifies possible technical causes based on the issue description and codebase findings
+4. **Solution Planning**: Proposes two solution approaches ranked by preference
+5. **Documentation**: Creates a structured task file in `.agent/tasks/<issue-id>-<sanitized-title>.md`
+
+If there is already a `.agent/tasks/<issue-id>-<sanitized-title>.md` file, use it for context and update it accordingly.
+If at any time during these steps you need clarifying information from me, please ask.
+
+## Output Format
+
+Creates a markdown file with:
+
+- Issue summary and key details
+- Research findings from codebase analysis
+- Identified possible root causes
+- Two ranked solution approaches with pros/cons
+- Technical considerations and dependencies
+
+## Examples
+
+```
+/research-issue 1234
+/research-issue 567
+```
+
+## Implementation
+
+The command will:
+
+1. Validate the issue number and check if it exists
+2. Fetch issue details using GitHub CLI
+3. Search codebase for relevant patterns, files, and components
+4. Analyze findings to identify root causes
+5. Generate structured markdown file with research results
+6. Save to `.agent/tasks/` directory with standardized naming
+
+## Error Handling
+
+- Invalid issue numbers
+- GitHub CLI authentication issues
+- Network connectivity problems
+- File system write permissions

.github/workflows/update-docs.yml

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
 
           # Strip autogenerated wikileaks references because
           # they are not an appropriate default user experience.
-          (cd foam-template/docs; sed -i '/\[\/\/begin\]/,/\[\/\/end\]/d' $(find . -type f -name \*.md))
+          (cd foam-template/docs; find . -type f -name '*.md' -exec sed -i '/\[\/\/begin\]/,/\[\/\/end\]/d' {} +)
 
           # Set the commit message format
           echo "message=Docs sync @ $(cd foam; git log --pretty='format:%h %s')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

.gitignore

@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ docs/_site
 docs/.sass-cache
 docs/.jekyll-metadata
 .test-workspace
+.agent/tasks

.vscode/settings.json

@@ -24,9 +24,8 @@
   "editor.formatOnSave": true,
   "editor.formatOnSaveMode": "file",
   "editor.defaultFormatter": "esbenp.prettier-vscode",
-  "jest.autoRun": "off",
   "jest.rootPath": "packages/foam-vscode",
-  "jest.jestCommandLine": "yarn test:unit-with-specs",
+  "jest.jestCommandLine": "yarn test:unit",
   "gitdoc.enabled": false,
   "search.mode": "reuseEditor",
   "[typescript]": {

CLAUDE.md

@@ -2,8 +2,18 @@
 
 This file provides guidance to Claude Code (claude.ai/code) when working with code in this repository.
 
+## Collaboration Principles
+
+**Be honest and objective**: Evaluate all suggestions, ideas, and feedback on their technical merits. Don't be overly complimentary or sycophantic. If something doesn't make sense, doesn't align with best practices, or could be improved, say so directly and constructively. Technical accuracy and project quality take precedence over being agreeable.
+
+## Project overview
+
+Foam is a personal knowledge management and sharing system, built on Visual Studio Code and GitHub. It allows users to organize research, keep re-discoverable notes, write long-form content, and optionally publish it to the web. The main goals are to help users create relationships between thoughts and information, supporting practices like building a "Second Brain" or a "Zettelkasten". Foam is free, open-source, and extensible, giving users ownership and control over their information. The target audience includes individuals interested in personal knowledge management, note-taking, and content creation, particularly those familiar with VS Code and GitHub.
+
 ## Quick Commands
 
+All the following commands are to be executed from the `packages/foam-vscode` directory
+
 ### Development
 
 - `yarn install` - Install dependencies
@@ -15,15 +25,22 @@ This file provides guidance to Claude Code (claude.ai/code) when working with co
 ### Testing
 
 - `yarn test` - Run all tests (unit + integration)
-- `yarn test:unit-with-specs` - Run only unit tests (\*.test.ts files and the .spec.ts files marked a vscode-mock friendly)
+- `yarn test:unit` - Run unit tests (\*.test.ts files and the .spec.ts files marked a vscode-mock friendly)
 - `yarn test:e2e` - Run only integration tests (\*.spec.ts files)
 - `yarn lint` - Run linting
 - `yarn test-reset-workspace` to clean test workspace
 
 Unit tests run in Node.js environment using Jest
 Integration tests require VS Code extension host
+When running tests, do not provide additional parameters, they are ignored by the custom runner script. You cannot run just a test, you have to run the whole suite.
 
-While in development we mostly want to use `yarn test:unit-with-specs`.
+Unit tests are named `*.test.ts` and integration tests are `*.spec.ts`. These test files live alongside the code in the `src` directory. An integration test is one that has a direct or indirect dependency on `vscode` module.
+There is a mock `vscode` module that can be used to run most integration tests without starting VS Code. Tests that can use this mock are start with the line `/* @unit-ready */`.
+
+- If you are interested in a test inside a `*.test.ts` file, run `yarn test:unit` or inside a `*.spec.ts` file that starts with `/* @unit-ready */` run `yarn test:unit`
+- If you are interested in a test inside a `*.spec.ts` file that does not include `/* @unit-ready */` run `yarn test`
+
+While in development we mostly want to use `yarn test:unit`.
 When multiple tests are failing, look at all of them, but only focus on fixing the first one. Once that is fixed, run the test suite again and repeat the process.
 
 When writing tests keep mocking to a bare minimum. Code should be written in a way that is easily testable and if I/O is necessary, it should be done in appropriate temporary directories.
@@ -33,6 +50,8 @@ Use the utility functions from `test-utils.ts` and `test-utils-vscode.ts` and `t
 
 To improve readability of the tests, set up the test and tear it down within the test case (as opposed to use other functions like `beforeEach` unless it's much better to do it that way)
 
+Never fix a test by adjusting the expectation if the expectation is correct, test must be fixed by addressing the issue with the code.
+
 ## Repository Structure
 
 This is a monorepo using Yarn workspaces with the main VS Code extension in `packages/foam-vscode/`.
@@ -45,6 +64,10 @@ This is a monorepo using Yarn workspaces with the main VS Code extension in `pac
 - `packages/foam-vscode/src/test/` - Test utilities and mocks
 - `docs/` - Documentation and user guides
 
+### File Naming Patterns
+
+Test files follow `*.test.ts` for unit tests and `*.spec.ts` for integration tests, living alongside the code in `src`. An integration test is one that has a direct or indirect dependency on `vscode` package.
+
 ### Important Constraint
 
 Code in `packages/foam-vscode/src/core/` MUST NOT depend on the `vscode` library or any files outside the core directory. This maintains platform independence.
@@ -99,9 +122,21 @@ This allows features to:
 
 ## Development Workflow
 
+We build production code together. I handle implementation details while you guide architecture and catch complexity early.
+When working on an issue, check if a `.agent/tasks/<issue-id>-<sanitized-title>.md` exists. If not, suggest whether we should start by doing a research on it (using the `/research-issue <issue-id>`) command.
+Whenever we work together on a task, feel free to challenge my assumptions and ideas and be critical if useful.
+
+## Core Workflow: Research → Plan → Implement → Validate
+
+**Start every feature with:** "Let me research the codebase and create a plan before implementing."
+
+1. **Research** - Understand existing patterns and architecture
+2. **Plan** - Propose approach and verify with you
+3. **Implement** - Build with tests and error handling
+4. **Validate** - ALWAYS run formatters, linters, and tests after implementation
+
 - Whenever working on a feature or issue, let's always come up with a plan first, then save it to a file called `/.agent/current-plan.md`, before getting started with code changes. Update this file as the work progresses.
 - Let's use pure functions where possible to improve readability and testing.
-- After saving a file, always run `prettier` on it to adjust its formatting.
 
 ### Adding New Features
 
@@ -147,6 +182,22 @@ When adding to `src/core/`:
 
 The extension supports both Node.js and browser environments via separate build targets.
 
+## Documentation Guidelines
+
+### User Documentation (`docs/user/`)
+
+Documentation in `docs/user/` must be written for non-technical users. The goal is to help novice users quickly start using features, not to explain technical implementation details.
+
+**Writing Guidelines:**
+
+- **Target audience**: Assume users are new to Foam and may not be technical
+- **Be concise**: Keep it short and to the point - every sentence must convey useful information
+- **Avoid repetition**: Don't repeat the same concept in different words
+- **Focus on "how to use"**: Show users what they can do and how to do it, not how it works internally
+- **Balance brevity with clarity**: Users won't read verbose documentation, but they need enough information to succeed
+- **Use examples**: Show practical use cases rather than abstract descriptions
+- **Start with the most common use case**: Lead with what most users will want to do first
+
 # GitHub CLI Integration
 
 To interact with the github repo we will be using the `gh` command.

docs/Achieving Greater Privacy and Security.md

@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-# Achieving Greater Privacy and Security
-
-Foam, at its heart and committed to in its [Principles](https://foambubble.github.io/foam/principles), allows the user to control their content in a flexible and non-prescriptive manner.  This extends to user preferences, or requirements depending on application and context, around both privacy and security.  One way that these use cases can be met is through the use of open-source and not-for-profit mechanisms in the user's workflow to provide a functional equivalence.
-
-Here are a few suggestions on increasing privacy and security when using Foam.
-## VS Codium: The Open Source build of VS Code 
-
-Foam is built upon VS Code, itself a Microsoft product built on top of an open source project.
-
-As can be found [here](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/60#issuecomment-161792005) the **VS Code product itself is not fully open source**. This means that its inner workings are not fully transparent, facilitating the collection and distribution of your data, as specified in its [Privacy Statement](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/privacy/).  
-
-If you prefer a fully open source editor based on the same core of VS Code (and for most intents and purposes equivalent to it), you can try [VSCodium](https://github.com/VSCodium).  
-In its own introduction it is described as, "Binary releases of VS Code without MS branding/telemetry/licensing".  Installation packages are easily available across Windows, Unix and Linux (or you can build it from source!).
-Access to the VS Code marketplace of add-ons remains in place, including the Foam extension.
-
-The change you will notice in using VS Code versus VS Codium - simply speaking, none. It is, in just about every way you will think of, the same IDE, just without the Microsoft proprietary licence and telemetry.  Your Foam experience will remain as smooth and productive as before the change.
-
-## Version Control and Replication
-
-In Foam's [Getting Started](https://foambubble.github.io/foam/#getting-started) section, the set up describes how to set up your notes with a GitHub repository in using the template provided.  Doing so provides the user with the ability to see commits made and therefore versions of their notes, allows the user to work across devices or collaborate effectively with other users, and makes publishing to GitHub pages easy.
-It's important at the same time to point out the closed-source nature of GitHub, being owned by Microsoft.
-
-One alternative approach could be to use [GitLab](https://gitlab.com/), an open source alternative to GitHub.  Whilst it improves on the aspect of transparency, it does also collect usage details and sends your content across the internet.  
-And of course data is still stored in clear in the cloud, making it susceptible to hacks of the service.
-
-A more private approach would manage replication between devices and users with a serverless mechanism like [Syncthing](https://syncthing.net).  Its continuous synchronisation means that changes in files are seen almost instantly and offers the choice of using only local network connections or securely using public relays when a local network connection is unavailable.  This means that having two connected devices online will have them synchronised, but it is worth noting that the continuous synchronisation could result in corruption if two users worked on the same file simultaneously and it doesn't offer the same kind of version control that git does (though versioning support can be found and is described [here](https://docs.syncthing.net/users/versioning.html)).  It is also not advisable to attempt to use a continuous synchronisation tool to sync local git repositories as the risk of corruption on the git files is high (see [here](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/can-syncthing-reliably-sync-local-git-repos-not-github/8404/18)).
-
-If you need the version control and collaboration, but do not want to compromise on your privacy, the best course of action is to host the open source GitLab  server software yourself.  The steps (well described [here](https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-set-up-a-gitlab-server-and-host-your-own-git-repositories/)) are not especially complex by any means and can be used exclusively on the local network, if required, offering a rich experience of "built-in version control, issue tracking, code review, CI/CD, and more", according to its website, [GitLab / GitLab Community Edition · GitLab](https://gitlab.com/rluna-gitlab/gitlab-ce).
-

docs/CNAME

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+foamnotes.com

docs/big-vision.md

@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-# Big Vision
-
-[[todo]]
-
-- What methodologies do we want to support?
-  - Zettelkasten?
-  - GTD? (Get Things Done)
-  - Digital gardening?
-  - Blogging/publishing
-  - Others?
-- Be an educational tool as much as a tool to implement these methodologies
-- What use cases are we working towards?
-  -[[todo]] User round table
-
-[//begin]: # "Autogenerated link references for markdown compatibility"
-[todo]: dev/todo.md "Todo"
-[//end]: # "Autogenerated link references"

docs/dev/foam-file-format.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Foam File Format
 
-This file is an example of a valid Foam file. Essentially it's just a markdown file with a bit of additional support for MediaWiki-style `[[wikilinks]]`.
+This file is an example of a valid Foam file. Essentially it's just a markdown file with a bit of additional support for MediaWiki-style `[[wikilinks]]` and note embeds.
 
 Here are a few specific constraints, mainly because our tooling is a bit fragmented. Most of these should be eventually lifted, and our requirement should just be "Markdown with `[[wikilinks]]`:
 
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ Here are a few specific constraints, mainly because our tooling is a bit fragmen
   - This is a temporary limitation and will be lifted in future versions.
   - At least `.mdx` will be supported, but ideally we'll support any file that you can map to `Markdown` language mode in VS Code
 - **In addition to normal Markdown Links syntax you can use `[[MediaWiki]]` links.** See [[wikilinks]] for more details.
+- **You can embed other notes using `![[note]]` syntax.** This supports various modifiers like `content![[note]]` or `full-card![[note]]` to control how content is displayed.
 
-[//begin]: # "Autogenerated link references for markdown compatibility"
-[wikilinks]: ../user/features/wikilinks.md "Wikilinks"
-[//end]: # "Autogenerated link references"
+[wikilinks]: ../user/features/wikilinks.md 'Wikilinks'

docs/dev/testing.md

@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ This dual-environment capability allows us to:
 
 ### Available Commands
 
-- **`yarn test:unit`**: Runs only `.test.ts` files (no VS Code dependencies)
-- **`yarn test:unit-with-specs`**: Runs `.test.ts` + `@unit-ready` marked `.spec.ts` files using mocks
+- **`yarn test:unit`**: Runs `.test.ts` files (no VS Code dependencies) + `@unit-ready` marked `.spec.ts` files using mocks
+- **`yarn test:unit-without-specs`**: Runs only `.test.ts` files
 - **`yarn test:e2e`**: Runs all `.spec.ts` files in full VS Code extension host
 - **`yarn test`**: Runs both unit and e2e test suites sequentially
 

docs/index.md

@@ -1,10 +1,25 @@
-# Foam
+# What is Foam?
 
-**Foam** is a personal knowledge management and sharing system inspired by [Roam Research](https://roamresearch.com/), built on [Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/) and [GitHub](https://github.com/).
+Foam is a personal knowledge management system built on [Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/) and [GitHub](https://github.com/). It helps you organize research, create discoverable notes, and publish your knowledge.
 
-You can use **Foam** for organising your research, keeping re-discoverable notes, writing long-form content and, optionally, publishing it to the web.
+## Key Features
 
-**Foam** is free, open source, and extremely extensible to suit your personal workflow. You own the information you create with Foam, and you're free to share it, and collaborate on it with anyone you want.
+- **Wikilinks** - Connect thoughts with `[[double bracket]]` syntax
+- **Embeds** - Include content from other notes with `![[note]]` syntax
+- **Backlinks** - Automatically discover connections between notes
+- **Graph visualization** - See your knowledge network visually
+- **Daily notes** - Capture timestamped thoughts
+- **Templates** - Standardize note creation
+- **Tags** - Organize and filter content
+
+## Why Choose Foam?
+
+- **Free and open source** - No subscriptions or vendor lock-in
+- **Own your data** - Notes stored as standard Markdown files
+- **VS Code integration** - Leverage powerful editing and extensions
+- **Git-based** - Version control and collaboration built-in
+
+Foam is like a bathtub: _What you get out of it depends on what you put into it._
 
 <p class="announcement">
   <b>New!</b> Join <a href="https://foambubble.github.io/join-discord/w" target="_blank">Foam community Discord</a> for users and contributors!
@@ -17,88 +32,79 @@ You can use **Foam** for organising your research, keeping re-discoverable notes
 
 ## Table of Contents
 
-- [Foam](#foam)
+- [What is Foam?](#what-is-foam)
+  - [Key Features](#key-features)
+  - [Why Choose Foam?](#why-choose-foam)
   - [Table of Contents](#table-of-contents)
   - [How do I use Foam?](#how-do-i-use-foam)
   - [What's in a Foam?](#whats-in-a-foam)
   - [Getting started](#getting-started)
   - [Features](#features)
-  - [Call To Adventure](#call-to-adventure)
+  - [Contributing](#contributing)
   - [Thanks and attribution](#thanks-and-attribution)
   - [License](#license)
 
 ## How do I use Foam?
 
-**Foam** is a tool that supports creating relationships between thoughts and information to help you think better.
+Foam helps you create relationships between thoughts and information through:
 
-Whether you want to build a [Second Brain](https://www.buildingasecondbrain.com/) or a [Zettelkasten](https://zettelkasten.de/posts/overview/), write a book, or just get better at long-term learning, **Foam** can help you organise your thoughts if you follow these simple rules:
+1. **Atomic notes** - Write focused markdown documents on single topics
+2. **Wikilinks** - Connect ideas with `[[double bracket]]` syntax
+3. **Backlinks** - Discover unexpected connections between notes
+4. **Graph visualization** - See your knowledge network visually
 
-1. Create a single **Foam** workspace for all your knowledge and research following the [Getting started](#getting-started) guide.
-2. Write your thoughts in markdown documents (I like to call them **Bubbles**, but that might be more than a little twee). These documents should be atomic: Put things that belong together into a single document, and limit its content to that single topic. ([source](https://zettelkasten.de/posts/overview/#principles))
-3. Use Foam's shortcuts and autocompletions to link your thoughts together with `[[wikilinks]]`, and navigate between them to explore your knowledge graph.
-4. Get an overview of your **Foam** workspace using a [[graph-visualization]] (⚠️ WIP), and discover relationships between your thoughts with the use of [[backlinking]].
-
-Foam is a like a bathtub: _What you get out of it depends on what you put into it._
+Success with Foam depends on consistent note-taking and linking habits.
 
 ## What's in a Foam?
 
-Like the soapy suds it's named after, **Foam** is mostly air.
+Foam combines existing tools:
 
-1. The editing experience of **Foam** is powered by VS Code, enhanced by workspace settings that glue together [[recommended-extensions]] and preferences optimised for writing and navigating information.
-2. To back up, collaborate on and share your content between devices, Foam pairs well with [GitHub](http://github.com/).
-3. To publish your content, you can set it up to publish to [GitHub Pages](https://pages.github.com/), or to any website hosting platform like [Netlify](http://netlify.com/) or [Vercel](https://vercel.com).
+1. **VS Code** - Enhanced with [[recommended-extensions]] optimized for knowledge management
+2. **GitHub** - Version control, backup, and collaboration
+3. **Static site generators** - Publish to GitHub Pages, Netlify, or Vercel
 
-> **Fun fact**: This documentation was researched, written and published using **Foam**.
+> This documentation was created using Foam.
 
 ## Getting started
 
-> ⚠️ Foam is still in preview. Expect the experience to be a little rough.
+**Requirements:** GitHub account and Visual Studio Code
 
-These instructions assume you have a GitHub account, and you have Visual Studio Code installed.
-
-1. Use the [foam-template project](https://github.com/foambubble/foam-template) to generate a new repository. If you're logged into GitHub, you can just hit this button:
+1. **Create repository** - Use the [foam-template](https://github.com/foambubble/foam-template) to generate a new repository
 
    <a class="github-button" href="https://github.com/foambubble/foam-template/generate" data-icon="octicon-repo-template" data-size="large" aria-label="Use this template foambubble/foam-template on GitHub">Use this template</a>
 
-   _If you want to keep your thoughts to yourself, remember to set the repository private, or if you don't want to use GitHub to host your workspace at all, choose [**Download as ZIP**](https://github.com/foambubble/foam-template/archive/main.zip) instead of **Use this template**._
+2. **Clone and open** - Clone locally and open the folder in VS Code
+3. **Install extensions** - Click "Install all" when prompted for recommended extensions
+4. **Configure** - Edit `.vscode/settings.json` for your preferences
 
-2. [Clone the repository locally](https://help.github.com/en/github/creating-cloning-and-archiving-repositories/cloning-a-repository) and open it in VS Code.
+**Next steps:**
 
-   _Open the repository as a folder using the `File > Open...` menu item. In VS Code, "open workspace" refers to [multi-root workspaces](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/multi-root-workspaces)._
-
-3. When prompted to install recommended extensions, click **Install all** (or **Show Recommendations** if you want to review and install them one by one)
-
-After setting up the repository, open `.vscode/settings.json` and edit, add or remove any settings you'd like for your Foam workspace.
-
-- _If using a [multi-root workspace](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/multi-root-workspaces) as noted above, make sure that your **Foam** directory is first in the list. There are some settings that will need to be migrated from `.vscode/settings.json` to your `.code-workspace` file._
-
-To learn more about how to use **Foam**, read the [[recipes]].
-
-Getting stuck in the setup? Read the [[frequently-asked-questions]].
-
-Check our [issues on GitHub](http://github.com/foambubble/foam/issues) if you get stuck on something, and create a new one if something doesn't seem right!
+- Explore the [[recipes]] for usage patterns
+- Check [[frequently-asked-questions]] if you need help
+- Report issues on [GitHub](http://github.com/foambubble/foam/issues)
 
 ## Features
 
-**Foam** doesn't have features in the traditional sense. Out of the box, you have access to all features of VS Code and all the [[recommended-extensions]] you choose to install, but it's up to you to discover what you can do with it!
+Foam leverages VS Code and [[recommended-extensions]] to provide:
+
+- **Wikilinks** with autocomplete and navigation
+- **Backlinks** panel showing connections
+- **Graph visualization** of your knowledge network
+- **Daily notes** with templates and snippets
+- **Tag system** for organization
+- **Publishing** to static sites
 
 ![Short video of Foam in use](assets/images/foam-navigation-demo.gif)
 
-Head over to [[recipes]] for some useful patterns and ideas!
+Explore [[recipes]] for usage patterns and workflows.
 
-## Call To Adventure
+## Contributing
 
-The goal of **Foam** is to be your personal companion on your quest for knowledge.
+Foam is an evolving project and we welcome contributions:
 
-It's currently about "10% ready" relative to all the features I've thought of, but I've only thought of ~1% of the features it could have, and I'm excited to learn from others.
-
-I am using it as my personal thinking tool. By making it public, I hope to learn from others not only how to improve Foam, but also to improve how I learn and manage information.
-
-If that sounds like something you're interested in, I'd love to have you along on the journey.
-
-- Read about our [[principles]] to understand Foam's philosophy and direction
-- Read the [[contribution-guide]] guide to learn how to participate.
-- Feel free to open [GitHub issues](https://github.com/foambubble/foam/issues) to give me feedback and ideas for new features.
+- Read our [[principles]] to understand Foam's philosophy
+- Follow the [[contribution-guide]] to get involved
+- Share feedback via [GitHub issues](https://github.com/foambubble/foam/issues)
 
 ## Thanks and attribution
 
@@ -272,6 +278,8 @@ If that sounds like something you're interested in, I'd love to have you along o
     <tr>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="14.28%"><a href="https://github.com/s-jacob-powell"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/109111499?v=4?s=60" width="60px;" alt="S. Jacob Powell"/><br /><sub><b>S. Jacob Powell</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/foambubble/foam/commits?author=s-jacob-powell" title="Code">💻</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="14.28%"><a href="https://github.com/figdavi"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/99026991?v=4?s=60" width="60px;" alt="Davi Figueiredo"/><br /><sub><b>Davi Figueiredo</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/foambubble/foam/commits?author=figdavi" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
+      <td align="center" valign="top" width="14.28%"><a href="https://github.com/ChThH"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9499483?v=4?s=60" width="60px;" alt="CT Hall"/><br /><sub><b>CT Hall</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/foambubble/foam/commits?author=ChThH" title="Code">💻</a></td>
+      <td align="center" valign="top" width="14.28%"><a href="https://github.com/meestahp"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/177708514?v=4?s=60" width="60px;" alt="meestahp"/><br /><sub><b>meestahp</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/foambubble/foam/commits?author=meestahp" title="Code">💻</a></td>
     </tr>
   </tbody>
 </table>
@@ -281,20 +289,16 @@ If that sounds like something you're interested in, I'd love to have you along o
 
 <!-- ALL-CONTRIBUTORS-LIST:END -->
 
-**Foam** was inspired by [Roam Research](https://roamresearch.com/) and the [Zettelkasten methodology](https://zettelkasten.de/posts/overview)
+Foam was inspired by [Roam Research](https://roamresearch.com/) and [Zettelkasten methodology](https://zettelkasten.de/posts/overview).
 
-**Foam** wouldn't be possible without [Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/) and [GitHub](https://github.com/), and relies heavily on our fantastic open source [[recommended-extensions]] and all their contributors!
+Foam builds on [Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/), [GitHub](https://github.com/), and our [[recommended-extensions]].
 
 ## License
 
 Foam is licensed under the [MIT license](LICENSE.txt).
 
-[//begin]: # "Autogenerated link references for markdown compatibility"
-[graph-visualization]: user/features/graph-visualization.md "Graph Visualization"
-[backlinking]: user/features/backlinking.md "Backlinking"
-[recommended-extensions]: user/getting-started/recommended-extensions.md "Recommended Extensions"
-[recipes]: user/recipes/recipes.md "Recipes"
-[frequently-asked-questions]: user/frequently-asked-questions.md "Frequently Asked Questions"
-[principles]: principles.md "Principles"
-[contribution-guide]: dev/contribution-guide.md "Contribution Guide"
-[//end]: # "Autogenerated link references"
+[recommended-extensions]: user/getting-started/recommended-extensions.md 'Recommended Extensions'
+[recipes]: user/recipes/recipes.md 'Recipes'
+[frequently-asked-questions]: user/frequently-asked-questions.md 'Frequently Asked Questions'
+[principles]: principles.md 'Principles'
+[contribution-guide]: dev/contribution-guide.md 'Contribution Guide'

docs/reading-list.md

@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-# Reading list
-
-- [Zettelkasten article, recommended by tchayen](https://github.com/alefore/weblog/blob/master/zettelkasten.md)
-- [Suping up VS Code as a Markdown editor](https://kortina.nyc/essays/suping-up-vs-code-as-a-markdown-notebook/)
-- [VSCode Extensions Packs](https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2017/03/07/extension-pack-roundup) [[todo]] Evaluate for deployment
-- [Dark mode](https://css-tricks.com/dark-modes-with-css/)
-
-[//begin]: # "Autogenerated link references for markdown compatibility"
-[todo]: dev/todo.md "Todo"
-[//end]: # "Autogenerated link references"

docs/terminology.md

@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-# Terminology
-
-It would be good to have some shared terminology to talk about Foam concepts. Some in-group terminology is acceptable, but we shouldn't be obtuse just to be exclusive.
-
-Here's some ideas, these are open for discussion.
-
-## Foam, the software project
-
-The set of tools and ideas collected in this organisation.
-
-## (Your) Foam
-
-The directory/repository where you keep all your notes.
-
-Also happens to sound quite a lot like Home. Funny, that.
-
-## Bubble
-
-Individual Foam note, written in Markdown.

docs/user/features/backlinking.md

@@ -1,16 +1,66 @@
-# Backlinking
+# Backlinks
 
-When using [[wikilinks]], you can find all notes that link to a specific note in the **Connections Explorer**
+Backlinks are one of Foam's most powerful features for knowledge discovery. They automatically show you which notes reference your current note, creating a web of interconnected knowledge that reveals surprising relationships between your ideas.
 
-- Run `Cmd` + `Shift` + `P` (`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `P` for Windows), type "connections" and run the **Explorer: Focus on Connections** view.
-- Keep this pane always visible to discover relationships between your thoughts
-- You can drag the connections panel to a different section in VS Code if you prefer. See: [[make-backlinks-more-prominent]]
-- You can filter the connections to see just backlinks, forward links, or all connections
-- Finding backlinks in published Foam workspaces via [[materialized-backlinks]] is on the [[roadmap]] but not yet implemented.
+_[📹 Watch: Understanding and using backlinks in Foam]_
 
-[//begin]: # "Autogenerated link references for markdown compatibility"
-[wikilinks]: wikilinks.md "Wikilinks"
-[make-backlinks-more-prominent]: ../recipes/make-backlinks-more-prominent.md "Make Backlinks More Prominent"
-[materialized-backlinks]: ../../dev/proposals/materialized-backlinks.md "Materialized Backlinks (stub)"
-[roadmap]: ../../dev/proposals/roadmap.md "Roadmap"
-[//end]: # "Autogenerated link references"
+## What Are Backlinks?
+
+A backlink is a connection from another note that points to the note you're currently viewing. While you create forward links intentionally with `[[wikilinks]]`, backlinks are discovered automatically by Foam.
+
+### Forward Links vs. Backlinks
+
+**Forward Links** (what you create):
+
+```markdown
+# Machine Learning Note
+
+I'm studying [[Neural Networks]] and [[Deep Learning]] concepts.
+```
+
+**Backlinks** (what Foam discovers):
+If you're viewing the "Neural Networks" note, Foam shows you that "Machine Learning Note" links to it, even though you didn't explicitly create that reverse connection.
+
+This bidirectional linking creates a richer knowledge network than traditional hierarchical folders.
+
+## Accessing Backlinks - Connections Panel
+
+The Connections panel shows both forward links and backlinks:
+
+1. **Open Command Palette** (`Ctrl+Shift+P` / `Cmd+Shift+P`)
+2. **Type "connections"** and select "Explorer: Focus on Connections"
+3. **Use the filter buttons** to show only backlinks, forward links, or all connections
+
+_[📹 Watch: Finding and opening the backlinks panel]_
+
+## Using Backlinks for Knowledge Discovery
+
+### 1. Finding Unexpected Connections
+
+Backlinks often reveal relationships you didn't consciously create:
+
+**Example:** While reviewing a "Productivity" note, backlinks might show connections from:
+
+- A cooking recipe (time management for meal prep)
+- A fitness routine (efficient workout planning)
+- A work project (team productivity strategies)
+
+These diverse connections can spark new insights and cross-domain learning.
+
+### 2. Identifying Important Concepts
+
+Notes with many backlinks are often central to your thinking:
+
+- **Hub concepts** that connect many ideas
+- **Frequently referenced** resources or definitions
+- **Bridge topics** that span multiple domains
+
+### 3. Building Context Around Ideas
+
+Backlinks provide context for how you use concepts across different areas:
+
+- How you apply the same principle in various projects
+- Evolution of your thinking about a topic over time
+- Different perspectives you've encountered on the same idea
+
+_[📹 Watch: Using backlinks for knowledge discovery and research]_

docs/user/features/built-in-note-embedding-types.md

@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-# Built-In Note Embedding Types
-
-When embedding a note, there are a few ways to modify the scope of the content as well as its display style. The following are Foam keywords that are used to describe note embedding.
-
-Note, this only applies to note embedding, not embedding of attachments or images.
-
-![Note Embed Types GIF](../../assets/images/note-embed-type-demo.gif)
-
-## Scope
-
-- `full` - the entire note in the case of `![[note]]` or the entire section in the case of `![[note#section1]]`
-- `content` - everything excluding the title of the section. So the entire note minus the title for `![[note]]`, or the entire section minus the section header for `![[note#section1]]`
-
-## Style
-
-- `card` - outlines the embedded note with a border
-- `inline` - adds the note continuously as if the text were part of the calling note
-
-## Default Setting
-
-Foam expresses note display type as `<scope>-<style>`.
-
-By default, Foam configures note embedding to be `full-card`. That is, whenever the standard embedding syntax is used, `![[note]]`, the note will have `full` scope and `card` style display. This setting is stored under `foam.preview.embedNoteStyle` and can be modified.
-
-## Explicit Modifiers
-
-Prepend the wikilink with one of the scope or style keywords, or a combination of the two to explicitly modify a note embedding if you would like to override the default setting.
-
-For example, given your `foam.embedNoteStyle` is set to `content-card`, embedding a note with standard syntax `![[note-a]]` would show a bordered note without its title. Say, for a specific `note-b` you would like to display the title. You can simply use one of the above keywords to override your default setting like so: `full![[note-b]]`. In this case, `full` overrides the default `content` scope and because a style is not specified, it falls back to the default style setting, `card`. If you would like it to be inline, override that as well: `full-inline![[note-b]]`.

docs/user/features/commands.md

@@ -71,3 +71,25 @@ Examples:
   }
 }
 ```
+
+## Link Conversion Commands
+
+Foam provides commands to convert between wikilink and markdown link formats.
+
+### foam-vscode.convert-wikilink-to-mdlink
+
+Converts a wikilink at the cursor position to markdown link format with a relative path.
+
+Example: `[[my-note]]` → `[My Note](../path/to/my-note.md)`
+
+### foam-vscode.convert-mdlink-to-wikilink
+
+Converts a markdown link at the cursor position to wikilink format.
+
+Example: `[My Note](../path/to/my-note.md)` → `[[my-note]]`
+
+**Usage:**
+
+1. Place your cursor inside a wikilink or markdown link
+2. Open the command palette (`Ctrl+Shift+P` / `Cmd+Shift+P`)
+3. Type "Foam: Convert" and select the desired conversion command

docs/user/features/daily-notes.md

@@ -1,23 +1,48 @@
 # Daily Notes
 
-Daily notes allow you to quickly create and access a new notes file for each day. This is a surprisingly effective and increasingly common strategy to organize notes and manage events.
+Daily notes allow you to quickly create and access a note file for each day.
 
-View today's note file by running the `Foam: Open Daily Note` command, by using the shortcut `alt+d` (note: shortcuts can be [overridden](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/getstarted/keybindings)), or by using [#snippets](#Snippets). The name, location, and title of daily notes files are [#configurable](#Configuration).
+## Creating Daily Notes
 
-## Roam-style Automatic Daily Notes
+- **Command:** `Ctrl+Shift+P` → "Foam: Open Daily Note"
+- **Shortcut:** `Alt+D`
+- **Snippets:** Type `/today`, `/yesterday`, `/tomorrow` in any note
 
-You can automatically open today's note on startup by setting the `Foam › Open Daily Note: On Startup` setting to `true`.
+## Automatic Daily Notes
+
+Open daily note automatically on VS Code startup:
+
+```json
+{
+  "foam.openDailyNote.onStartup": true
+}
+```
 
 ## Daily Note Templates
 
-Daily notes can also make use of [[Note Templates]], by defining a special `.foam/templates/daily-note.md` template.
+Create `.foam/templates/daily-note.md` to customize the structure:
 
-## Snippets
+```markdown
+---
+type: daily-note
+---
 
-Create a link to a recent daily note using [snippets](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/userdefinedsnippets). Type `/today` and press `enter` to link to today's note. You can also write:
+# Daily Note - $FOAM_DATE_YEAR-$FOAM_DATE_MONTH-$FOAM_DATE_DATE
+
+## Tasks
+
+- [ ]
+
+## Notes
+```
+
+## Date Snippets
+
+Create links to recent daily notes using snippets:
 
 | Snippet      | Date          |
 | ------------ | ------------- |
+| `/today`     | today         |
 | `/tomorrow`  | tomorrow      |
 | `/yesterday` | yesterday     |
 | `/monday`    | next Monday   |
@@ -29,31 +54,13 @@ Create a link to a recent daily note using [snippets](https://code.visualstudio.
 
 ## Configuration
 
-By default, Daily Notes will be created in a file called `yyyy-mm-dd.md` in the workspace's `journals` folder, with the heading `yyyy-mm-dd`.
+By default, daily notes are created as `yyyy-mm-dd.md` in the workspace's `journals` folder.
 
-These settings can be overridden in your workspace or global `.vscode/settings.json` file, using the [**dateformat** date masking syntax](https://github.com/felixge/node-dateformat#mask-options):
+To customize your daily note location and format you can create a `.foam/templates/daily-note.md` template. See [[templates]] for more information.
 
-It's possible to customize the path and heading of your daily notes, by following the [dateformat masking syntax](https://github.com/felixge/node-dateformat#mask-options).
-The following properties can be used:
+There are also some settings to customize the behavior of daily notes, but they are deprecated and will be removed. Please use the `daily-note.md` template.
 
-```json
-  "foam.openDailyNote.directory": "journal",
-  "foam.openDailyNote.filenameFormat": "'daily-note'-yyyy-mm-dd",
-  "foam.openDailyNote.fileExtension": "mdx",
-  "foam.openDailyNote.titleFormat": "'Journal Entry, ' dddd, mmmm d",
-```
-
-The above configuration would create a file `journal/daily-note-2020-07-25.mdx`, with the heading `Journal Entry, Sunday, July 25`.
-
-> NOTE: It is possible to set the filepath of a daily note according to the date using the special [[note-properties]] configurable for [[Note Templates]]. Specifically, see [[note-templates#Example of date-based|Example of date-based filepath]]. Using the template property will override any setting configured through `.vscode/settings.json`.
-
-## Extend Functionality (Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly Notes)
-
-Please see [[note-macros]]
 
 [//begin]: # "Autogenerated link references for markdown compatibility"
-[Note Templates]: note-templates.md "Note Templates"
-[note-properties]: note-properties.md "Note Properties"
-[note-templates#Example of date-based|Example of date-based filepath]: note-templates.md "Note Templates"
-[note-macros]: ../recipes/note-macros.md "Custom Note Macros"
+[note-templates]: note-templates.md "Note Templates"
 [//end]: # "Autogenerated link references"

docs/user/features/embeds.md

@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+# Note Embeds
+
+Embeds allow you to include content from other notes directly into your current note. This is powerful for creating dynamic content that updates automatically when the source note changes.
+
+## Basic Syntax
+
+Use the embed syntax with an exclamation mark before the wikilink:
+
+```markdown
+![[note-name]]
+```
+
+This will embed the entire content of `note-name` into your current note.
+
+## Embedding Sections
+
+You can embed specific sections of a note by referencing the heading:
+
+```markdown
+![[note-name#Section Title]]
+```
+
+## Embed Types
+
+Foam supports different embedding scopes and styles that can be configured globally or overridden per embed.
+
+### Scope Modifiers
+
+- **`full`** - Include the entire note or section, including the title/heading
+- **`content`** - Include everything except the title/heading
+
+Examples:
+
+```markdown
+full![[my-note]] # Include title + content
+content![[my-note]] # Content only, no title
+```
+
+### Style Modifiers
+
+- **`card`** - Display the embedded content in a bordered container
+- **`inline`** - Display the content seamlessly as part of the current note
+
+Examples:
+
+```markdown
+card![[my-note]] # Bordered container
+inline![[my-note]] # Seamless integration
+```
+
+### Combined Modifiers
+
+You can combine scope and style modifiers:
+
+```markdown
+full-card![[my-note]] # Title + content in bordered container
+content-inline![[my-note]] # Content only, seamlessly integrated
+full-inline![[my-note]] # Title + content, seamlessly integrated
+content-card![[my-note]] # Content only in bordered container
+```
+
+## Configuration
+
+Set your default embed behavior in VS Code settings:
+
+```json
+{
+  "foam.preview.embedNoteType": "full-card"
+}
+```
+
+Available options:
+
+- `full-card` (default)
+- `full-inline`
+- `content-card`
+- `content-inline`
+
+## Image Sizing
+
+Resize images to make your documents more readable:
+
+```markdown
+![[image.png|300]]          # 300 pixels wide
+![[image.png|50%]]          # Half the container width
+```
+
+### Common Use Cases
+
+**Make large screenshots readable:**
+```markdown
+![[screenshot.png|600]]
+```
+
+**Create responsive images:**
+```markdown
+![[diagram.png|70%]]
+```
+
+**Size by width and height:**
+```markdown
+![[image.png|300x200]]
+```
+
+### Alignment
+
+Center, left, or right align images:
+
+```markdown
+![[image.png|300|center]]
+![[image.png|300|left]]
+![[image.png|300|right]]
+```
+
+### Alt Text
+
+Add descriptions for accessibility:
+
+```markdown
+![[chart.png|400|Monthly sales chart]]
+```
+
+### Units
+
+- `300` or `300px` - pixels (default)
+- `50%` - percentage of container
+- `20em` - relative to font size
+
+### Troubleshooting
+
+- Check image path: `![[path/to/image.png|300]]`
+- No spaces around pipes: `|300|` not `| 300 |`
+- Images only resize in preview mode, not edit mode
+- Use lowercase alignment: `center` not `Center`

docs/user/features/graph-view.md

@@ -1,10 +1,23 @@
 # Graph Visualization
 
-Foam comes with a graph visualization of your notes.
+The graph view is one of Foam's most powerful features. It transforms your collection of notes into a visual network, revealing connections between ideas that might not be obvious when reading individual notes. This guide will teach you how to use the graph view to explore, understand, and expand your knowledge base.
+
 To see the graph execute the `Foam: Show Graph` command.
 
 Your files, such as notes and documents, are shown as the nodes of the graph along with the tags defined in your notes. The edges of the graph represent either a link between two files or a file that contains a certain tag. A node in the graph will grow in size with the number of connections it has, representing stronger or more defined concepts and topics.
 
+### The `Show Graph` command
+
+1. **Press `Ctrl+Shift+P` / `Cmd+Shift+P`**
+2. **Type "Foam: Show Graph"**
+3. **Press Enter**
+
+You can set up a custom keyboard shortcut:
+
+1. **Go to File > Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts**
+2. **Search for "Foam: Show Graph"**
+3. **Assign your preferred shortcut**
+
 ## Graph Navigation
 
 With the Foam graph visualization you can:
@@ -101,8 +114,19 @@ Will result in the following graph:
 
 ![Style node by type](../../assets/images/style-node-by-type.png)
 
+## What's Next?
+
+With graph view mastery, you're ready to explore advanced Foam features:
+
+1. **[[wikilinks]]** - Understand bidirectional connections
+2. **[[templates]]** - Use templates effectively to standardize your note creation
+3. **[[tags]]** - Organize your notes with tags
+4. **[[daily-notes]]** - Set up daily notes to establish capture routines
+
 [//begin]: # "Autogenerated link references for markdown compatibility"
 [note-properties]: note-properties.md "Note Properties"
 [wikilinks]: wikilinks.md "Wikilinks"
 [tags]: tags.md "Tags"
+[templates]: templates.md "Note Templates"
+[daily-notes]: daily-notes.md "Daily Notes"
 [//end]: # "Autogenerated link references"

docs/user/features/including-notes.md

@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-# Including notes in a note
-
-In some situations it might be useful to include the content of another note in your current note. Foam supports this displaying within the vscode environment. Note, this does not work out-of-the-box for your publishing solutions.
-
-## Including a note
-
-Including a note can be done by adding an `!` before a wikilink definition. For example `![[wikilink]]`.
-
-## Custom styling
-
-To modify how an embedded note looks and the scope of its content, see [[built-in-note-embedding-types]]
-
-For more fine-grained custom styling, see [[custom-markdown-preview-styles]]
-
-## Future possibilities
-
-Work on this feature is evolving and progressing. See the [[inclusion-of-notes]] proposal for the current discussion.
-
-[//begin]: # 'Autogenerated link references for markdown compatibility'
-[built-in-note-embedding-types]: built-in-note-embedding-types.md 'Built-In Note Embedding Types'
-[custom-markdown-preview-styles]: custom-markdown-preview-styles.md 'Custom Markdown Preview Styles'
-[inclusion-of-notes]: ../../dev/proposals/inclusion-of-notes.md 'Inclusion of notes Proposal '
-[//end]: # 'Autogenerated link references'

docs/user/features/link-reference-definitions.md

@@ -1,88 +1,60 @@
 # Link Reference Definitions
 
-When you use `[[wikilinks]]`, the [foam-vscode](https://github.com/foambubble/foam/tree/main/packages/foam-vscode) extension can automatically generate [Markdown Link Reference Definitions](https://spec.commonmark.org/0.29/#link-reference-definitions) at the bottom of the file. This is not needed to navigate your workspace with foam-vscode, but is useful for files to remain compatible with various Markdown tools (e.g. parsers, static site generators, VS code plugins etc), which don't support `[[wikilinks]]`.
+Link reference definitions make your notes compatible with standard Markdown processors by converting wikilinks to standard Markdown references.
 
-## Example
+Foam doesn't need references in order to work, but this feature is aimed at supporting other tools you might want to integrate with.
 
-The following example:
+## What Are Link Reference Definitions?
 
-```md
-- [[wikilinks]]
-- [[github-pages]]
+Foam can automatically add reference definitions to the bottom of your notes:
+
+**Your note:**
+
+```markdown
+# Machine Learning
+
+Related to [[Data Science]] and [[Statistics]].
 ```
 
-...generates the following link reference definitions to the bottom of the file:
+**With reference definitions:**
 
-```md
-[wikilinks]: wikilinks 'Wikilinks'
-[github-pages]: github-pages 'GitHub Pages'
+```markdown
+# Machine Learning
+
+Related to [[Data Science]] and [[Statistics]].
+
+[Data Science]: data-science.md 'Data Science'
+[Statistics]: statistics.md 'Statistics'
 ```
 
-You can open the [raw markdown](https://foambubble.github.io/foam/user/features/link-reference-definitions.md) to see them at the bottom of this file
+## Enabling Reference Definitions
 
-## Specification
-
-The three components of a link reference definition are `[link-label]: link-target "Link Title"`
-
-- **link label:** The link text to match in the surrounding markdown document. This matches the inner bracket of the double-bracketed `[[wikilink]]` notation
-- **link destination** The target of the matched link
-  - By default we generate links without extension. This can be overridden, see [Configuration](#configuration) below
-- **"Link Title"** Optional title for link (The Foam template has a snippet of JavaScript to replace this on the website at runtime)
-
-## Configuration
-
-You can choose to generate link reference definitions with or without file extensions, depending on the target, or to disable the generation altogether. As a rule of thumb:
-
-- Links with file extensions work better with standard markdown-based tools, such as GitHub web UI.
-- Links without file extensions work better with certain web publishing tools that treat links as literal urls and don't transform them automatically, such as the standard GitHub pages installation.
-
-By default, Foam generates links without file extensions for legacy reasons, but this may change in future versions.
-
-You can override this setting in your Foam workspace's `settings.json`:
-
-- `"foam.edit.linkReferenceDefinitions": "withoutExtensions"` (default)
-- `"foam.edit.linkReferenceDefinitions": "withExtensions"`
-- `"foam.edit.linkReferenceDefinitions": "off"`
-
-### Ignoring files
-
-Sometimes, you may want to ignore certain files or folders, so that Foam doesn't generate link reference definitions to them.
-
-There are three options for excluding files from your Foam project:
-
-1. `files.exclude` (from VSCode) will prevent the folder from showing in the file explorer.
-
-   > "Configure glob patterns for excluding files and folders. For example, the file explorer decides which files and folders to show or hide based on this setting. Refer to the Search: Exclude setting to define search-specific excludes."
-
-2. `files.watcherExclude` (from VSCode) prevents VSCode from constantly monitoring files for changes.
-
-   > "Configure paths or glob patterns to exclude from file watching. Paths or basic glob patterns that are relative (for example `build/output` or `*.js`) will be resolved to an absolute path using the currently opened workspace. Complex glob patterns must match on absolute paths (i.e. prefix with `**/` or the full path and suffix with `/**` to match files within a path) to match properly (for example `**/build/output/**` or `/Users/name/workspaces/project/build/output/**`). When you experience the file watcher process consuming a lot of CPU, make sure to exclude large folders that are of less interest (such as build output folders)."
-
-3. `foam.files.ignore` (from Foam) ignores files from being added to the Foam graph.
-
-   > "Specifies the list of globs that will be ignored by Foam (e.g. they will not be considered when creating the graph). To ignore the all the content of a given folder, use `<folderName>/**/*`" (requires reloading VSCode to take effect).
-
-For instance, if you're using a local instance of [Jekyll](https://jekyllrb.com/), you may find that it writes copies of each `.md` file into a `_site` directory, which may lead to Foam generating references to them instead of the original source notes.
-
-You can ignore the `_site` directory by adding any of the following settings to your `.vscode/settings.json` file:
+Configure in your settings:
 
 ```json
-  "files.exclude": {
-    "**/_site": true
-  },
-  "files.watcherExclude": {
-    "**/_site": true
-  },
-  "foam.files.ignore": [
-    "_site/**/*"
-  ]
+{
+  "foam.edit.linkReferenceDefinitions": "withExtensions"
+}
 ```
 
-After changing the setting in your workspace, you can run the [[workspace-janitor]] command to convert all existing definitions.
+**Options:**
 
-See [[link-reference-definition-improvements]] for further discussion on current problems and potential solutions.
+- `"off"` - Disabled (default)
+- `"withoutExtensions"` - References without extension
+- `"withExtensions"` - References with extension
 
-[//begin]: # "Autogenerated link references for markdown compatibility"
-[workspace-janitor]: ../tools/workspace-janitor.md "Janitor"
-[link-reference-definition-improvements]: ../../dev/proposals/link-reference-definition-improvements.md "Link Reference Definition Improvements"
-[//end]: # "Autogenerated link references"
+If you are using your notes only within Foam, you can keep definitions `off` (also to reduce clutter), otherwise pick your setting based on what is required by your use case.
+
+## How It Works
+
+1. Scans your note for wikilinks
+2. Generates reference definitions when you save
+3. Updates definitions when links change
+4. Maintains the auto-generated section
+
+## Benefits
+
+- **Standard Markdown compatibility** - Works with any Markdown processor
+- **Publishing platforms** - Compatible with GitHub Pages, Jekyll, etc.
+- **Future-proofing** - Not locked into Foam-specific format
+- **Team collaboration** - Others can read notes without Foam

docs/user/features/note-properties.md

@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@ This sets the `type` of this document to `feature` and sets **three** keywords f
 
 Some properties have special meaning for Foam:
 
-| Name    | Description                                                                                                                                                                      |
-| ------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| `title` | will assign the name to the note that you will see in the graph, regardless of the filename or the first heading (also see how to [[write-notes-in-foam]])                       |
-| `type`  | can be used to style notes differently in the graph (also see [[graph-visualization]]). The default type for a document is `note` unless otherwise specified with this property. |
-| `tags`  | can be used to add tags to a note (see [[tags]])                                                                                                                                 |
-| `alias` | can be used to add aliases to the note. an alias will show up in the link autocompletion                                                                                         |
+| Name    | Description                                                                                                                                                             |
+| ------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `title` | will assign the name to the note that you will see in the graph, regardless of the filename or the first heading (also see how to [[note-taking-in-foam]])              |
+| `type`  | can be used to style notes differently in the graph (also see [[graph-view]]). The default type for a document is `note` unless otherwise specified with this property. |
+| `tags`  | can be used to add tags to a note (see [[tags]])                                                                                                                        |
+| `alias` | can be used to add aliases to the note. an alias will show up in the link autocompletion                                                                                |
 
 For example:
 
@@ -47,11 +47,12 @@ alias: alias1, alias2
 
 ## Foam Template Properties
 
-There also exists properties that are even more specific to Foam templates, see [[note-templates#Metadata]] for more info.
+There also exists properties that are even more specific to Foam templates, see [[templates#Metadata]] for more info.
 
 [//begin]: # "Autogenerated link references for markdown compatibility"
 [write-notes-in-foam]: ../getting-started/write-notes-in-foam.md "Writing Notes"
-[graph-visualization]: graph-visualization.md "Graph Visualization"
 [tags]: tags.md "Tags"
+[graph-view]: ../features/graph-view.md "Graph Visualization"
+[note-taking-in-foam]: ../getting-started/note-taking-in-foam.md "Note-Taking in Foam"
 [note-templates#Metadata]: note-templates.md "Note Templates"
 [//end]: # "Autogenerated link references"

docs/user/features/tags.md

@@ -1,62 +1,90 @@
----
-tags: my-tag1 my-tag2 my-tag3/notes
----
-
 # Tags
 
-You can add tags to your notes to categorize or link notes together.
+Tags provide flexible categorization and organization for your notes beyond wikilinks and folders.
 
-## Creating a tag
+## Creating Tags
 
-There are two ways of creating a tag:
+### Inline Tags
 
-- Adding a `#tag` anywhere in the text of the note, for example: #my-tag1
-- Using the `tags: tag1, tag2` yaml frontmatter [[note-properties|note property]]. Notice `my-tag1` and `my-tag2` tags which are added to this document this way.
+Add tags directly in note content:
 
-Tags can also be hierarchical, so you can have `#parent/child` such as #my-tag3/info.
+```markdown
+# Machine Learning Fundamentals
 
-### Tag completion
+This covers basic algorithms and applications.
 
-Typing the `#` character will launch VS Code's "Intellisense." This provider will show a list of possible tags that match the character. If you are editing in the frontmatter [[note-properties|note property]], you can invoke tag completion on the `tags:` line by either typing the `#` character, or using the ["trigger suggest"](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/intellisense) keybinding (usually `ctrl+space`). If the `#` is used in the frontmatter, it will be removed when the tag is inserted.
-
-## Using *Tag Explorer*
-
-It's possible to navigate tags via the Tag Explorer panel. Expand the Tag Explorer view in the left side bar which will list all the tags found in current Foam environment. Then, each level of tags can be expanded until the options to search by tag and a list of all files containing a particular tag are shown.
-
-Tags can also be visualized in the Foam Graph Explorer. See [[graph-visualization]] for more info including how to change the color of nodes representing tags.
-
-## Styling tags
-
-It is possible to customize the way that tags look in the Markdown Preview panel that renders your Foam notes. This requires some knowledge of the CSS language, which is used to customize the styles of web technologies such as VSCode. A cursory introduction to CSS can be [found here](https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/get-started-with-css-in-5-minutes-e0804813fc3e/).
-
-1. Create a CSS file within your Foam project, for example in `.foam/css/custom-tag-style.css` or [.vscode/custom-tag-style.css](../../.vscode/custom-tag-style.css)
-2. Add CSS code that targets the `.foam-tag` class
-3. Add a rule for each [CSS property](https://www.w3schools.com/cssref/index.php) you would like applied to your tags.
-4. Open the `.vscode/settings.json` file (or the Settings browser with `ctrl+,`)
-5. Add the path to your new stylesheet to the `markdown.styles` setting.
-
-> Note: the file path for the stylesheet will be relative to the currently open folder in the workspace when changing this setting for the current workspace. If changing this setting for the user, then the file path will be relative to your global [VSCode settings](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/getstarted/settings).
-
-The end result will be a CSS file that looks similar to the content below. Now you can make your tags standout in your note previews.
-
-```css
-.foam-tag{
-  color:#ffffff;
-  background-color: #000000;
-}
+#machine-learning #data-science #algorithms #beginner
 ```
 
-![custom tag style demo](../../assets/images/custom-tag-style.png)
+### Front Matter Tags
 
-## Using backlinks in place of tags
+Add tags in YAML front matter:
 
-Given the power of backlinks, some people prefer to use them as tags.
-For example you can tag your notes about books with [[book]].
+```markdown
+---
+tags: [machine-learning, data-science, algorithms, beginner]
+---
+```
 
-[note-properties|note property]: note-properties.md "Note Properties"
-[graph-visualization]: graph-visualization.md "Graph Visualization"
+### Hierarchical Tags
 
-[//begin]: # "Autogenerated link references for markdown compatibility"
-[note-properties|note property]: note-properties.md "Note Properties"
-[graph-visualization]: graph-visualization.md "Graph Visualization"
-[//end]: # "Autogenerated link references"
+Create tag hierarchies using forward slashes:
+
+```markdown
+#programming/languages/python
+#programming/frameworks/react
+#work/projects/website-redesign
+#personal/health/exercise
+```
+
+## Autocompletion
+
+Typing `#` shows existing tags. In front matter, use `Ctrl+Space` for tag suggestions.
+
+## Tag Explorer
+
+Use the Tag Explorer panel in VS Code's sidebar to:
+
+- Browse hierarchical tag structure
+- Filter by tag names
+- Click tags to see all associated notes
+- View tag usage counts
+- Search for tags (click the search icon or use "Foam: Search Tag" command)
+
+Tags also appear in the [[graph-view]] with customizable colors.
+
+## Tag Search
+
+Search for all occurrences of a tag across your workspace:
+
+1. Use the command palette: "Foam: Search Tag"
+2. Or click the search icon next to a tag in the Tag Explorer panel
+
+Results appear in VS Code's search panel where you can navigate between matches.
+
+> Known limitation: this command leverages VS Code's search capability, so it's constrained by its use of regular expressions. The search is best-effort and some false search results might show up.
+
+## Custom Tag Styling
+
+Customize tag appearance in markdown preview by adding CSS:
+
+1. Create `.foam/css/custom-tag-style.css`
+2. Add CSS targeting `.foam-tag` class:
+   ```css
+   .foam-tag {
+     color: #ffffff;
+     background-color: #000000;
+   }
+   ```
+3. Update `.vscode/settings.json`:
+   ```json
+   {
+     "markdown.styles": [".foam/css/custom-tag-style.css"]
+   }
+   ```
+
+## Tags vs Backlinks
+
+Some users prefer [[book]] backlinks instead of #book tags for categorization. Both approaches work - choose what fits your workflow.
+
+[graph-view]: graph-view.md 'Graph Visualization'

docs/user/features/templates.md

@@ -240,19 +240,32 @@ Markdown templates can use all the variables available in [VS Code Snippets](htt
 
 In addition, you can also use variables provided by Foam:
 
-| Name                 | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
-| -------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| `FOAM_SELECTED_TEXT` | Foam will fill it with selected text when creating a new note, if any text is selected. Selected text will be replaced with a wikilink to the new                                                                                            |
-| `FOAM_TITLE`         | The title of the note. If used, Foam will prompt you to enter a title for the note.                                                                                                                                                          |
-| `FOAM_TITLE_SAFE`    | The title of the note in a file system safe format. If used, Foam will prompt you to enter a title for the note unless `FOAM_TITLE` has already caused the prompt.                                                                           |
-| `FOAM_SLUG`          | The sluggified title of the note (using the default github slug method). If used, Foam will prompt you to enter a title for the note unless `FOAM_TITLE` has already caused the prompt.                                                      |
-| `FOAM_DATE_*`        | `FOAM_DATE_YEAR`, `FOAM_DATE_MONTH`, `FOAM_DATE_WEEK` etc. Foam-specific versions of [VS Code's datetime snippet variables](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/userdefinedsnippets#_variables). Prefer these versions over VS Code's. |
+| Name                 | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
+| -------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `FOAM_SELECTED_TEXT` | Foam will fill it with selected text when creating a new note, if any text is selected. Selected text will be replaced with a wikilink to the new                                                                                                                 |
+| `FOAM_TITLE`         | The title of the note. If used, Foam will prompt you to enter a title for the note.                                                                                                                                                                               |
+| `FOAM_TITLE_SAFE`    | The title of the note in a file system safe format. If used, Foam will prompt you to enter a title for the note unless `FOAM_TITLE` has already caused the prompt.                                                                                                |
+| `FOAM_SLUG`          | The sluggified title of the note (using the default github slug method). If used, Foam will prompt you to enter a title for the note unless `FOAM_TITLE` has already caused the prompt.                                                                           |
+| `FOAM_CURRENT_DIR`   | The current editor's directory path. Resolves to the directory of the currently active file, or falls back to workspace root if no editor is active. Useful for creating notes in the current directory context.                                                  |
+| `FOAM_DATE_*`        | `FOAM_DATE_YEAR`, `FOAM_DATE_MONTH`, `FOAM_DATE_WEEK`, `FOAM_DATE_DAY_ISO` etc. Foam-specific versions of [VS Code's datetime snippet variables](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/userdefinedsnippets#_variables). Prefer these versions over VS Code's. |
 
 ### `FOAM_DATE_*` variables
 
 Foam defines its own set of datetime variables that have a similar behaviour as [VS Code's datetime snippet variables](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/userdefinedsnippets#_variables).
 
-For example, `FOAM_DATE_YEAR` has the same behaviour as VS Code's `CURRENT_YEAR`, `FOAM_DATE_SECONDS_UNIX` has the same behaviour as `CURRENT_SECONDS_UNIX`, etc.
+Supported variables include:
+
+- `FOAM_DATE_YEAR`: 4-digit year (e.g. 2025)
+- `FOAM_DATE_MONTH`: 2-digit month (e.g. 09)
+- `FOAM_DATE_WEEK`: ISO 8601 week number (e.g. 37)
+- `FOAM_DATE_WEEK_YEAR`: the year of the ISO 8601 week number. The year that contains the Thursday of the current week, may vary from calendar year near Jan 1. Often used with `FOAM_DATE_WEEK`.
+- `FOAM_DATE_DAY_ISO`: ISO 8601 weekday number (1-7, where Monday=1, Sunday=7)
+- `FOAM_DATE_DATE`: 2-digit day of month (e.g. 15)
+- `FOAM_DATE_DAY_NAME`: Full weekday name (e.g. Monday)
+- `FOAM_DATE_DAY_NAME_SHORT`: Short weekday name (e.g. Mon)
+- `FOAM_DATE_HOUR`, `FOAM_DATE_MINUTE`, `FOAM_DATE_SECOND`, `FOAM_DATE_SECONDS_UNIX`, etc.
+
+For example, `FOAM_DATE_YEAR` has the same behaviour as VS Code's `CURRENT_YEAR`, `FOAM_DATE_SECONDS_UNIX` has the same behaviour as `CURRENT_SECONDS_UNIX`, etc. `FOAM_DATE_DAY_ISO` returns the ISO weekday number (Monday=1, Sunday=7), which is useful for ISO week date formats like `2025-W37-5`.
 
 By default, prefer using the `FOAM_DATE_` versions. The datetime used to compute the values will be the same for both `FOAM_DATE_` and VS Code's variables, with the exception of the creation notes using the daily note template.
 
@@ -306,6 +319,30 @@ foam_template:
 # $FOAM_DATE_YEAR-$FOAM_DATE_MONTH-$FOAM_DATE_DATE Daily Notes
 ```
 
+##### Creating notes in the current directory
+
+To create notes in the same directory as your currently active file, use the `FOAM_CURRENT_DIR` variable in your template's `filepath`:
+
+```markdown
+---
+foam_template:
+  name: Current Directory Note
+  filepath: '$FOAM_CURRENT_DIR/$FOAM_SLUG.md'
+---
+
+# $FOAM_TITLE
+
+$FOAM_SELECTED_TEXT
+```
+
+**Best practices for filepath patterns:**
+
+- **Explicit current directory:** `$FOAM_CURRENT_DIR/$FOAM_SLUG.md` - Creates notes in the current editor's directory
+- **Workspace root:** `/$FOAM_SLUG.md` - Always creates notes in workspace root
+- **Subdirectories:** `$FOAM_CURRENT_DIR/meetings/$FOAM_SLUG.md` - Creates notes in subdirectories relative to current location
+
+The `FOAM_CURRENT_DIR` approach is recommended over relative paths (like `./file.md`) because it makes the template's behavior explicit and doesn't depend on configuration settings.
+
 #### `name` and `description` attributes
 
 These attributes provide a human readable name and description to be shown in the template picker (e.g. When a user uses the `Foam: Create New Note From Template` command):
@@ -361,6 +398,4 @@ existing_frontmatter: 'Existing Frontmatter block'
 This is the rest of the template
 ```
 
-[//begin]: # "Autogenerated link references for markdown compatibility"
-[daily-notes]: daily-notes.md "Daily Notes"
-[//end]: # "Autogenerated link references"
+[daily-notes]: daily-notes.md 'Daily Notes'

docs/user/features/wikilinks.md

@@ -1,44 +1,43 @@
 # Wikilinks
 
-Wikilinks are the internal links that connect the files in your knowledge base. (Also called `[[MediaWiki]]` links).
+Wikilinks are internal links that connect files in your knowledge base using `[[double bracket]]` syntax.
 
-## Creating and navigating wikilinks
+## Creating Wikilinks
 
-To create a wikilink, type `[[` and then start typing the name of another note in your repo. Once the desired note is selected press the `tab` key to autocomplete it. For example: [[graph-visualization]].
+1. **Type `[[`** and start typing a note name
+2. **Select from autocomplete** and press `Tab`
+3. **Navigate** with `Ctrl+Click` (`Cmd+Click` on Mac) or `F12`
+4. **Create new notes** by clicking on non-existent wikilinks
 
-`Cmd` + `Click` ( `Ctrl` + `Click` on Windows ) on wikilink to navigate to that note (`F12` also works while your cursor is on the wikilink). If the file doesn't exist it will be created in your workspace based on your default [[note-templates]] settings.
+Example: [[graph-view]]
 
 ## Placeholders
 
-You can also create a [[placeholder]]. <!--NOTE: this placeholder link should NOT have an associated file. This is to demonstrate the concept-->
-A placeholder is a wikilink that doesn't have a target file and a link to a placeholder is styled differently so you can easily tell them apart.
-They can still be helpful to highlight connections.
+Wikilinks to non-existent files create [[placeholder]] links, styled differently to show they need files created. They're useful for planning your knowledge structure.
 
-Open the graph with `Foam: Show Graph` command, and look at the placeholder node.
+View placeholders in the graph with `Foam: Show Graph` command or in the `Placeholders` panel.
 
-Remember, with `CTRL/CMD+click` on a wikilink you can navigate to the note, or create it (if the link is a placeholder).
+## Section Links
 
-## Support for sections
+Link to specific sections using `[[note-name#Section Title]]` syntax. Foam provides autocomplete for section titles.
 
-Foam supports autocompletion, navigation, embedding and diagnostics for note sections. Just use the standard wiki syntax of `[[resource#Section Title]]`. 
-- If it's an external file, `[your link will need the filename](other-file.md#that-section-I-want-to-link-to)`, but
-- if it's an anchor within the same document, `[you just need an octothorpe and the section name](#that-section-above)`.  
-- Doesn't matter what heading-level the anchor is; whether you're linking to an `H1` like `# MEN WALK ON MOON` or an `H2` like `## Astronauts Land on Plain`, the link syntax uses a single octothorpe: `[Walk!](#men-walk-on-moon)` and `[Land!](#astronauts-land-on-plain-collect-rocks-plant-flag)`. Autocomplete is your friend here.
+Examples:
 
-## Markdown compatibility
+- External file: `[link text](other-file.md#section-name)`
+- Same document: `[link text](#section-name)`
 
-The [Foam for VSCode](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=foam.foam-vscode) extension automatically generates [[link-reference-definitions]] at the bottom of the file to make wikilinks compatible with other Markdown tools and parsers.
+## Markdown Compatibility
 
-## Read more
+Foam can automatically generate [[link-reference-definitions]] at the bottom of files to make wikilinks compatible with standard Markdown processors.
 
-- [[foam-file-format]]
-- [[note-templates]]
-- See [[link-reference-definition-improvements]] for further discussion on current problems and potential solutions.
+## Related
 
-[//begin]: # "Autogenerated link references for markdown compatibility"
-[graph-visualization]: graph-visualization.md "Graph Visualization"
-[note-templates]: note-templates.md "Note Templates"
-[link-reference-definitions]: link-reference-definitions.md "Link Reference Definitions"
-[foam-file-format]: ../../dev/foam-file-format.md "Foam File Format"
-[link-reference-definition-improvements]: ../../dev/proposals/link-reference-definition-improvements.md "Link Reference Definition Improvements"
-[//end]: # "Autogenerated link references"
+- [[foam-file-format]] - Technical details
+- [[templates]] - Creating new notes
+- [[link-reference-definition-improvements]] - Current limitations
+
+[graph-visualization]: graph-visualization.md 'Graph Visualization'
+[link-reference-definitions]: link-reference-definitions.md 'Link Reference Definitions'
+[foam-file-format]: ../../dev/foam-file-format.md 'Foam File Format'
+[note-templates]: note-templates.md 'Note Templates'
+[link-reference-definition-improvements]: ../../dev/proposals/link-reference-definition-improvements.md 'Link Reference Definition Improvements'

docs/user/frequently-asked-questions.md

@@ -14,15 +14,16 @@
 - Check the formatting rules for links on [[foam-file-format]] and [[wikilinks]]
 
 ## I don't want Foam enabled for all my workspaces
+
 Any extension you install in Visual Studio Code is enabled by default. Given the philosophy of Foam, it works out of the box without doing any configuration upfront. In case you want to disable Foam for a specific workspace, or disable Foam by default and enable it for specific workspaces, it is advised to follow the best practices as [documented by Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/extension-marketplace#_manage-extensions)
 
 ## I want to publish the graph view to GitHub pages or Vercel
+
 If you want a different front-end look to your published foam and a way to see your graph view, we'd recommend checking out these templates:
+
 - [foam-gatsby](https://github.com/mathieudutour/foam-gatsby-template) by [Mathieu Dutour](https://github.com/mathieudutour)
 - [foam-gatsby-kb](https://github.com/hikerpig/foam-template-gatsby-kb) by [hikerpig](https://github.com/hikerpig)
 
-[//begin]: # "Autogenerated link references for markdown compatibility"
-[recommended-extensions]: getting-started/recommended-extensions.md "Recommended Extensions"
-[foam-file-format]: ../dev/foam-file-format.md "Foam File Format"
-[wikilinks]: features/wikilinks.md "Wikilinks"
-[//end]: # "Autogenerated link references"
+[recommended-extensions]: getting-started/recommended-extensions.md 'Recommended Extensions'
+[foam-file-format]: ../dev/foam-file-format.md 'Foam File Format'
+[wikilinks]: features/wikilinks.md 'Wikilinks'

docs/user/getting-started/creating-new-notes.md

@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-# Creating New Notes
-
-- Write out a new `[[wikilink]]` and `Cmd` + `Click` to create a new file and enter it.
-  - For keyboard navigation, use the 'Follow Definition' key `F12` (or [remap the 'editor.action.revealDefinition' key binding](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/getstarted/keybindings) to something more ergonomic)
-- `Cmd` + `Shift` + `P` (`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `P` for Windows), execute `Foam: Create Note` and enter a **Title Case Name** to create `Title Case Name.md`
-  - Add a keyboard binding to make creating new notes easier. See [[commands]] for more info on this.
-  - The [[note-templates]] used by this command can be customized.
-- You shouldn't worry too much about categorizing your notes. You can always [[search-for-notes]], and explore them using the [[graph-visualization]].
-
-[//begin]: # "Autogenerated link references for markdown compatibility"
-[commands]: ../features/commands.md "Foam Commands"
-[note-templates]: ../features/note-templates.md "Note Templates"
-[search-for-notes]: ../recipes/search-for-notes.md "Search for Notes"
-[graph-visualization]: ../features/graph-visualization.md "Graph Visualization"
-[//end]: # "Autogenerated link references"

docs/user/getting-started/first-workspace.md

@@ -0,0 +1,209 @@
+# Creating Your First Workspace
+
+A Foam workspace is where all your notes, ideas, and knowledge live. Think of it as your digital garden where thoughts can grow and connect. This guide will help you set up a workspace that's organized, scalable, and tailored to your thinking style.
+
+## Understanding Workspaces
+
+A Foam workspace is simply a folder containing **Markdown files** (`.md`) - your actual notes.
+
+Optionally it can contain:
+
+- **Configuration files** - VS Code settings and Foam preferences
+- **Assets** - images, attachments, and other media
+- **Templates** - reusable note structures
+
+### Single vs. Multiple Workspaces
+
+**Recommended: Single Workspace**
+
+- Keep all your knowledge in one place
+- Better link discovery and graph visualization
+- Easier to maintain and backup
+- Follows the "unified knowledge base" principle
+
+**Deprecated: Multiple Workspaces** (deprecated - advanced users only)
+
+- Separate professional and personal knowledge
+- Isolate sensitive information
+- Different workflows for different projects
+
+Multiple workspaces are to be considered deprecated at this point, and might become unsupported in the future.
+You can simulate a complex workspace by using file/folder links.
+
+## Method 1: Using the Foam Template (Recommended)
+
+The easiest way to start is with our pre-configured template:
+
+### Step 1: Create from Template
+
+1. **Visit** [github.com/foambubble/foam-template](https://github.com/foambubble/foam-template)
+2. **Click "Use this template"** (you'll need a GitHub account)
+3. **Name your repository** (e.g., "john-knowledge-base", "my-second-brain")
+4. **Choose visibility:**
+   - **Private** - for personal notes (recommended)
+   - **Public** - if you want to share your knowledge openly
+
+### Step 2: Clone Locally
+
+```bash
+git clone https://github.com/yourusername/your-repo-name.git
+cd your-repo-name
+```
+
+### Step 3: Open in VS Code
+
+1. **Launch VS Code**
+2. **File > Open Folder**
+3. **Select your cloned repository folder**
+
+## Method 2: Start from Scratch
+
+For a minimal setup:
+
+1. **Create a new folder** on your computer
+2. **Open the folder** in VS Code (`File > Open Folder`)
+
+That's all, you can start working with your markdown files and Foam will take care of the rest.
+
+## Ideas for your knowledge base
+
+### 1. Customize Your Settings
+
+Review and adjust `.vscode/settings.json` based on your preferences:
+
+- **Daily notes location** - where your daily notes are stored
+- **Image handling** - how pasted images are organized
+- **Link format** - with or without file extensions
+
+### 2. Set Up Your Inbox
+
+Create `inbox.md` as your default capture location:
+
+```markdown
+# Inbox
+
+Quick notes and ideas go here before being organized.
+
+## Today's Captures
+
+-
+
+## To Process
+
+-
+
+## Ideas
+
+-
+```
+
+### 3. Create Core Structure Notes
+
+## Workspace Organization Strategies
+
+Establish your main organizational notes.
+You can use any methodology, Foam is not opinionated.
+
+The only recommendation is to get started, you can improve later.
+
+The two main methods adopted by users are [PARA](https://fortelabs.com/blog/para/) and [Zettelkasten](https://zettelkasten.de/overview/).
+
+### The PARA Method
+
+Organize around four categories:
+
+- **Projects** - Things with deadlines
+- **Areas** - Ongoing responsibilities
+- **Resources** - Future reference materials
+- **Archive** - Inactive items
+
+### Zettelkasten Approach
+
+Number-based system for atomic ideas:
+
+- **Permanent notes** - `202501251030-idea-title.md`
+- **Literature notes** - `book-author-year.md`
+- **Index notes** - `index-topic.md`
+
+### 4. Configure Daily Notes
+
+Daily notes are perfect for:
+
+- Daily planning and reflection
+- Meeting notes
+- Journal entries
+- Quick captures
+
+Test your daily notes setup:
+
+1. **Press `Ctrl+Shift+P` / `Cmd+Shift+P`**
+2. **Type "Foam: Open Daily Note"**
+3. **Verify the note is created in the right location**
+
+Alternatively you can press `Alt+D` to open today's daily note, or `Alt+H` to open another day's daily note.
+Use the `.foam/templates/daily-note.md` to customize your daily note.
+
+## Best Practices for New Workspaces
+
+### 1. Start Small
+
+- Begin with just a few notes
+- Don't over-organize initially
+- Let structure emerge naturally
+
+### 2. Use Templates
+
+- Create templates for common note types
+- Maintain consistency across similar notes
+- Save time on repetitive formatting
+
+### 3. Link Early and Often
+
+- Use `[[wikilinks]]` liberally
+- Don't worry about creating "perfect" links
+- Foam handles broken links gracefully
+
+### 4. Regular Reviews
+
+- Weekly workspace cleanup
+- Archive completed projects
+- Identify missing connections
+
+## Syncing and Backup
+
+Foam works on simple files, you can add whatever backup method you prefer on top of it.
+
+### Git
+
+Your workspace is a Git repository:
+
+```bash
+git add .
+git commit -m "Add new notes and ideas"
+git push origin main
+```
+
+You can also use other VS Code extensions to manage the git synching if that's helpful.
+
+### Alternative Sync Methods
+
+- **Cloud storage** - Dropbox, OneDrive, Google Drive
+- **Local backup** - Time Machine, File History
+- **Manual export** - Regular ZIP backups
+
+## What's Next?
+
+With your workspace set up, you're ready to:
+
+1. **[Learn note-taking fundamentals](note-taking-in-foam.md)** - Master Markdown and writing effective notes
+2. **[Explore navigation](navigation.md)** - Connect your thoughts with wikilinks
+3. **[Discover the graph view](../features/graph-view.md)** - Visualize your knowledge network
+4. **[Set up templates](../features/templates.md)** - Standardize your note creation process
+
+## Getting Help
+
+If you encounter setup issues:
+
+- Check the [Installation Guide](installation.md) for prerequisites
+- Visit the [FAQ](../faq.md) for common workspace problems
+- Join the [Foam Community Discord](https://foambubble.github.io/join-discord/w)

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@@ -1,47 +1,256 @@
-# Getting started with VS Code
+# Using Foam with VS Code Features
 
-VS Code is a powerful text editor, hidden behind a simple interface.
+Foam builds on Visual Studio Code's powerful editing capabilities, integrating seamlessly with VS Code's native features to create a comprehensive knowledge management experience. This guide explores how to leverage VS Code's built-in functionality alongside Foam.
+
+### Keyboard shortcuts
 
 VS Code supports various **keyboard shortcuts**, the most important for us are:
 
-| Shortcut      | Action                       |
-| ------------- | ---------------------------- |
-| `cmd+N`       | create a new file            |
-| `cmd+S`       | save the current file        |
-| `cmd+O`       | open a file                  |
-| `cmd+P`       | use quickpick to open a file |
-| `cmd+shift+P` | invoke a command (see below) |
+| Shortcut      | Action                        |
+| ------------- | ----------------------------- |
+| `cmd+N`       | create a new file             |
+| `cmd+S`       | save the current file         |
+| `cmd+O`       | open a file                   |
+| `cmd+P`       | use quickpick to open a file  |
+| `alt+D`       | open the daily note for today |
+| `alt+H`       | open the daily note for a day |
+| `cmd+shift+P` | invoke a command (see below)  |
 
 For more information, see the [VS Code keyboard cheat sheets](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/getstarted/keybindings#_keyboard-shortcuts-reference), where you can also see how to customize your keybindings.
 
-## Commands
+### Commands
 
 Commands make VS Code extremely powerful.
 
 To invoke a command, press `cmd+shift+P` and select the command you want to execute.
 For example, to see the Foam graph:
 
-- press `cmd+shift+P`
+- press `cmd+shift+P` to open the command bar
 - start typing `show graph`
 - select the `Foam: Show Graph` command
 
 And watch the magic unfold.
 
+To see all foam commands, type "foam" in the command bar.
 For more information on commands, see [commands on the VS Code site](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/getstarted/userinterface#_command-palette).
 
 If you want to learn more about VS Code, check out their [website](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs#first-steps).
 
-## Panels
+### Panels
 
-You can see a few panels on the left, including:
+Foam integrates with VS Code panels to provide insights into individual notes and the whole knowledge base.
 
-- `Outline`: this panel shows you the structure of the file based on the headings
-- `Tag Explorer`: This shows you the tags in your workspace, see [[tags]] for more information on tags
+- **`Foam: links`**: Shows all notes that link to and from the currently active note, helping you understand connections and navigate your knowledge graph
+- **`Foam: Orphaned Notes`**: Displays notes that have no incoming or outgoing links, helping you identify isolated content that might need better integration
+- **`Tag Explorer`**: Shows all tags used across your workspace in a hierarchical view, see [[tags]] for more information on tags
+- **`Foam: Graph`**: Visual representation of your note connections (also available as a separate graph view)
+
+### Styling and Themes
+
+VS Code is very configurable when it comes to themes and style. Find your ideal set up by running the command `Color Theme`.
+For more information see the [VS Code documentation](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/configure/themes).
+
+### Multi-Cursor Editing
+
+Edit multiple locations simultaneously for efficient note management:
+
+**Basic Multi-Cursor:**
+
+- `Alt+Click` / `Option+Click` - Add cursor at click location
+- `Ctrl+Alt+Down` / `Cmd+Option+Down` - Add cursor below
+- `Ctrl+Alt+Up` / `Cmd+Option+Up` - Add cursor above
+- `Ctrl+D` / `Cmd+D` - Select next occurrence of word
+- `Ctrl+Shift+L` / `Cmd+Shift+L` - Select all occurrences
+
+**Bulk wikilink creation:**
+
+1. **Select a word** (e.g., "Python")
+2. **Press `Ctrl+Shift+L`** to select all occurrences
+3. **Type `[[]]`** to wrap all instances
+4. **Arrow key** to position cursor inside brackets
+
+### Find and Replace
+
+Powerful search and replace for note maintenance:
+
+**Basic Find/Replace:**
+
+- `Ctrl+F` / `Cmd+F` - Find in current file
+- `Ctrl+H` / `Cmd+H` - Replace in current file
+- `Ctrl+Shift+F` / `Cmd+Shift+F` - Find across workspace
+- `Ctrl+Shift+H` / `Cmd+Shift+H` - Replace across workspace
+
+### Text Folding
+
+Organize long notes with collapsible sections:
+
+**Folding Controls:**
+
+- **Click fold icons** in the gutter next to headings
+- `Ctrl+Shift+[` / `Cmd+Option+[` - Fold current section
+- `Ctrl+Shift+]` / `Cmd+Option+]` - Unfold current section
+- `Ctrl+K Ctrl+0` / `Cmd+K Cmd+0` - Fold all
+- `Ctrl+K Ctrl+J` / `Cmd+K Cmd+J` - Unfold all
+
+## File Management
+
+### Explorer Integration
+
+Leverage VS Code's file explorer for note organization:
+
+**File Operations:**
+
+- **Drag and drop** files to reorganize
+- **Right-click context menus** for quick actions
+- **New file/folder** creation with shortcuts
+- **Bulk selection** with Ctrl+Click / Cmd+Click
+
+**Quick File Actions:**
+
+- `F2` - Rename file (Foam updates links automatically)
+- `Delete` - Move to trash
+- `Ctrl+C` / `Cmd+C` then `Ctrl+V` / `Cmd+V` - Copy/paste files
+- **Right-click → Reveal in Explorer/Finder** - Open in file system
+
+### Quick Open
+
+Rapid file navigation for large knowledge bases:
+
+**Quick Open Commands:**
+
+- `Ctrl+P` / `Cmd+P` - Go to file
+- `Ctrl+Shift+O` / `Cmd+Shift+O` - Go to symbol (headings in Markdown)
+- `Ctrl+T` / `Cmd+T` - Go to symbol in workspace
+- `Ctrl+G` / `Cmd+G` - Go to line number
+
+**Search Patterns:**
+
+```
+# Go to File (Ctrl+P)
+machine       # Finds "machine-learning.md"
+proj alpha    # Finds "project-alpha.md"
+daily/2025    # Finds files in daily/2025 folder
+
+# Go to Symbol (Ctrl+Shift+O)
+@introduction # Jump to "Introduction" heading
+@#setup       # Jump to "Setup" heading
+:50           # Go to line 50
+```
+
+## Search and Discovery
+
+### Global Search
+
+Find content across your entire knowledge base:
+
+**Search Interface (`Ctrl+Shift+F` / `Cmd+Shift+F`):**
+
+- **Search box** - Enter your query
+- **Replace box** - Toggle with replace arrow
+- **Include/Exclude patterns** - Filter by file types or folders
+- **Match case** - Case-sensitive search
+- **Match whole word** - Exact word matching
+- **Use regular expression** - Advanced pattern matching
+
+### Timeline View
+
+Track changes to your notes over time:
+
+**Accessing Timeline:**
+
+1. **Open Explorer panel**
+2. **Expand "Timeline" section** at bottom
+3. **Select a file** to see its change history
+4. **Click timeline entries** to see diff views
+
+**Timeline Features:**
+
+- **Git commits** show when notes were changed
+- **File saves** track editing sessions
+- **Diff views** highlight what changed
+- **Restore points** for recovering previous versions
+
+### Outline View
+
+Navigate long notes with hierarchical structure:
+
+**Outline Panel:**
+
+1. **Enable in Explorer** (expand "Outline" section)
+2. **Shows heading hierarchy** for current note
+3. **Click headings** to jump to sections
+4. **Collapse/expand** sections in outline
+
+## Version Control Integration
+
+### Git Integration
+
+Track changes to your knowledge base:
+
+**Source Control Panel:**
+
+- **View changes** - See modified files
+- **Stage changes** - Click `+` to stage files
+- **Commit changes** - Enter message and commit
+- **Sync changes** - Push/pull from remote
+
+**Git Workflow for Notes:**
+
+1. **Write and edit** your notes
+2. **Review changes** in Source Control panel
+3. **Stage relevant files** for commit
+4. **Write meaningful commit message**
+5. **Commit and push** to backup/share
+
+**Useful Git Features:**
+
+- **Diff view** - See exactly what changed
+- **File history** - Track note evolution over time
+- **Branch management** - Experiment with different organization approaches
+- **Merge conflicts** - Resolve when collaborating
+
+## Markdown Features
+
+### Preview Integration
+
+View formatted notes alongside editing:
+
+**Preview Commands:**
+
+- `Ctrl+Shift+V` / `Cmd+Shift+V` - Open preview
+- `Ctrl+K V` / `Cmd+K V` - Open preview to side
+- **Preview lock** - Pin preview to specific file
+
+**Diagrams (with Mermaid extension):**
+
+````markdown
+```mermaid
+graph TD
+    A[Foam Workspace] --> B[Notes]
+    A --> C[Templates]
+    A --> D[Assets]
+    B --> E[Wikilinks]
+    B --> F[Tags]
+    E --> G[Graph View]
+```
+````
+
+## Extension Ecosystem
+
+Extend Foam's capabilities with complementary extensions.
+Look for them in the [VS Code Marketplace](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/).
+
+## What's Next?
+
+With VS Code mastery, explore advanced Foam topics:
+
+1. **[[recommended-extensions]]** - See complementary extensions to improve your note taking experience
+2. **[[publishing]]** - Share your knowledge base
 
-## Settings
 
-To view or change the settings in VS Code, press `cmd+,` on Mac and `ctrl+,` on Windows/Linux.
 
 [//begin]: # "Autogenerated link references for markdown compatibility"
 [tags]: ../features/tags.md "Tags"
-[//end]: # "Autogenerated link references"
+[recommended-extensions]: recommended-extensions.md "Recommended Extensions"
+[publishing]: ../publishing/publishing.md "Publishing pages"
+[//end]: # "Autogenerated link references"

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+# Installation
+
+Getting started with Foam is straightforward. This guide will walk you through installing everything you need to begin your knowledge management journey.
+
+## Step 1: Install Visual Studio Code
+
+Foam is built on VS Code, Microsoft's free, open-source code editor. You can download it at https://code.visualstudio.com/
+
+### Why VS Code?
+
+VS Code provides:
+
+- Excellent Markdown editing capabilities
+- Rich extension ecosystem
+- Cross-platform compatibility
+- Integrated terminal and Git support
+- Customizable interface and shortcuts
+
+To learn more about using VS Code with Foam, check [[get-started-with-vscode]]
+
+## Step 2: Install the Foam Extension
+
+The Foam extension adds knowledge management superpowers to VS Code.
+
+1. **Open VS Code**
+2. **Click the Extensions icon** in the sidebar (or press `Ctrl+Shift+X` / `Cmd+Shift+X`)
+3. **Search for "Foam"** in the extensions marketplace
+4. **Click "Install"** on the official Foam extension by Foam Team
+5. **Reload VS Code** when prompted
+
+### What the Foam Extension Provides
+
+- Wikilink auto-completion and navigation
+- Backlink discovery and panel
+- Graph visualization
+- Powerful note template engine
+- Daily notes functionality
+
+## Step 3: Install Recommended Extensions
+
+While Foam works on its own, it is focused on the networking aspect of your notes. You might want to install additional extensions to improve the editing experience or the functionality of your notes.
+
+### Useful Extensions
+
+- **Markdown All in One** - Rich Markdown editing features. Highly recommended.
+
+Other extensions:
+
+- **Spell Right** - Spell checking for your notes
+- **Paste Image** - Easily insert images from clipboard
+- **Todo Tree** - Track TODO items across your workspace
+
+## What's Next?
+
+Now that Foam is installed, you're ready to:
+
+1. **[[first-workspace]]** - Set up your knowledge base structure
+2. **[[get-started-with-vscode]]** - Learn how to use VS Code for note taking
+3. **[[note-taking-in-foam]]** - Write your first Markdown notes
+4. **[[navigation]]** - Connect your thoughts with wikilinks
+5. **[[graph-view]]** - Visualize your knowledge network
+
+## Getting Help
+
+If you encounter issues:
+
+- Check the [[frequently-asked-questions]] for common problems
+- Visit the [Foam Community Discord](https://foambubble.github.io/join-discord/w)
+- Browse [GitHub Issues](https://github.com/foambubble/foam/issues) for known problems
+- Ask questions in [GitHub Discussions](https://github.com/foambubble/foam/discussions)
+
+[//begin]: # "Autogenerated link references for markdown compatibility"
+[get-started-with-vscode]: get-started-with-vscode.md "Using Foam with VS Code Features"
+[first-workspace]: first-workspace.md "Creating Your First Workspace"
+[note-taking-in-foam]: note-taking-in-foam.md "Note-Taking in Foam"
+[navigation]: navigation.md "Navigation in Foam"
+[graph-view]: ../features/graph-view.md "Graph Visualization"
+[frequently-asked-questions]: ../frequently-asked-questions.md "Frequently Asked Questions"
+[//end]: # "Autogenerated link references"

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+# Navigation in Foam
+
+Navigation is where Foam truly shines. Unlike traditional file systems or notebooks, Foam lets you move through your knowledge by following connections between ideas. This guide will teach you how to navigate efficiently using wikilinks, backlinks, and other powerful features.
+
+_[📹 Watch: Mastering navigation in Foam]_
+
+## Understanding Wikilinks
+
+Wikilinks are the backbone of Foam navigation. They connect your thoughts and let you jump between related concepts instantly.
+
+### Basic Wikilink Syntax
+
+```markdown
+I'm learning about [[Machine Learning]] and its applications in [[Data Science]].
+
+This reminds me of my notes on [[Python Programming]] from yesterday.
+```
+
+When you type `[[`, Foam shows you a list of existing notes to link to. If the note doesn't exist, Foam creates a placeholder that you can click to create the note later.
+
+### Wikilink Variations
+
+**Link to a specific heading:**
+
+```markdown
+See the [[Project Management#Risk Assessment]] section for details.
+```
+
+**Link to a specific block:**
+
+```markdown
+See the [[Project Management#^block-id]] paragraph for details.
+```
+
+**Link with alias:**
+
+```markdown
+According to [[Einstein, Albert|Einstein]], imagination is more important than knowledge.
+```
+
+### Autocomplete and Link Assistance
+
+Foam provides intelligent autocomplete when creating links:
+
+1. **Type `[[`** - Foam shows a dropdown of existing notes
+2. **Start typing** - The list filters to matching notes
+3. **Use arrow keys** to navigate suggestions
+4. **Press Enter** to insert the selected link
+
+## The Foam Graph
+
+For a visual overview of your knowledge base, Foam offers a [[graph-view]]. This feature renders your notes as nodes and the links between them as connections, creating an interactive map of your thoughts.
+
+_[📹 Watch: Navigation with the Foam Graph]_
+
+### Using the Graph
+
+1.  **Open the Command Palette** (`Ctrl+Shift+P` / `Cmd+Shift+P`)
+2.  **Run the "Foam: Show Graph" command**
+3.  The graph will open in a new panel. You can:
+
+- **Click on a node** to navigate to that note.
+- **Pan and zoom** to explore different areas of your knowledge base.
+- **See how ideas cluster** and identify central concepts.
+
+## Backlinks: The Power of Reverse Navigation
+
+Backlinks show you which notes reference the current note. This creates a web of knowledge where ideas naturally connect.
+
+### Viewing Backlinks
+
+1. **Open any note**
+2. **Look for the "Connections" panel** in the sidebar
+3. **See all notes that link to your current note**
+4. **Click any backlink** to jump to that note
+
+## Quick Navigation Features
+
+### Command Palette Navigation
+
+Press `Ctrl+Shift+P` / `Cmd+Shift+P` and try these commands:
+
+- **"Foam: Open Random Note"** - Discover forgotten knowledge
+- **"Foam: Open Daily Note"** - Quick access to today's notes
+- **"Go to File"** (`Ctrl+P` / `Cmd+P`) - Fast file opening
+- **"Go to Symbol"** (`Ctrl+Shift+O` / `Cmd+Shift+O`) - Jump to headings within a note
+
+### File Explorer Integration
+
+The VS Code file explorer shows your note structure:
+
+- **Click any `.md` file** to open it
+- **Use the search box** to filter files
+- **Right-click** for context menus (rename, delete, etc.)
+
+Foam also supports the Note Explorer, which is like the file explorer, but centered around the Foam metadata.
+
+### Quick Open
+
+Press `Ctrl+P` / `Cmd+P` and start typing:
+
+- **File names** - `machine` finds "machine-learning.md"
+- **Partial paths** - `daily/2025` finds daily notes from 2025
+- **Recent files** - Empty search shows recently opened files
+
+## Link Management and Maintenance
+
+### Finding Broken Links - Placeholders
+
+In Foam broken links are considered placeholders for future notes.
+Placeholders (references to non-existent notes) appear differently:
+
+- In editor: `[[missing-note]]` will be highlighted a different color
+- In preview: Shows as regular text or with special styling
+
+Clicking on a placeholder in the editor will create the corresponding note.
+
+**To find all placeholders:**
+
+You can find placeholders by looking at the `Placeholders` treeview.
+
+### Renaming and Moving Notes
+
+When you rename a note file:
+
+1. **Use VS Code's rename function** (`F2` key)
+2. **Foam automatically updates** all links to that note
+3. **Check the "Problems" panel** for any issues
+
+Currently you cannot rename whole folders.
+
+## What's Next?
+
+With navigation mastered, you're ready to:
+
+1. **[Explore the graph view](../features/graph-view.md)** - Visualize your knowledge network
+2. **[Learn about backlinks](../features/backlinking.md)** - Master bidirectional linking
+3. **[Set up templates](../features/templates.md)** - Standardize your note creation
+4. **[Use tags effectively](../features/tags.md)** - Add another layer of organization

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+# Note-Taking in Foam
+
+Effective note-taking is the foundation of any knowledge management system. In Foam, you'll write notes in Markdown, a simple and powerful format that's both human-readable and widely supported. This guide will teach you everything you need to know about writing great notes in Foam.
+
+## Markdown Basics
+
+Markdown is a lightweight markup language that uses simple syntax to format text. Here are the essentials:
+
+### Headings
+
+```markdown
+# Heading 1 (Main Title)
+
+## Heading 2 (Major Section)
+
+### Heading 3 (Subsection)
+
+#### Heading 4 (Minor Section)
+```
+
+### Text Formatting
+
+```markdown
+**Bold text**
+_Italic text_
+**_Bold and italic_**
+~~Strikethrough~~
+`Inline code`
+```
+
+### Lists
+
+```markdown
+## Unordered Lists
+
+- First item
+- Second item
+  - Nested item
+  - Another nested item
+
+## Ordered Lists
+
+1. First step
+2. Second step
+   1. Sub-step
+   2. Another sub-step
+```
+
+### Links and Images
+
+```markdown
+[External link](https://example.com)
+![Image description](./assets/images/screenshot.png)
+```
+
+### Code Blocks
+
+````markdown
+```javascript
+function greet(name) {
+  return `Hello, ${name}!`;
+}
+```
+````
+
+### Tables
+
+```markdown
+| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
+| -------- | -------- | -------- |
+| Data 1   | Data 2   | Data 3   |
+| Data 4   | Data 5   | Data 6   |
+```
+
+### Quotes and Dividers
+
+```markdown
+> This is a quote or important note
+> It can span multiple lines
+
+---
+
+Use three dashes for horizontal dividers
+```
+
+_[📹 Watch: Markdown syntax essentials for note-taking]_
+
+## Foam-Specific Features
+
+Beyond standard Markdown, Foam adds several powerful features:
+
+### Wikilinks
+
+Connect your notes with double brackets:
+
+```markdown
+I'm reading about [[Project Management]] and its relationship to [[Personal Productivity]].
+
+This connects to [[2025-01-25-daily-note]] where I first had this insight.
+```
+
+### Note Embedding
+
+Include content from other notes via [[embeds]]:
+
+```markdown
+![[Project Management#Key Principles]]
+
+This embeds the "Key Principles" section from the Project Management note.
+```
+
+### Tags
+
+Organize your content with [[tags]]:
+
+```markdown
+#productivity #learning #foam
+
+Tags can be anywhere in your note and help with organization and filtering.
+```
+
+Use nested tags for better organization:
+
+```markdown
+#work/projects/website
+#learning/programming/javascript
+#personal/health/exercise
+```
+
+Those tags will show as a tree structure in the [Tag Explorer](../features/tags.md)
+
+### Note Properties (YAML Front Matter)
+
+Add metadata to your notes:
+
+```markdown
+---
+title: 'Advanced Note-Taking Strategies'
+tags: [productivity, learning, methods]
+created: 2025-01-25
+modified: 2025-01-25
+status: draft
+---
+
+# Advanced Note-Taking Strategies
+
+Your note content goes here...
+```
+
+## Writing Effective Notes
+
+### The Atomic Principle
+
+Each note should focus on one concept or idea:
+
+**Good Example:**
+
+```markdown
+# The Feynman Technique
+
+A learning method where you explain a concept in simple terms as if teaching it to someone else.
+
+## Steps
+
+1. Choose a topic to learn
+2. Explain it in simple terms
+3. Identify gaps in understanding
+4. Simplify and use analogies
+
+## Why It Works
+
+- Forces active engagement with material
+- Reveals knowledge gaps quickly
+- Improves retention through teaching
+
+Related: [[Active Learning]] [[Study Methods]]
+```
+
+**Avoid:**
+Mixing multiple unrelated concepts in one note.
+
+### Use Descriptive Titles
+
+Your note titles should clearly indicate the content:
+
+**Good:** `REST API Design Principles`
+**Good:** `Meeting Notes - Product Roadmap Review 2025-01-25`
+**Avoid:** `Stuff I Learned Today`
+**Avoid:** `Notes`
+
+### Link Generously
+
+Don't hesitate to create links, even to notes that don't exist yet:
+
+```markdown
+# Machine Learning Fundamentals
+
+Machine learning is a subset of [[Artificial Intelligence]] that focuses on creating algorithms that can learn from [[Data]].
+
+Key concepts include:
+
+- [[Supervised Learning]]
+- [[Unsupervised Learning]]
+- [[Neural Networks]]
+- [[Feature Engineering]]
+
+This connects to my work on [[Customer Behavior Analysis]] and [[Predictive Analytics]].
+```
+
+Foam will create placeholder pages for missing notes, making it easy to fill in knowledge gaps later.
+
+## Keyboard Shortcuts
+
+Essential VS Code shortcuts for note-taking:
+
+| Shortcut                       | Action                |
+| ------------------------------ | --------------------- |
+| `Ctrl+N` / `Cmd+N`             | New file              |
+| `Ctrl+S` / `Cmd+S`             | Save file             |
+| `Ctrl+P` / `Cmd+P`             | Quick file open       |
+| `Ctrl+Shift+P` / `Cmd+Shift+P` | Command palette       |
+| `Ctrl+K V` / `Cmd+K V`         | Open Markdown preview |
+| `Ctrl+[` / `Cmd+[`             | Decrease indent       |
+| `Ctrl+]` / `Cmd+]`             | Increase indent       |
+| `Alt+Z` / `Option+Z`           | Toggle word wrap      |
+
+## What's Next?
+
+Now that you understand note-taking basics:
+
+1. **[[navigation]]** - Learn to move efficiently between notes with wikilinks
+2. **[Explore the graph view](../features/graph-view.md)** - Visualize the connections in your knowledge base
+3. **[Set up templates](../features/templates.md)** - Create reusable note structures
+4. **[Use daily notes](../features/daily-notes.md)** - Establish a daily capture routine
+
+[navigation]: navigation.md 'Navigation in Foam'
+[tags]: ../features/tags.md 'Tags'
+

docs/user/getting-started/recommended-extensions.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ These extensions defined in `.vscode/extensions.json` are automatically installe
 
 This list is subject to change.
 
-- [Foam for VSCode](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=foam.foam-vscode) (alpha)
+- [Foam for VSCode](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=foam.foam-vscode)
 - [Markdown All In One](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=yzhang.markdown-all-in-one)
 - [Prettier](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=esbenp.prettier-vscode)
 
@@ -12,14 +12,13 @@ This list is subject to change.
 
 These extensions are not defined in `.vscode/extensions.json`, but have been used by others and shown to play nice with Foam.
 
-- [Emojisense](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=bierner.emojisense)
-- [Markdown Emoji](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=bierner.markdown-emoji) (adds `:smile:` syntax, works with emojisense to provide autocomplete for this syntax)
-- [Markdown Preview Mermaid Support](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=bierner.markdown-mermaid)
-- [Mermaid Markdown Syntax Highlighting](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=bpruitt-goddard.mermaid-markdown-syntax-highlighting)
-- [Excalidraw whiteboard and sketching tool integration](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=pomdtr.excalidraw-editor)
-- [VSCode PDF Viewing](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=tomoki1207.pdf)
-- [Project Manager](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=alefragnani.project-manager) (to quickly switch between projects)
-- [Markdown Extended](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=jebbs.markdown-extended) (with `kbd` option disabled, `kbd` turns wikilinks into non-clickable buttons)
-- [GitDoc](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=vsls-contrib.gitdoc) (easy version management via git auto commits)
-- [Markdown Footnotes](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=bierner.markdown-footnotes) (Adds [^footnote] syntax support to VS Code's built-in markdown preview)
-- [Todo Tree](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Gruntfuggly.todo-tree) (Searches workspace for TODO and related comments and summarizes those lines in vs-code gutter)
+- [Emojisense](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=bierner.emojisense) (provides emoji autocomplete and suggestions in markdown files)
+- [Markdown Emoji](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=bierner.markdown-emoji) (adds `:smile:` syntax support, works with emojisense to provide autocomplete for this syntax)
+- [Mermaid diagrams Support](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MermaidChart.vscode-mermaid-chart) (adds syntax highlighting for Mermaid code blocks in markdown and renders Mermaid diagrams in markdown preview)
+- [Excalidraw whiteboard and sketching tool integration](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=pomdtr.excalidraw-editor) (create and edit hand-drawn style diagrams and sketches directly in VS Code)
+- [VSCode PDF Viewing](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=tomoki1207.pdf) (view PDF files directly within VS Code without external applications)
+- [Project Manager](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=alefragnani.project-manager) (easily switch between multiple projects and workspaces)
+- [Markdown Extended](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=jebbs.markdown-extended) (extended markdown syntax support with additional formatting options - use with `kbd` option disabled as it conflicts with wikilinks)
+- [GitDoc](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=vsls-contrib.gitdoc) (automatic git commits for easy version management and backup of your notes)
+- [Markdown Footnotes](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=bierner.markdown-footnotes) (adds footnote syntax support `[^footnote]` to VS Code's built-in markdown preview)
+- [Todo Tree](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Gruntfuggly.todo-tree) (scans workspace for TODO, FIXME, and other comment tags, displaying them in a tree view and editor gutter)

docs/user/getting-started/write-notes-in-foam.md

@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-# Writing Notes
-
-Notes are simple text files with some extra flavor, in the shape of Markdown syntax and support for extra properties (see [[note-properties]]).
-
-## Foam Syntax
-
-Foam uses standard Markdown, with a few added twists:
-
-- the title of a note (e.g. in the [[graph-visualization]]) is given by precedence based on:
-  - the `title` property (see [[note-properties]])
-  - the first `# heading 1` of the file
-  - the file name
-
-## Markdown Syntax
-
-With Markdown, we can style our notes in a simple way, while keeping the document a simple text file (the best way to future-proof your writings!).
-
-You can see the formatted output by running the `Markdown: Open Preview to the Side` command.
-
-Here is a high level overview of Markdown, for more information on the Markdown syntax [see here](https://commonmark.org/help/).
-
-# Heading 1
-
-## Heading 2
-
-### Heading 3
-
-#### Heading 4
-
-##### Heading 5
-
-###### Heading 6
-
-This is a [link to google](https://www.google.com).
-
-This is a wikilink (aka internal link) to [[note-properties]].
-
-Here is an image:
-![image](../../attachments/foam-icon.png)
-
-> this is a blockquote
-> it can span multiple lines
-
-- list item
-- list item
-- list item
-
-1. One
-2. Two
-3. Three
-
-This text is **in bold** and this is *italic*.
-
-The following is a horizontal rule
-
----
-
-This is a table:
-| Column 1 | Column 2 |
-| -------- | -------- |
-| R1C1     | R1C2     |
-| R2C1     | R2C2     |
-
-You can `inline code` or
-
-```text
-you can create
-code blocks
-```
-
-[//begin]: # "Autogenerated link references for markdown compatibility"
-[note-properties]: ../features/note-properties.md "Note Properties"
-[graph-visualization]: ../features/graph-visualization.md "Graph Visualization"
-[//end]: # "Autogenerated link references"

docs/user/index.md

@@ -1,33 +1,49 @@
 # Using Foam
 
-Foam is a collection VS Code extensions and recipes that power up the editor
-into a full-blown note taking system. This folder contains user documentation
-describing how to get started using Foam, what its main features are, and
-strategies for getting the most out of Foam. The full docs are included in the
-`foam-template` repo that most users start from.
+Foam is a personal knowledge management system built on [Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/) and [GitHub](https://github.com/). It helps you organize research, create discoverable notes, and publish your knowledge.
 
 > See also [[frequently-asked-questions]].
 
+## Key Features
+
+- **Wikilinks** - Connect thoughts with `[[double bracket]]` syntax
+- **Embeds** - Include content from other notes with `![[note]]` syntax
+- **Backlinks** - Automatically discover connections between notes
+- **Graph visualization** - See your knowledge network visually
+- **Daily notes** - Capture timestamped thoughts
+- **Templates** - Standardize note creation
+- **Tags** - Organize and filter content
+
+## Why Choose Foam?
+
+- **Free and open source** - No subscriptions or vendor lock-in
+- **Own your data** - Notes stored as standard Markdown files
+- **VS Code integration** - Leverage powerful editing and extensions
+- **Git-based** - Version control and collaboration built-in
+
+Foam is like a bathtub: _What you get out of it depends on what you put into it._
+
 ## Getting Started
 
+- [[installation]]
 - [[get-started-with-vscode]]
 - [[recommended-extensions]]
-- [[creating-new-notes]]
-- [[write-notes-in-foam]]
-- [[sync-notes-with-source-control]]
+- [[first-workspace]]
+- [[note-taking-in-foam]]
+- [[sync-notes]]
 - [[keyboard-shortcuts]]
 
 ## Features
 
 - [[wikilinks]]
+- [[embeds]]
 - [[tags]]
 - [[backlinking]]
 - [[daily-notes]]
-- [[including-notes]]
 - [[spell-checking]]
-- [[graph-visualization]]
+- [[graph-view]]
 - [[note-properties]]
-- [[note-templates]]
+- [[templates]]
 - [[paste-images-from-clipboard]]
 - [[custom-markdown-preview-styles]]
 - [[link-reference-definitions]]
@@ -53,21 +69,22 @@ See [[publishing]] for more details.
 
 [//begin]: # "Autogenerated link references for markdown compatibility"
 [frequently-asked-questions]: frequently-asked-questions.md "Frequently Asked Questions"
-[get-started-with-vscode]: getting-started/get-started-with-vscode.md "Getting started with VS Code"
+[installation]: getting-started/installation.md "Installation"
+[get-started-with-vscode]: getting-started/get-started-with-vscode.md "Using Foam with VS Code Features"
 [recommended-extensions]: getting-started/recommended-extensions.md "Recommended Extensions"
-[creating-new-notes]: getting-started/creating-new-notes.md "Creating New Notes"
-[write-notes-in-foam]: getting-started/write-notes-in-foam.md "Writing Notes"
-[sync-notes-with-source-control]: getting-started/sync-notes-with-source-control.md "Sync notes with source control"
+[first-workspace]: getting-started/first-workspace.md "Creating Your First Workspace"
+[note-taking-in-foam]: getting-started/note-taking-in-foam.md "Note-Taking in Foam"
+[sync-notes]: getting-started/sync-notes.md "Sync notes with source control"
 [keyboard-shortcuts]: getting-started/keyboard-shortcuts.md "Keyboard Shortcuts"
 [wikilinks]: features/wikilinks.md "Wikilinks"
+[embeds]: features/embeds.md "Note Embeds"
 [tags]: features/tags.md "Tags"
-[backlinking]: features/backlinking.md "Backlinking"
+[backlinking]: features/backlinking.md "Backlinks"
 [daily-notes]: features/daily-notes.md "Daily Notes"
-[including-notes]: features/including-notes.md "Including notes in a note"
 [spell-checking]: features/spell-checking.md "Spell Checking"
-[graph-visualization]: features/graph-visualization.md "Graph Visualization"
+[graph-view]: features/graph-view.md "Graph Visualization"
 [note-properties]: features/note-properties.md "Note Properties"
-[note-templates]: features/note-templates.md "Note Templates"
+[templates]: features/templates.md "Note Templates"
 [paste-images-from-clipboard]: features/paste-images-from-clipboard.md "Paste Images from Clipboard"
 [custom-markdown-preview-styles]: features/custom-markdown-preview-styles.md "Custom Markdown Preview Styles"
 [link-reference-definitions]: features/link-reference-definitions.md "Link Reference Definitions"

docs/user/recipes/make-backlinks-more-prominent.md

@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-# Make Backlinks More Prominent
-
-One of the most most common early feature requests in Foam is to make the Markdown Notes Backlinks Explorer more prominent.
-
-This #recipe shows you how to do that.
-
-At the moment, you can drag the explorer pane to your bottom pane, and either show it side by side with another pane, or have take the full width of the editor:
-
-![Demo of dragging and dropping the pane](../../assets/images/demo-backlinks-explorer.gif)
-
-In the future we'll want to improve this feature by
-
-- [[materialized-backlinks]]
-- Providing more context around back link reference
-  - Could be done by tweaking Markdown Notes slightly. Maybe a user setting?
-- Make back links editable using [VS Code Search Editors](https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_43#_search-editors)
-  - [Suggested by @Jash on Discord](https://discordapp.com/channels/729975036148056075/729978910363746315/730999992419876956)
-
-[//begin]: # "Autogenerated link references for markdown compatibility"
-[materialized-backlinks]: ../../dev/proposals/materialized-backlinks.md "Materialized Backlinks (stub)"
-[//end]: # "Autogenerated link references"

docs/user/recipes/note-macros.md

@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-# Custom Note Macros
-
-This #recipe allows you to create custom note macros.
-
-## Installation
-
-**This extension is not included in the template**
-
-To install search note-macros in vscode or head to [note-macros - Visual Studio Marketplace](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=NeelyInnovations.note-macros)
-
-## Instructions
-
-### Run macro From command palette
-
-Simply use `Ctrl+P` or `Alt+P` depend on your os, and type `Note Macros: Run A Macro` then chose the macro you want to execute.
-
-### Create Custom Note Macros
-
-Create your own custom macros by adding them to your `settings.json` (Code|File > Preferences > User Settings). A full example can be found at [settings.json](https://github.com/kneely/note-macros/blob/master/settings.json)
-
-For example:
-
-This macro creates a Weekly note in the Weekly note Directory.
-
-```json
-{
-  "note-macros": {
-    "Weekly": [
-      {
-        "type": "note",
-        "directory": "Weekly",
-        "extension": ".md",
-        "name": "weekly-note",
-        "date": "yyyy-W"
-      }
-    ]
-  }
-}
-```
-
-For an explanation of the fields please go to [note-macros - Explanation of Fields](https://github.com/kneely/note-macros#explanation-of-fields)
-
-### Add Keybindings to Run your Macros
-
-in `keybindings.json` (Code|File > Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts) add bindings to your macros:
-
-```json
-{
-  "key": "ctrl+cmd+/",
-  "command": "note-macros.Weekly"
-}
-```
-
-## Issues and Feedback
-
-If you have any issues or questions please look at the [README.md](https://github.com/kneely/note-macros#note-macros) on the [note-macros](https://github.com/kneely/note-macros) GitHub.
-
-If you run into any issues that are not fixed by referring to the README or feature requests please open an [issue](https://github.com/kneely/note-macros/issues).

docs/user/recipes/recipes.md

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ A #recipe is a guide, tip or strategy for getting the most out of your Foam work
 
 ## Discover
 
-- Explore your notes using [[graph-visualization]]
+- Explore your notes using [[graph-view]]
 - Discover relationships with [[backlinking]]
 - Simulating [[unlinked-references]]
 
@@ -44,9 +44,8 @@ A #recipe is a guide, tip or strategy for getting the most out of your Foam work
 - Use shortcuts for [[creating-new-notes]]
 - Instantly create and access your [[daily-notes]]
 - Add and explore [[tags]]
-- Create [[note-templates]]
+- Create [[templates]]
 - Find [[orphans]]
-- Use custom [[note-macros]] to create weekly, monthly etc. notes
 - Draw [[diagrams-in-markdown]]
 - Prettify your links, [[automatically-expand-urls-to-well-titled-links]]
 - Style your environment with [[custom-markdown-preview-styles]]
@@ -59,7 +58,7 @@ A #recipe is a guide, tip or strategy for getting the most out of your Foam work
   - _More..._
 - VS Code Advanced Features [[todo]] [[good-first-task]]
   - Focus with Zen Mode
-- Display content of other notes in the preview tab by [[including-notes]]
+- Display content of other notes in the preview tab by [[embeds]]
 
 ## Version control
 
@@ -124,7 +123,6 @@ _See [[contribution-guide]] and [[how-to-write-recipes]]._
 [tags]: ../features/tags.md "Tags"
 [note-templates]: ../features/note-templates.md "Note Templates"
 [orphans]: ../tools/orphans.md "Orphaned Notes"
-[note-macros]: note-macros.md "Custom Note Macros"
 [diagrams-in-markdown]: diagrams-in-markdown.md "Diagrams in Markdown"
 [automatically-expand-urls-to-well-titled-links]: automatically-expand-urls-to-well-titled-links.md "Automatically Expand URLs to Well-Titled Links"
 [custom-markdown-preview-styles]: ../features/custom-markdown-preview-styles.md "Custom Markdown Preview Styles"

lerna.json

@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
   ],
   "npmClient": "yarn",
   "useWorkspaces": true,
-  "version": "0.27.1"
+  "version": "0.29.1"
 }

package.json

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     "clean": "lerna run clean",
     "build": "lerna run build",
     "test": "yarn workspace foam-vscode test",
+    "test:unit": "yarn workspace foam-vscode test:unit",
     "lint": "lerna run lint",
     "watch": "lerna run watch --concurrency 20"
   },

packages/foam-vscode/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,104 @@ All notable changes to the "foam-vscode" extension will be documented in this fi
 
 Check [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/) for recommendations on how to structure this file.
 
+## 0.29.1
+
+Fixes and Improvements:
+
+- Load graph in code server (#1400)
+- Don't treat text in single brackets as links/placeholders if missing a ref (#1545, #1546)
+- Added option to show graph on startup (#1542)
+- Added include patterns for Foam notes (#1550, #1422)
+- Added support for emoji variants in tags (#1536, #1549)
+- Added support for wikilink with aliases within tables (#1544, #1552)
+
+## 0.29.0
+
+Fixes and Improvements:
+
+- Improved support for wikilink references (#1531, #1116, #1504)
+- Improved tag search to include YAML tags (#1530, #1516)
+- Improved template filepath sanitization (#1533)
+- Added FOAM_DATE_WEEK_YEAR (#1532 - thanks @ChThH)
+- Fixed graph panel moving when revealed - graph now stays in its current location (#1540)
+
+## [0.28.3] - 2025-10-03
+
+Fixes and Improvements:
+
+- Fixed sanitation of filepath for templates (#1529 #1526)
+
+## [0.28.2] - 2025-10-01
+
+Fixes and Improvements:
+
+- Fixed build for web extension (#1523)
+
+## [0.28.1] - 2025-09-25
+
+Fixes and Improvements:
+
+- Removed duplicate links in dataviz graph (#1511 - thanks @Tenormis)
+- Use letter case to further disambiguate note identifiers (#1519, #1303)
+- Sanitize `filepath` before creating note from template (#1520, #1216)
+
+## [0.28.0] - 2025-09-24
+
+Features:
+
+- Added workspace symbols for note aliases (#1461)
+- Added tag navigation and peek (#1510)
+- Added support for tag refactoring (#1513)
+- Added support for wikilink images styling (#1514)
+
+Fixes and Improvements:
+
+- Added support for image link title attribute (#1514)
+- Exposing FOAM_DATE_DAY_ISO variable (#1512 - thanks @ChThH)
+
+## [0.27.7] - 2025-09-13
+
+Features:
+
+- Added `FOAM_DATE_DAY_ISO` template variable for ISO weekday number (1-7, Monday=1)
+
+Fixes and Improvements:
+
+- Fixed root-path relative links opening new notes instead of existing files (#1505)
+
+## [0.27.6] - 2025-09-13
+
+Fixes and Improvements:
+
+- Fixed URI handling across scheme/authority (fixes #1404)
+
+## [0.27.5] - 2025-09-06
+
+Features:
+
+- Added `FOAM_CURRENT_DIR` template variable for explicit current directory context (#1507)
+
+## [0.27.4] - 2025-09-05
+
+Fixes and Improvements:
+
+- Fixed double template application when using absolute `filepath` properties (#1499)
+
+## [0.27.3] - 2025-09-05
+
+Fixes and Improvements:
+
+- Improved timezone handling for create-note when passing string date
+- Added debugging for daily note issue (#1505, #1502, #1494)
+- Deprecated daily note settings (use daily-note template instead)
+
+## [0.27.2] - 2025-07-25
+
+Fixes and Improvements:
+
+- Ensure absolute paths used in create-note command are relative to workspace
+- Improved Windows path handling in URIs
+
 ## [0.27.1] - 2025-07-24
 
 Fixes and Improvements:

packages/foam-vscode/README.md

@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 # Foam for VSCode
 
-[![Version](https://img.shields.io/visual-studio-marketplace/v/foam.foam-vscode)](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=foam.foam-vscode)
-[![Downloads](https://img.shields.io/visual-studio-marketplace/d/foam.foam-vscode)](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=foam.foam-vscode)
-[![Visual Studio Marketplace Installs](https://img.shields.io/visual-studio-marketplace/i/foam.foam-vscode?label=VS%20Code%20Installs)](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=foam.foam-vscode)
-[![Ratings](https://img.shields.io/visual-studio-marketplace/r/foam.foam-vscode)](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=foam.foam-vscode)
+[![Version](https://img.shields.io/visual-studio-marketplace/v/foam.foam-vscode?cacheSeconds=3600)](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=foam.foam-vscode)
+[![Downloads](https://img.shields.io/visual-studio-marketplace/d/foam.foam-vscode?cacheSeconds=3600)](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=foam.foam-vscode)
+[![Visual Studio Marketplace Installs](https://img.shields.io/visual-studio-marketplace/i/foam.foam-vscode?label=VS%20Code%20Installs&cacheSeconds=3600)](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=foam.foam-vscode)
+[![Ratings](https://img.shields.io/visual-studio-marketplace/r/foam.foam-vscode?cacheSeconds=3600)](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=foam.foam-vscode)
+[![Discord Chat](https://img.shields.io/discord/729975036148056075?color=748AD9&label=discord%20chat&style=flat-square)](https://foambubble.github.io/join-discord/g)
 
 > You can join the Foam Community on the [Foam Discord](https://foambubble.github.io/join-discord/e)
 

packages/foam-vscode/esbuild.js

@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ const config = {
     platform: 'browser',
     format: 'cjs',
     outfile: `out/bundles/extension-web.js`,
+    define: {
+      global: 'globalThis',
+    },
     plugins: [
       polyfillPlugin.polyfillNode({
         // Options (optional)

packages/foam-vscode/package.json

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     "type": "git"
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/foambubble/foam",
-  "version": "0.27.1",
+  "version": "0.29.1",
   "license": "MIT",
   "publisher": "foam",
   "engines": {
@@ -104,6 +104,28 @@
       }
     ],
     "menus": {
+      "view/item/context": [
+        {
+          "command": "foam-vscode.search-tag",
+          "when": "view == foam-vscode.tags-explorer && viewItem == tag",
+          "group": "inline",
+          "icon": "$(search)"
+        },
+        {
+          "command": "foam-vscode.rename-tag",
+          "when": "view == foam-vscode.tags-explorer && viewItem == tag",
+          "group": "inline",
+          "icon": "$(edit)"
+        }
+      ],
+      "editor/context": [
+        {
+          "command": "foam-vscode.rename-tag",
+          "when": "editorTextFocus && resourceExtname == '.md'",
+          "group": "foam",
+          "title": "Rename Tag"
+        }
+      ],
       "view/title": [
         {
           "command": "foam-vscode.views.connections.show:backlinks",
@@ -345,12 +367,22 @@
         "title": "Foam: Open Resource"
       },
       {
-        "command": "foam-vscode.convert-link-style-inplace",
-        "title": "Foam: Convert Link Style in Place"
+        "command": "foam-vscode.convert-wikilink-to-mdlink",
+        "title": "Foam: Convert Wikilink to Markdown Link"
       },
       {
-        "command": "foam-vscode.convert-link-style-incopy",
-        "title": "Foam: Convert Link Format in Copy"
+        "command": "foam-vscode.convert-mdlink-to-wikilink",
+        "title": "Foam: Convert Markdown Link to Wikilink"
+      },
+      {
+        "command": "foam-vscode.search-tag",
+        "title": "Foam: Search Tag",
+        "icon": "$(search)"
+      },
+      {
+        "command": "foam-vscode.rename-tag",
+        "title": "Foam: Rename Tag",
+        "icon": "$(edit)"
       },
       {
         "command": "foam-vscode.views.orphans.group-by:folder",
@@ -494,6 +526,19 @@
             "Use alias if resource path is different from title"
           ]
         },
+        "foam.completion.linkFormat": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "default": "wikilink",
+          "description": "Controls the format of completed links",
+          "enum": [
+            "wikilink",
+            "link"
+          ],
+          "enumDescriptions": [
+            "Complete as wikilinks (e.g., [[note-name]])",
+            "Complete as markdown links (e.g., [Note Name](note-name.md))"
+          ]
+        },
         "foam.files.ignore": {
           "type": [
             "array"
@@ -504,7 +549,24 @@
             "**/_site/**/*",
             "**/node_modules/**/*"
           ],
-          "description": "Specifies the list of globs that will be ignored by Foam (e.g. they will not be considered when creating the graph). To ignore the all the content of a given folder, use `<folderName>/**/*`"
+          "description": "Specifies the list of globs that will be ignored by Foam (e.g. they will not be considered when creating the graph). To ignore all the content of a given folder, use `<folderName>/**/*`",
+          "deprecationMessage": "Use 'foam.files.exclude' instead. This setting will be removed in a future version."
+        },
+        "foam.files.exclude": {
+          "type": [
+            "array"
+          ],
+          "default": [],
+          "description": "Specifies the list of globs that will be excluded by Foam (e.g. they will not be considered when creating the graph). To exclude all the content of a given folder, use `<folderName>/**/*`. This setting is combined with 'foam.files.ignore' (deprecated) and 'files.exclude'."
+        },
+        "foam.files.include": {
+          "type": [
+            "array"
+          ],
+          "default": [
+            "**/*"
+          ],
+          "description": "Specifies the list of glob patterns for files to include in Foam. Files must match at least one include pattern and not match any exclude patterns. Use this to limit Foam to specific directories (e.g., [\"notes/**\"]) or file types (e.g., [\"**/*.md\"]). Defaults to all files."
         },
         "foam.files.attachmentExtensions": {
           "type": "string",
@@ -574,15 +636,18 @@
           "default": false
         },
         "foam.openDailyNote.fileExtension": {
+          "deprecationMessage": "This setting is deprecated and will be removed in future versions. Please use the daily-note template: https://github.com/foambubble/foam/blob/fe0228bdcc647e85682670656b5f09203b1c2518/docs/user/features/daily-notes.md",
           "type": "string",
           "default": "md"
         },
         "foam.openDailyNote.filenameFormat": {
+          "deprecationMessage": "This setting is deprecated and will be removed in future versions. Please use the daily-note template: https://github.com/foambubble/foam/blob/fe0228bdcc647e85682670656b5f09203b1c2518/docs/user/features/daily-notes.md",
           "type": "string",
           "default": "isoDate",
           "markdownDescription": "Specifies how the daily note filename is formatted. See the [dateformat docs](https://www.npmjs.com/package/dateformat) for valid formats"
         },
         "foam.openDailyNote.titleFormat": {
+          "deprecationMessage": "This setting is deprecated and will be removed in future versions. Please use the daily-note template: https://github.com/foambubble/foam/blob/fe0228bdcc647e85682670656b5f09203b1c2518/docs/user/features/daily-notes.md",
           "type": [
             "string",
             "null"
@@ -591,6 +656,7 @@
           "markdownDescription": "Specifies how the daily note title is formatted. Will default to the filename format if set to null. See the [dateformat docs](https://www.npmjs.com/package/dateformat) for valid formats"
         },
         "foam.openDailyNote.directory": {
+          "deprecationMessage": "This setting is deprecated and will be removed in future versions. Please use the daily-note template: https://github.com/foambubble/foam/blob/fe0228bdcc647e85682670656b5f09203b1c2518/docs/user/features/daily-notes.md",
           "type": [
             "string",
             "null"
@@ -652,6 +718,11 @@
           "type": "object",
           "description": "Custom graph styling settings. An example is present in the documentation.",
           "default": {}
+        },
+        "foam.graph.onStartup": {
+          "type": "boolean",
+          "default": false,
+          "description": "Whether to open the graph on startup."
         }
       }
     },
@@ -675,14 +746,14 @@
     "test-reset-workspace": "rm -rf .test-workspace && mkdir .test-workspace && touch .test-workspace/.keep",
     "test-setup": "yarn compile && yarn build && yarn test-reset-workspace",
     "test": "yarn test-setup && node ./out/test/run-tests.js",
-    "test:unit": "yarn test-setup && node ./out/test/run-tests.js --unit --exclude-specs",
-    "test:unit-with-specs": "yarn test-setup && node ./out/test/run-tests.js --unit",
+    "test:unit": "yarn test-setup && node ./out/test/run-tests.js --unit",
+    "test:unit-without-specs": "yarn test-setup && node ./out/test/run-tests.js --unit --exclude-specs",
     "test:e2e": "yarn test-setup && node ./out/test/run-tests.js --e2e",
     "lint": "dts lint src",
     "clean": "rimraf out",
     "watch": "nodemon --watch 'src/**/*.ts' --exec 'yarn build' --ext ts",
     "vscode:start-debugging": "yarn clean && yarn watch",
-    "package-extension": "npx vsce package --yarn",
+    "package-extension": "npx @vscode/vsce@3.6.0 package --yarn",
     "install-extension": "code --install-extension ./foam-vscode-$npm_package_version.vsix",
     "open-in-browser": "vscode-test-web --quality=stable --browser=chromium --extensionDevelopmentPath=. ",
     "publish-extension-openvsx": "npx ovsx publish foam-vscode-$npm_package_version.vsix -p $OPENVSX_TOKEN",

packages/foam-vscode/src/core/janitor/convert-links-format.ts

@@ -1,14 +1,9 @@
 import { Resource, ResourceLink } from '../model/note';
 import { URI } from '../model/uri';
-import { Range } from '../model/range';
 import { FoamWorkspace } from '../model/workspace';
 import { isNone } from '../utils';
 import { MarkdownLink } from '../services/markdown-link';
-
-export interface LinkReplace {
-  newText: string;
-  range: Range /* old range */;
-}
+import { TextEdit } from '../services/text-edit';
 
 /**
  * convert a link based on its workspace and the note containing it.
@@ -27,7 +22,7 @@ export function convertLinkFormat(
   targetFormat: 'wikilink' | 'link',
   workspace: FoamWorkspace,
   note: Resource | URI
-): LinkReplace {
+): TextEdit {
   const resource = note instanceof URI ? workspace.find(note) : note;
   const targetUri = workspace.resolveLink(resource, link);
   /* If it's already the target format or a placeholder, no transformation happens */

packages/foam-vscode/src/core/janitor/generate-link-references.test.ts

@@ -1,134 +1,188 @@
 import { generateLinkReferences } from '.';
-import { TEST_DATA_DIR } from '../../test/test-utils';
-import { MarkdownResourceProvider } from '../services/markdown-provider';
-import { Resource } from '../model/note';
+import { createTestNote, createTestWorkspace } from '../../test/test-utils';
 import { Range } from '../model/range';
-import { FoamWorkspace } from '../model/workspace';
 import { Logger } from '../utils/log';
-import fs from 'fs';
 import { URI } from '../model/uri';
 import { EOL } from 'os';
 import { createMarkdownParser } from '../services/markdown-parser';
-import { FileDataStore } from '../../test/test-datastore';
 
 Logger.setLevel('error');
 
 describe('generateLinkReferences', () => {
-  let _workspace: FoamWorkspace;
-  // TODO slug must be reserved for actual slugs, not file names
-  const findBySlug = (slug: string): Resource => {
-    return _workspace
-      .list()
-      .find(res => res.uri.getName() === slug) as Resource;
-  };
-
-  beforeAll(async () => {
-    /** Use fs for reading files in units where vscode.workspace is unavailable */
-    const readFile = async (uri: URI) =>
-      (await fs.promises.readFile(uri.toFsPath())).toString();
-    const dataStore = new FileDataStore(
-      readFile,
-      TEST_DATA_DIR.joinPath('__scaffold__').toFsPath()
-    );
-    const parser = createMarkdownParser();
-    const mdProvider = new MarkdownResourceProvider(dataStore, parser);
-    _workspace = await FoamWorkspace.fromProviders([mdProvider], dataStore);
-  });
-
-  it('initialised test graph correctly', () => {
-    expect(_workspace.list().length).toEqual(11);
-  });
-
   it('should add link references to a file that does not have them', async () => {
-    const note = findBySlug('index');
+    const parser = createMarkdownParser();
+    const workspace = createTestWorkspace([URI.file('/')]);
+    workspace.set(
+      createTestNote({ uri: '/first-document.md', title: 'First Document' })
+    );
+    workspace.set(
+      createTestNote({ uri: '/second-document.md', title: 'Second Document' })
+    );
+    workspace.set(
+      createTestNote({
+        uri: '/file-without-title.md',
+        title: 'file-without-title',
+      })
+    );
+    const noteText = `# Index
+
+This file is intentionally missing the link reference definitions
+
+[[first-document]]
+
+[[second-document]]
+
+[[file-without-title]]
+`;
+
+    const note = parser.parse(URI.file('/note.md'), textForNote(noteText));
+
     const expected = {
       newText: textForNote(
         `
-[//begin]: # "Autogenerated link references for markdown compatibility"
 [first-document]: first-document "First Document"
 [second-document]: second-document "Second Document"
-[file-without-title]: file-without-title "file-without-title"
-[//end]: # "Autogenerated link references"`
+[file-without-title]: file-without-title "file-without-title"`
       ),
       range: Range.create(9, 0, 9, 0),
     };
-    const noteText = await _workspace.readAsMarkdown(note.uri);
+
     const noteEol = EOL;
     const actual = await generateLinkReferences(
       note,
       noteText,
       noteEol,
-      _workspace,
+      workspace,
       false
     );
 
-    expect(actual!.range.start).toEqual(expected.range.start);
-    expect(actual!.range.end).toEqual(expected.range.end);
-    expect(actual!.newText).toEqual(expected.newText);
+    expect(actual![0].range.start).toEqual(expected.range.start);
+    expect(actual![0].range.end).toEqual(expected.range.end);
+    expect(actual![0].newText).toEqual(expected.newText);
   });
 
   it('should remove link definitions from a file that has them, if no links are present', async () => {
-    const note = findBySlug('second-document');
+    const parser = createMarkdownParser();
+    const workspace = createTestWorkspace([URI.file('/')]);
+    workspace.set(
+      createTestNote({ uri: '/first-document.md', title: 'First Document' })
+    );
+    const noteText = `# Second Document
+
+This is just a link target for now.
+
+We can use it for other things later if needed.
+
+[first-document]: first-document 'First Document'
+`;
+
+    const note = parser.parse(URI.file('/note.md'), textForNote(noteText));
 
     const expected = {
       newText: '',
-      range: Range.create(6, 0, 8, 42),
+      range: Range.create(6, 0, 6, 49),
     };
 
-    const noteText = await _workspace.readAsMarkdown(note.uri);
-    const noteEol = EOL;
     const actual = await generateLinkReferences(
       note,
       noteText,
-      noteEol,
-      _workspace,
+      EOL,
+      workspace,
       false
     );
 
-    expect(actual!.range.start).toEqual(expected.range.start);
-    expect(actual!.range.end).toEqual(expected.range.end);
-    expect(actual!.newText).toEqual(expected.newText);
+    expect(actual.length).toBe(1);
+    expect(actual[0]!.range.start).toEqual(expected.range.start);
+    expect(actual[0]!.range.end).toEqual(expected.range.end);
+    expect(actual[0]!.newText).toEqual(expected.newText);
   });
 
   it('should update link definitions if they are present but changed', async () => {
-    const note = findBySlug('first-document');
+    const parser = createMarkdownParser();
+    const workspace = createTestWorkspace([URI.file('/')]);
+    workspace.set(
+      createTestNote({ uri: '/second-document.md', title: 'Second Document' })
+    );
+    workspace.set(
+      createTestNote({
+        uri: '/file-without-title.md',
+        title: 'file-without-title',
+      })
+    );
+    const noteText = `# First Document
 
-    const expected = {
-      newText: textForNote(
-        `[//begin]: # "Autogenerated link references for markdown compatibility"
-[file-without-title]: file-without-title "file-without-title"
-[//end]: # "Autogenerated link references"`
-      ),
-      range: Range.create(8, 0, 10, 42),
-    };
+Here's some [unrelated] content.
+
+[unrelated]: http://unrelated.com 'This link should not be changed'
+
+[[file-without-title]]
+
+[second-document]: second-document 'Second Document'
+`;
+
+    const note = parser.parse(URI.file('/note.md'), textForNote(noteText));
+
+    const expected = [
+      {
+        newText: '',
+        range: Range.create(8, 0, 8, 52),
+      },
+      {
+        newText: textForNote(
+          `\n[file-without-title]: file-without-title "file-without-title"`
+        ),
+        range: Range.create(9, 0, 9, 0),
+      },
+    ];
 
-    const noteText = await _workspace.readAsMarkdown(note.uri);
-    const noteEol = EOL;
     const actual = await generateLinkReferences(
       note,
       noteText,
-      noteEol,
-      _workspace,
+      EOL,
+      workspace,
       false
     );
 
-    expect(actual!.range.start).toEqual(expected.range.start);
-    expect(actual!.range.end).toEqual(expected.range.end);
-    expect(actual!.newText).toEqual(expected.newText);
+    expect(actual.length).toBe(2);
+    expect(actual[0]!.range.start).toEqual(expected[0].range.start);
+    expect(actual[0]!.range.end).toEqual(expected[0].range.end);
+    expect(actual[0]!.newText).toEqual(expected[0].newText);
+    expect(actual[1]!.range.start).toEqual(expected[1].range.start);
+    expect(actual[1]!.range.end).toEqual(expected[1].range.end);
+    expect(actual[1]!.newText).toEqual(expected[1].newText);
   });
 
   it('should not cause any changes if link reference definitions were up to date', async () => {
-    const note = findBySlug('third-document');
+    const parser = createMarkdownParser();
+    const workspace = createTestWorkspace([URI.file('/')])
+      .set(
+        createTestNote({ uri: '/first-document.md', title: 'First Document' })
+      )
+      .set(
+        createTestNote({ uri: '/second-document.md', title: 'Second Document' })
+      );
+    const noteText = `# Third Document
 
-    const expected = null;
+All the link references are correct in this file.
+
+[[first-document]]
+
+[[second-document]]
+
+[first-document]: first-document "First Document"
+[second-document]: second-document "Second Document"
+`;
+
+    const note = parser.parse(URI.file('/note.md'), textForNote(noteText));
+
+    const expected = [];
 
-    const noteText = await _workspace.readAsMarkdown(note.uri);
     const noteEol = EOL;
     const actual = await generateLinkReferences(
       note,
       noteText,
       noteEol,
-      _workspace,
+      workspace,
       false
     );
 
@@ -136,43 +190,71 @@ describe('generateLinkReferences', () => {
   });
 
   it('should put links with spaces in angel brackets', async () => {
-    const note = findBySlug('angel-reference');
+    const parser = createMarkdownParser();
+    const workspace = createTestWorkspace([URI.file('/')]).set(
+      createTestNote({
+        uri: '/Note being referred as angel.md',
+        title: 'Note being referred as angel',
+      })
+    );
+    const noteText = `# Angel reference
+
+[[Note being referred as angel]]
+`;
+    const note = parser.parse(URI.file('/note.md'), textForNote(noteText));
+
     const expected = {
       newText: textForNote(
         `
-[//begin]: # "Autogenerated link references for markdown compatibility"
-[Note being referred as angel]: <Note being referred as angel> "Note being referred as angel"
-[//end]: # "Autogenerated link references"`
+[Note being referred as angel]: <Note being referred as angel> "Note being referred as angel"`
       ),
       range: Range.create(3, 0, 3, 0),
     };
 
-    const noteText = await _workspace.readAsMarkdown(note.uri);
-    const noteEol = EOL;
     const actual = await generateLinkReferences(
       note,
       noteText,
-      noteEol,
-      _workspace,
+      EOL,
+      workspace,
       false
     );
 
-    expect(actual!.range.start).toEqual(expected.range.start);
-    expect(actual!.range.end).toEqual(expected.range.end);
-    expect(actual!.newText).toEqual(expected.newText);
+    expect(actual.length).toBe(1);
+    expect(actual[0]!.range.start).toEqual(expected.range.start);
+    expect(actual[0]!.range.end).toEqual(expected.range.end);
+    expect(actual[0]!.newText).toEqual(expected.newText);
   });
 
   it('should not remove explicitly entered link references', async () => {
-    const note = findBySlug('file-with-explicit-link-references');
-    const expected = null;
+    const parser = createMarkdownParser();
+    const workspace = createTestWorkspace([URI.file('/')]);
+    workspace.set(
+      createTestNote({ uri: '/second-document.md', title: 'Second Document' })
+    );
+    workspace.set(
+      createTestNote({
+        uri: '/file-without-title.md',
+        title: 'file-without-title',
+      })
+    );
+    const noteText = `# File with explicit link references
+
+A Bug [^footerlink]. Here is [Another link][linkreference]
+
+[^footerlink]: https://foambubble.github.io/
+
+[linkreference]: https://foambubble.github.io/
+`;
+
+    const note = parser.parse(URI.file('/note.md'), textForNote(noteText));
+
+    const expected = [];
 
-    const noteText = await _workspace.readAsMarkdown(note.uri);
-    const noteEol = EOL;
     const actual = await generateLinkReferences(
       note,
       noteText,
-      noteEol,
-      _workspace,
+      EOL,
+      workspace,
       false
     );
 
@@ -180,27 +262,33 @@ describe('generateLinkReferences', () => {
   });
 
   it('should not remove explicitly entered link references and have an implicit link', async () => {
-    const note = findBySlug('file-with-explicit-and-implicit-link-references');
-    const expected = {
-      newText: textForNote(
-        `[//begin]: # "Autogenerated link references for markdown compatibility"
-[first-document]: first-document "First Document"
-[//end]: # "Autogenerated link references"`
-      ),
-      range: Range.create(8, 0, 10, 42),
-    };
+    const parser = createMarkdownParser();
+    const workspace = createTestWorkspace([URI.file('/')]);
+    workspace.set(
+      createTestNote({ uri: '/second-document.md', title: 'Second Document' })
+    );
+    const noteText = `# File with explicit link references
+
+A Bug [^footerlink]. Here is [Another link][linkreference].
+I also want a [[first-document]].
+
+[^footerlink]: https://foambubble.github.io/
+
+[linkreference]: https://foambubble.github.io/
+[first-document]: first-document 'First Document'
+`;
+
+    const note = parser.parse(URI.file('/note.md'), textForNote(noteText));
 
-    const noteText = await _workspace.readAsMarkdown(note.uri);
-    const noteEol = EOL;
     const actual = await generateLinkReferences(
       note,
       noteText,
-      noteEol,
-      _workspace,
+      EOL,
+      workspace,
       false
     );
 
-    expect(actual).toEqual(expected);
+    expect(actual.length).toBe(0);
   });
 });
 

packages/foam-vscode/src/core/janitor/generate-link-references.ts

@@ -3,78 +3,72 @@ import { Range } from '../model/range';
 import { createMarkdownReferences } from '../services/markdown-provider';
 import { FoamWorkspace } from '../model/workspace';
 import { TextEdit } from '../services/text-edit';
-import { Position } from '../model/position';
+import { getLinkDefinitions } from '../services/markdown-parser';
 
 export const LINK_REFERENCE_DEFINITION_HEADER = `[//begin]: # "Autogenerated link references for markdown compatibility"`;
 export const LINK_REFERENCE_DEFINITION_FOOTER = `[//end]: # "Autogenerated link references"`;
 
 export const generateLinkReferences = async (
   note: Resource,
-  text: string,
+  currentNoteText: string,
   eol: string,
   workspace: FoamWorkspace,
   includeExtensions: boolean
-): Promise<TextEdit | null> => {
+): Promise<TextEdit[]> => {
   if (!note) {
-    return null;
+    return [];
   }
 
-  const newWikilinkDefinitions = createMarkdownReferences(
+  const nLines = currentNoteText.split(eol).length;
+
+  const updatedWikilinkDefinitions = createMarkdownReferences(
     workspace,
     note,
     includeExtensions
   );
 
-  const beginDelimiterDef = note.definitions.find(
-    ({ label }) => label === '//begin'
+  const existingWikilinkDefinitions = getLinkDefinitions(currentNoteText);
+
+  const toAddWikilinkDefinitions = updatedWikilinkDefinitions.filter(
+    newDef =>
+      !existingWikilinkDefinitions.some(
+        existingDef => existingDef.label === newDef.label
+      )
   );
-  const endDelimiterDef = note.definitions.find(
-    ({ label }) => label === '//end'
+  const toRemovedWikilinkDefinitions = existingWikilinkDefinitions.filter(
+    existingDef =>
+      !updatedWikilinkDefinitions.some(
+        newDef => newDef.label === existingDef.label
+      )
   );
 
-  const lines = text.split(eol);
+  const edits: TextEdit[] = [];
 
-  const targetRange =
-    beginDelimiterDef && endDelimiterDef
-      ? Range.createFromPosition(
-          beginDelimiterDef.range.start,
-          endDelimiterDef.range.end
-        )
-      : Range.create(
-          lines.length - 1,
-          lines[lines.length - 1].length,
-          lines.length - 1,
-          lines[lines.length - 1].length
-        );
+  // Remove old definitions
+  for (const def of toRemovedWikilinkDefinitions) {
+    edits.push({ range: def.range, newText: '' });
+  }
 
-  const newReferences =
-    newWikilinkDefinitions.length === 0
-      ? ''
-      : [
-          LINK_REFERENCE_DEFINITION_HEADER,
-          ...newWikilinkDefinitions.map(NoteLinkDefinition.format),
-          LINK_REFERENCE_DEFINITION_FOOTER,
-        ].join(eol);
+  // Add new definitions
+  if (toAddWikilinkDefinitions.length > 0) {
+    const lastLine = currentNoteText.split(eol)[nLines - 1];
+    const isLastLineEmpty = lastLine.trim().length === 0;
 
-  // check if the new references match the existing references
-  const existingReferences = lines
-    .slice(targetRange.start.line, targetRange.end.line + 1)
-    .join(eol);
+    let text = isLastLineEmpty ? '' : eol;
+    for (const def of toAddWikilinkDefinitions) {
+      // Choose the correct position for insertion, e.g., end of file or after last reference
+      text = `${text}${eol}${NoteLinkDefinition.format(def)}`;
+    }
+    edits.push({
+      range: Range.create(
+        nLines - 1,
+        lastLine.length,
+        nLines - 1,
+        lastLine.length
+      ),
+      newText: text,
+    });
+  }
 
-  // adjust padding based on whether there are existing definitions
-  // and, if not, whether we are on an empty line at the end of the file
-  const padding =
-    newWikilinkDefinitions.length === 0 || // no definitions
-    !Position.isEqual(targetRange.start, targetRange.end) // replace existing definitions
-      ? ''
-      : targetRange.start.character > 0 // not an empty line
-      ? `${eol}${eol}`
-      : eol;
-
-  return existingReferences === newReferences
-    ? null
-    : {
-        newText: `${padding}${newReferences}`,
-        range: targetRange,
-      };
+  return edits;
 };

packages/foam-vscode/src/core/model/graph.test.ts

@@ -264,15 +264,10 @@ describe('Placeholders', () => {
     const ws = createTestWorkspace();
     const noteA = createTestNote({
       uri: '/somewhere/page-a.md',
-      links: [{ slug: 'page-b' }, { slug: 'page-c' }],
-    });
-    noteA.definitions.push({
-      label: 'page-b',
-      url: './page-b.md',
-    });
-    noteA.definitions.push({
-      label: 'page-c',
-      url: '/path/to/page-c.md',
+      links: [
+        { slug: 'page-b', definitionUrl: './page-b.md' },
+        { slug: 'page-c', definitionUrl: '/path/to/page-c.md' },
+      ],
     });
     ws.set(noteA).set(
       createTestNote({ uri: '/different/location/for/note-b.md' })

packages/foam-vscode/src/core/model/note.ts

@@ -6,6 +6,41 @@ export interface ResourceLink {
   rawText: string;
   range: Range;
   isEmbed: boolean;
+  definition?: string | NoteLinkDefinition;
+}
+
+export abstract class ResourceLink {
+  /**
+   * Check if this is any kind of reference-style link (resolved or unresolved)
+   */
+  static isReferenceStyleLink(link: ResourceLink): boolean {
+    return link.definition !== undefined;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Check if this is a reference-style link with unresolved definition
+   */
+  static isUnresolvedReference(
+    link: ResourceLink
+  ): link is ResourceLink & { definition: string } {
+    return typeof link.definition === 'string';
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Check if this is a reference-style link with resolved definition
+   */
+  static isResolvedReference(
+    link: ResourceLink
+  ): link is ResourceLink & { definition: NoteLinkDefinition } {
+    return typeof link.definition === 'object' && link.definition !== null;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Check if this is a regular inline link (not reference-style)
+   */
+  static isRegularLink(link: ResourceLink): boolean {
+    return link.definition === undefined;
+  }
 }
 
 export interface NoteLinkDefinition {
@@ -52,9 +87,6 @@ export interface Resource {
   tags: Tag[];
   aliases: Alias[];
   links: ResourceLink[];
-
-  // TODO to remove
-  definitions: NoteLinkDefinition[];
 }
 
 export interface ResourceParser {

packages/foam-vscode/src/core/model/tags.test.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { createTestNote, createTestWorkspace } from '../../test/test-utils';
 import { FoamTags } from './tags';
+import { Location } from './location';
 
 describe('FoamTags', () => {
   it('Collects tags from a list of resources', () => {
@@ -23,12 +24,17 @@ describe('FoamTags', () => {
     ws.set(pageB);
 
     const tags = FoamTags.fromWorkspace(ws);
-
     expect(tags.tags).toEqual(
       new Map([
-        ['primary', [pageA.uri, pageB.uri]],
-        ['secondary', [pageA.uri]],
-        ['third', [pageB.uri]],
+        [
+          'primary',
+          [
+            Location.forObjectWithRange(pageA.uri, pageA.tags[0]),
+            Location.forObjectWithRange(pageB.uri, pageB.tags[0]),
+          ],
+        ],
+        ['secondary', [Location.forObjectWithRange(pageA.uri, pageA.tags[1])]],
+        ['third', [Location.forObjectWithRange(pageB.uri, pageB.tags[1])]],
       ])
     );
   });
@@ -51,7 +57,11 @@ describe('FoamTags', () => {
     ws.set(taglessPage);
 
     const tags = FoamTags.fromWorkspace(ws);
-    expect(tags.tags).toEqual(new Map([['primary', [page.uri]]]));
+    expect(tags.tags).toEqual(
+      new Map([
+        ['primary', [Location.forObjectWithRange(page.uri, page.tags[0])]],
+      ])
+    );
 
     const newPage = createTestNote({
       uri: '/page-b.md',
@@ -62,7 +72,17 @@ describe('FoamTags', () => {
     ws.set(newPage);
     tags.update();
 
-    expect(tags.tags).toEqual(new Map([['primary', [page.uri, newPage.uri]]]));
+    expect(tags.tags).toEqual(
+      new Map([
+        [
+          'primary',
+          [
+            Location.forObjectWithRange(page.uri, page.tags[0]),
+            Location.forObjectWithRange(newPage.uri, newPage.tags[0]),
+          ],
+        ],
+      ])
+    );
   });
 
   it('Replaces the tag when a note is updated with an altered tag', () => {
@@ -78,7 +98,11 @@ describe('FoamTags', () => {
     ws.set(page);
 
     const tags = FoamTags.fromWorkspace(ws);
-    expect(tags.tags).toEqual(new Map([['primary', [page.uri]]]));
+    expect(tags.tags).toEqual(
+      new Map([
+        ['primary', [Location.forObjectWithRange(page.uri, page.tags[0])]],
+      ])
+    );
 
     const pageEdited = createTestNote({
       uri: '/page-a.md',
@@ -90,7 +114,14 @@ describe('FoamTags', () => {
     ws.set(pageEdited);
     tags.update();
 
-    expect(tags.tags).toEqual(new Map([['new', [page.uri]]]));
+    expect(tags.tags).toEqual(
+      new Map([
+        [
+          'new',
+          [Location.forObjectWithRange(pageEdited.uri, pageEdited.tags[0])],
+        ],
+      ])
+    );
   });
 
   it('Updates the metadata of a tag when the note is moved', () => {
@@ -105,7 +136,11 @@ describe('FoamTags', () => {
     ws.set(page);
 
     const tags = FoamTags.fromWorkspace(ws);
-    expect(tags.tags).toEqual(new Map([['primary', [page.uri]]]));
+    expect(tags.tags).toEqual(
+      new Map([
+        ['primary', [Location.forObjectWithRange(page.uri, page.tags[0])]],
+      ])
+    );
 
     const pageEdited = createTestNote({
       uri: '/new-place/page-a.md',
@@ -118,7 +153,14 @@ describe('FoamTags', () => {
     ws.set(pageEdited);
     tags.update();
 
-    expect(tags.tags).toEqual(new Map([['primary', [pageEdited.uri]]]));
+    expect(tags.tags).toEqual(
+      new Map([
+        [
+          'primary',
+          [Location.forObjectWithRange(pageEdited.uri, pageEdited.tags[0])],
+        ],
+      ])
+    );
   });
 
   it('Updates the metadata of a tag when a note is deleted', () => {
@@ -133,11 +175,15 @@ describe('FoamTags', () => {
     ws.set(page);
 
     const tags = FoamTags.fromWorkspace(ws);
-    expect(tags.tags).toEqual(new Map([['primary', [page.uri]]]));
+    expect(tags.tags).toEqual(
+      new Map([
+        ['primary', [Location.forObjectWithRange(page.uri, page.tags[0])]],
+      ])
+    );
 
     ws.delete(page.uri);
     tags.update();
 
-    expect(tags.tags).toEqual(new Map());
+    expect(tags.tags.size).toEqual(0);
   });
 });

packages/foam-vscode/src/core/model/tags.ts

@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 import { FoamWorkspace } from './workspace';
-import { URI } from './uri';
 import { IDisposable } from '../common/lifecycle';
 import { debounce } from 'lodash';
 import { Emitter } from '../common/event';
+import { Tag } from './note';
+import { Location } from './location';
 
 export class FoamTags implements IDisposable {
-  public readonly tags: Map<string, URI[]> = new Map();
+  public readonly tags: Map<string, Location<Tag>[]> = new Map();
 
   private onDidUpdateEmitter = new Emitter<void>();
   onDidUpdate = this.onDidUpdateEmitter.event;
@@ -50,10 +51,10 @@ export class FoamTags implements IDisposable {
   update(): void {
     this.tags.clear();
     for (const resource of this.workspace.resources()) {
-      for (const tag of new Set(resource.tags.map(t => t.label))) {
-        const tagMeta = this.tags.get(tag) ?? [];
-        tagMeta.push(resource.uri);
-        this.tags.set(tag, tagMeta);
+      for (const tag of resource.tags) {
+        const tagLocations = this.tags.get(tag.label) ?? [];
+        tagLocations.push(Location.forObjectWithRange(resource.uri, tag));
+        this.tags.set(tag.label, tagLocations);
       }
     }
     this.onDidUpdateEmitter.fire();

packages/foam-vscode/src/core/model/uri.test.ts

@@ -7,13 +7,16 @@ describe('Foam URI', () => {
   describe('URI parsing', () => {
     const base = URI.file('/path/to/file.md');
     test.each([
-      ['https://www.google.com', URI.parse('https://www.google.com')],
-      ['/path/to/a/file.md', URI.parse('file:///path/to/a/file.md')],
-      ['../relative/file.md', URI.parse('file:///path/relative/file.md')],
+      ['https://www.google.com', URI.parse('https://www.google.com', 'file')],
+      ['/path/to/a/file.md', URI.parse('file:///path/to/a/file.md', 'file')],
+      [
+        '../relative/file.md',
+        URI.parse('file:///path/relative/file.md', 'file'),
+      ],
       ['#section', base.with({ fragment: 'section' })],
       [
         '../relative/file.md#section',
-        URI.parse('file:/path/relative/file.md#section'),
+        URI.parse('file:///path/relative/file.md#section', 'file'),
       ],
     ])('URI Parsing (%s)', (input, exp) => {
       const result = base.resolve(input);
@@ -25,8 +28,8 @@ describe('Foam URI', () => {
     });
 
     it('normalizes the Windows drive letter to upper case', () => {
-      const upperCase = URI.parse('file:///C:/this/is/a/Path');
-      const lowerCase = URI.parse('file:///c:/this/is/a/Path');
+      const upperCase = URI.parse('file:///C:/this/is/a/Path', 'file');
+      const lowerCase = URI.parse('file:///c:/this/is/a/Path', 'file');
       expect(upperCase.path).toEqual('/C:/this/is/a/Path');
       expect(lowerCase.path).toEqual('/C:/this/is/a/Path');
       expect(upperCase.toFsPath()).toEqual('C:\\this\\is\\a\\Path');
@@ -35,11 +38,11 @@ describe('Foam URI', () => {
 
     it('consistently parses file paths', () => {
       const win1 = URI.file('c:\\this\\is\\a\\path');
-      const win2 = URI.parse('c:\\this\\is\\a\\path');
+      const win2 = URI.parse('c:\\this\\is\\a\\path', 'file');
       expect(win1).toEqual(win2);
 
       const unix1 = URI.file('/this/is/a/path');
-      const unix2 = URI.parse('/this/is/a/path');
+      const unix2 = URI.parse('/this/is/a/path', 'file');
       expect(unix1).toEqual(unix2);
     });
 
@@ -125,30 +128,132 @@ describe('asAbsoluteUri', () => {
     ).toEqual(workspaceFolder2.joinPath('file'));
   });
 
-  describe('with Windows filesystem paths', () => {
-    it('should return the given path if it is a Windows absolute path (C: drive)', () => {
-      const windowsPath = 'C:/Users/user/template.md';
-      const workspaceFolder = URI.file('/workspace/folder');
-      const result = asAbsoluteUri(windowsPath, [workspaceFolder]);
-      // Should convert to proper URI format
-      expect(result.path).toEqual('C:/Users/user/template.md');
+  describe('forceSubfolder parameter', () => {
+    it('should return the URI as-is when it is already a subfolder of a base folder', () => {
+      const absolutePath = '/workspace/subfolder/file.md';
+      const baseFolder = URI.file('/workspace');
+      const result = asAbsoluteUri(absolutePath, [baseFolder], true);
+
+      expect(result.path).toEqual('/workspace/subfolder/file.md');
     });
 
-    it('should return the given path if it is a Windows absolute path (backslashes)', () => {
-      const windowsPath = 'C:\\Users\\user\\template.md';
-      const workspaceFolder = URI.file('/workspace/folder');
-      const result = asAbsoluteUri(windowsPath, [workspaceFolder]);
-      // Should convert to proper URI format
-      expect(result.path).toEqual('C:\\Users\\user\\template.md');
+    it('should force URI to be a subfolder when forceSubfolder is true and URI is not a subfolder', () => {
+      const absolutePath = '/other/path/file.md';
+      const baseFolder = URI.file('/workspace');
+      const result = asAbsoluteUri(absolutePath, [baseFolder], true);
+
+      expect(result.path).toEqual('/workspace/other/path/file.md');
     });
 
-    it('should treat relative Windows-style paths as relative', () => {
-      const relativePath = 'folder\\subfolder\\file.md';
-      const workspaceFolder = URI.file('/workspace/folder');
-      const result = asAbsoluteUri(relativePath, [workspaceFolder]);
-      expect(result.path).toEqual(
-        '/workspace/folder/folder\\subfolder\\file.md'
+    it('should use case-sensitive path comparison when checking if URI is already a subfolder', () => {
+      const absolutePath = '/Workspace/subfolder/file.md'; // Different case
+      const baseFolder = URI.file('/workspace'); // lowercase
+      const result = asAbsoluteUri(absolutePath, [baseFolder], true);
+
+      // Should be forced to subfolder because case-sensitive comparison fails
+      expect(result.path).toEqual('/workspace/Workspace/subfolder/file.md');
+    });
+
+    it('should not force subfolder when URI is exactly a case-sensitive match', () => {
+      const absolutePath = '/workspace/subfolder/file.md';
+      const baseFolder = URI.file('/workspace');
+      const result = asAbsoluteUri(absolutePath, [baseFolder], true);
+
+      // Should not be forced because it's already a subfolder (case matches)
+      expect(result.path).toEqual('/workspace/subfolder/file.md');
+    });
+
+    it('should handle multiple base folders when checking subfolder status', () => {
+      const absolutePath = '/project2/subfolder/file.md';
+      const baseFolder1 = URI.file('/project1');
+      const baseFolder2 = URI.file('/project2');
+      const result = asAbsoluteUri(
+        absolutePath,
+        [baseFolder1, baseFolder2],
+        true
       );
+
+      // Should not be forced because it's already a subfolder of baseFolder2
+      expect(result.path).toEqual('/project2/subfolder/file.md');
+    });
+
+    describe('Windows paths', () => {
+      it('should return the Windows URI as-is when it is already a subfolder of a base folder', () => {
+        const absolutePath = 'C:\\workspace\\subfolder\\file.md';
+        const baseFolder = URI.file('C:\\workspace');
+        const result = asAbsoluteUri(absolutePath, [baseFolder], true);
+
+        expect(result.toFsPath()).toEqual('C:\\workspace\\subfolder\\file.md');
+      });
+
+      it('should force Windows URI to be a subfolder when forceSubfolder is true and URI is not a subfolder', () => {
+        const absolutePath = 'D:\\other\\path\\file.md';
+        const baseFolder = URI.file('C:\\workspace');
+        const result = asAbsoluteUri(absolutePath, [baseFolder], true);
+
+        expect(result.toFsPath()).toEqual(
+          'C:\\workspace\\D:\\other\\path\\file.md'
+        );
+      });
+
+      it('should use case-insensitive path comparison for Windows paths when checking if URI is already a subfolder', () => {
+        const absolutePath = 'C:\\Workspace\\subfolder\\file.md'; // Different case
+        const baseFolder = URI.file('C:\\workspace'); // lowercase
+        const result = asAbsoluteUri(absolutePath, [baseFolder], true);
+
+        // Should be forced to subfolder because case-sensitive comparison fails
+        expect(result.toFsPath()).toEqual('C:\\Workspace\\subfolder\\file.md');
+      });
+
+      it('should not force Windows subfolder when URI is exactly a case-sensitive match', () => {
+        const absolutePath = 'C:\\workspace\\subfolder\\file.md';
+        const baseFolder = URI.file('C:\\workspace');
+        const result = asAbsoluteUri(absolutePath, [baseFolder], true);
+
+        // Should not be forced because it's already a subfolder (case matches)
+        expect(result.toFsPath()).toEqual('C:\\workspace\\subfolder\\file.md');
+      });
+
+      it('should handle different drive letters as non-subfolders', () => {
+        const absolutePath = 'D:\\workspace\\subfolder\\file.md'; // Different drive
+        const baseFolder = URI.file('C:\\workspace'); // Same path, different drive
+        const result = asAbsoluteUri(absolutePath, [baseFolder], true);
+
+        // Should be forced because different drives are not subfolders
+        expect(result.toFsPath()).toEqual(
+          'C:\\workspace\\D:\\workspace\\subfolder\\file.md'
+        );
+      });
+
+      it('should handle Windows backslash paths in case-sensitive comparison', () => {
+        const absolutePath = 'C:\\Workspace\\subfolder\\file.md'; // Different case with backslashes
+        const baseFolder = URI.file('c:\\Workspace'); // lowercase with backslashes
+        const result = asAbsoluteUri(absolutePath, [baseFolder], true);
+
+        // Should be forced to subfolder because case-sensitive comparison fails
+        // Note: Drive letters are normalized to uppercase by URI.file()
+        expect(result.toFsPath()).toEqual('C:\\Workspace\\subfolder\\file.md');
+      });
+
+      it('should handle Windows backslash paths in case-sensitive comparison - reverse', () => {
+        const absolutePath = 'c:\\Workspace\\subfolder\\file.md'; // Different case with backslashes
+        const baseFolder = URI.file('C:\\Workspace'); // lowercase with backslashes
+        const result = asAbsoluteUri(absolutePath, [baseFolder], true);
+
+        // Should be forced to subfolder because case-sensitive comparison fails
+        // Note: Drive letters are normalized to uppercase by URI.file()
+        expect(result.toFsPath()).toEqual('C:\\Workspace\\subfolder\\file.md');
+      });
+
+      it('should handle forward slash absolute path also with windows base folders', () => {
+        // Using this format for the path works on both windows and unix
+        // and allows using absolute paths relative to the workspace root
+        const absolutePath = '/subfolder/file.md';
+        const baseFolder = URI.file('C:\\Workspace');
+        const result = asAbsoluteUri(absolutePath, [baseFolder], true);
+
+        expect(result.toFsPath()).toEqual('C:\\Workspace\\subfolder\\file.md');
+      });
     });
   });
 });

packages/foam-vscode/src/core/model/uri.ts

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 // See LICENSE for details
 
 import { CharCode } from '../common/charCode';
+import { isNone } from '../utils';
 import * as pathUtils from '../utils/path';
 
 /**
@@ -44,13 +45,31 @@ export class URI {
     this.fragment = from.fragment ?? _empty;
   }
 
-  static parse(value: string): URI {
+  /**
+   * Parses a string value into a URI object.
+   * @param value the string value of the URI
+   * @param defaultScheme the default scheme to use if none is provided in the value.
+   * - if a `string`, it will be used as the default scheme
+   * - if a `URI`, its scheme will be used as the default scheme
+   * - if `null`, no default scheme should be used (which forces `value` to have a scheme)
+   * @returns the parsed URI object
+   * @throws if no scheme is provided in value and no default scheme is given
+   */
+  static parse(value: string, defaultScheme: URI | string | null): URI {
     const match = _regexp.exec(value);
     if (!match) {
       return new URI();
     }
+    defaultScheme =
+      defaultScheme instanceof URI
+        ? defaultScheme.scheme
+        : (defaultScheme as string | null);
+    const scheme = match[2] || defaultScheme;
+    if (isNone(scheme)) {
+      throw new Error(`Invalid URI: The URI scheme is missing: ${value}`);
+    }
     return new URI({
-      scheme: match[2] || 'file',
+      scheme,
       authority: percentDecode(match[4] ?? _empty),
       path: pathUtils.fromFsPath(percentDecode(match[5] ?? _empty))[0],
       query: percentDecode(match[7] ?? _empty),
@@ -73,7 +92,7 @@ export class URI {
   }
 
   resolve(value: string | URI, isDirectory = false): URI {
-    const uri = value instanceof URI ? value : URI.parse(value);
+    const uri = value instanceof URI ? value : URI.parse(value, 'file');
     if (!uri.isAbsolute()) {
       if (uri.scheme === 'file' || uri.scheme === 'placeholder') {
         let newUri = this.with({ fragment: uri.fragment });
@@ -124,6 +143,15 @@ export class URI {
     return new URI({ ...this, path });
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Creates a new URI with the specified changes.
+   * Note that this does not validate the resulting URI, e.g. you can
+   * set the path to a relative path.
+   * If you want to ensure that the path is properly formatted, use `forPath` instead.
+   *
+   * @param change an object that describes the desired changes to the URI.
+   * @returns a new URI instance with the updated fields
+   */
   with(change: {
     scheme?: string;
     authority?: string;
@@ -140,6 +168,20 @@ export class URI {
     });
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Creates a new URI with the specified path.
+   * The difference between `with({ path })` and `forPath(path)` is that
+   * this function will ensure that the path is properly formatted (e.g. starting with a `/`)
+   * whereas `with` will take the path "as is".
+   *
+   * @param path the new path
+   * @returns a new URI instance with the updated path
+   */
+  forPath(path: string): URI {
+    const formattedPath = pathUtils.fromFsPath(percentDecode(path))[0];
+    return new URI({ ...this, path: formattedPath });
+  }
+
   /**
    * Returns a URI without the fragment and query information
    */
@@ -412,10 +454,13 @@ export function asAbsoluteUri(
   const isDrivePath = /^[a-zA-Z]:/.test(path);
   // Check if this is already a POSIX absolute path
   if (path.startsWith('/') || isDrivePath) {
-    const uri = baseFolders[0].with({ path });
+    const uri = baseFolders[0].forPath(path); // Validate the path
+
     if (forceSubfolder) {
       const isAlreadySubfolder = baseFolders.some(folder =>
-        uri.path.startsWith(folder.path)
+        isDrivePath
+          ? uri.path.toLowerCase().startsWith(folder.path.toLowerCase())
+          : uri.path.startsWith(folder.path)
       );
       if (!isAlreadySubfolder) {
         return baseFolders[0].joinPath(uri.path);

packages/foam-vscode/src/core/model/workspace.test.ts

@@ -183,4 +183,41 @@ describe('Identifier computation', () => {
       workspace.getIdentifier(noteABis.uri, [noteB.uri, noteA.uri])
     ).toEqual('note-a');
   });
+
+  it('should handle case-sensitive filenames correctly (#1303)', () => {
+    const workspace = new FoamWorkspace('.md');
+    const noteUppercase = createTestNote({ uri: '/a/Note.md' });
+    const noteLowercase = createTestNote({ uri: '/b/note.md' });
+
+    workspace.set(noteUppercase).set(noteLowercase);
+
+    // Should find exact case matches
+    expect(workspace.listByIdentifier('Note').length).toEqual(1);
+    expect(workspace.listByIdentifier('Note')[0].uri.path).toEqual(
+      '/a/Note.md'
+    );
+
+    expect(workspace.listByIdentifier('note').length).toEqual(1);
+    expect(workspace.listByIdentifier('note')[0].uri.path).toEqual(
+      '/b/note.md'
+    );
+
+    // Should not treat them as the same identifier
+    expect(workspace.listByIdentifier('Note')[0]).not.toEqual(
+      workspace.listByIdentifier('note')[0]
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('should generate correct identifiers for case-sensitive files', () => {
+    const workspace = new FoamWorkspace('.md');
+    const noteUppercase = createTestNote({ uri: '/a/Note.md' });
+    const noteLowercase = createTestNote({ uri: '/b/note.md' });
+
+    workspace.set(noteUppercase).set(noteLowercase);
+
+    // Each should have a unique identifier without directory disambiguation
+    // since they differ by case, they are not considered conflicting
+    expect(workspace.getIdentifier(noteUppercase.uri)).toEqual('Note');
+    expect(workspace.getIdentifier(noteLowercase.uri)).toEqual('note');
+  });
 });

packages/foam-vscode/src/core/model/workspace.ts

@@ -89,13 +89,12 @@ export class FoamWorkspace implements IDisposable {
 
   public listByIdentifier(identifier: string): Resource[] {
     let needle = this.getTrieIdentifier(identifier);
-
     const mdNeedle =
       getExtension(normalize(identifier)) !== this.defaultExtension
         ? this.getTrieIdentifier(identifier + this.defaultExtension)
         : undefined;
 
-    const resources: Resource[] = [];
+    let resources: Resource[] = [];
 
     this._resources.find(needle).forEach(elm => resources.push(elm[1]));
 
@@ -103,6 +102,15 @@ export class FoamWorkspace implements IDisposable {
       this._resources.find(mdNeedle).forEach(elm => resources.push(elm[1]));
     }
 
+    // if multiple resources found, try to filter exact case matches
+    if (resources.length > 1) {
+      resources = resources.filter(
+        r =>
+          r.uri.getBasename() === identifier ||
+          r.uri.getBasename() === identifier + this.defaultExtension
+      );
+    }
+
     return resources.sort(Resource.sortByPath);
   }
 
@@ -115,7 +123,7 @@ export class FoamWorkspace implements IDisposable {
     const amongst = [];
     const basename = forResource.getBasename();
 
-    this.listByIdentifier(basename).map(res => {
+    this.listByIdentifier(basename).forEach(res => {
       // skip self
       if (res.uri.isEqual(forResource)) {
         return;

packages/foam-vscode/src/core/services/attachment-provider.ts

@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ const asResource = (uri: URI): Resource => {
     sections: [],
     links: [],
     tags: [],
-    definitions: [],
   };
 };
 

packages/foam-vscode/src/core/services/datastore.ts

@@ -94,8 +94,15 @@ export class FileListBasedMatcher implements IMatcher {
   include: string[];
   exclude: string[];
 
-  constructor(files: URI[], private readonly listFiles: () => Promise<URI[]>) {
+  constructor(
+    files: URI[],
+    private readonly listFiles: () => Promise<URI[]>,
+    include: string[] = ['**/*'],
+    exclude: string[] = []
+  ) {
     this.files = files.map(f => f.path);
+    this.include = include;
+    this.exclude = exclude;
   }
 
   match(files: URI[]): URI[] {
@@ -110,9 +117,13 @@ export class FileListBasedMatcher implements IMatcher {
     this.files = (await this.listFiles()).map(f => f.path);
   }
 
-  static async createFromListFn(listFiles: () => Promise<URI[]>) {
+  static async createFromListFn(
+    listFiles: () => Promise<URI[]>,
+    include: string[] = ['**/*'],
+    exclude: string[] = []
+  ) {
     const files = await listFiles();
-    return new FileListBasedMatcher(files, listFiles);
+    return new FileListBasedMatcher(files, listFiles, include, exclude);
   }
 }
 

packages/foam-vscode/src/core/services/markdown-link.test.ts

@@ -152,6 +152,94 @@ describe('MarkdownLink', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('parse direct link with title attributes', () => {
+    it('should parse image with double-quoted title', () => {
+      const link = parser.parse(
+        getRandomURI(),
+        `![alt text](image.jpg "Title text")`
+      ).links[0];
+      const parsed = MarkdownLink.analyzeLink(link);
+      expect(parsed.target).toEqual('image.jpg');
+      expect(parsed.alias).toEqual('alt text');
+      expect(parsed.section).toEqual('');
+    });
+
+    it('should parse image with single-quoted title', () => {
+      const link = parser.parse(
+        getRandomURI(),
+        `![alt text](image.jpg 'Title text')`
+      ).links[0];
+      const parsed = MarkdownLink.analyzeLink(link);
+      expect(parsed.target).toEqual('image.jpg');
+      expect(parsed.alias).toEqual('alt text');
+      expect(parsed.section).toEqual('');
+    });
+
+    it('should handle sections with titles', () => {
+      const link = parser.parse(
+        getRandomURI(),
+        `![alt text](image.jpg#section "Title text")`
+      ).links[0];
+      const parsed = MarkdownLink.analyzeLink(link);
+      expect(parsed.target).toEqual('image.jpg');
+      expect(parsed.section).toEqual('section');
+      expect(parsed.alias).toEqual('alt text');
+    });
+
+    it('should handle URLs with spaces in titles', () => {
+      const link = parser.parse(
+        getRandomURI(),
+        `![alt](path/to/file.jpg "Title with spaces")`
+      ).links[0];
+      const parsed = MarkdownLink.analyzeLink(link);
+      expect(parsed.target).toEqual('path/to/file.jpg');
+      expect(parsed.alias).toEqual('alt');
+      expect(parsed.section).toEqual('');
+    });
+
+    it('should maintain compatibility with titleless images', () => {
+      const link = parser.parse(getRandomURI(), `![alt text](image.jpg)`)
+        .links[0];
+      const parsed = MarkdownLink.analyzeLink(link);
+      expect(parsed.target).toEqual('image.jpg');
+      expect(parsed.alias).toEqual('alt text');
+      expect(parsed.section).toEqual('');
+    });
+
+    it('should handle complex URLs with titles', () => {
+      const link = parser.parse(
+        getRandomURI(),
+        `![alt](path/to/image.jpg "Complex title with spaces")`
+      ).links[0];
+      const parsed = MarkdownLink.analyzeLink(link);
+      expect(parsed.target).toEqual('path/to/image.jpg');
+      expect(parsed.alias).toEqual('alt');
+      expect(parsed.section).toEqual('');
+    });
+
+    it('should parse regular links with titles', () => {
+      const link = parser.parse(
+        getRandomURI(),
+        `[link text](document.md "Link title")`
+      ).links[0];
+      const parsed = MarkdownLink.analyzeLink(link);
+      expect(parsed.target).toEqual('document.md');
+      expect(parsed.alias).toEqual('link text');
+      expect(parsed.section).toEqual('');
+    });
+
+    it('should handle titles with special characters', () => {
+      const link = parser.parse(
+        getRandomURI(),
+        `![alt](image.jpg "Title with special chars")`
+      ).links[0];
+      const parsed = MarkdownLink.analyzeLink(link);
+      expect(parsed.target).toEqual('image.jpg');
+      expect(parsed.alias).toEqual('alt');
+      expect(parsed.section).toEqual('');
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('rename wikilink', () => {
     it('should rename the target only', () => {
       const link = parser.parse(
@@ -435,4 +523,101 @@ describe('MarkdownLink', () => {
       expect(wikilinkEdit.range).toEqual(wikilink.range);
     });
   });
+
+  describe('parse links with resolved definitions', () => {
+    it('should parse wikilink with resolved definition - target and section from definition, alias from rawText', () => {
+      const link: ResourceLink = {
+        type: 'wikilink',
+        rawText: '[[my-note|Custom Display Text]]',
+        range: Range.create(0, 0),
+        isEmbed: false,
+        definition: {
+          label: 'my-note',
+          url: './docs/document.md#introduction',
+          title: 'Document Title',
+        },
+      };
+
+      const parsed = MarkdownLink.analyzeLink(link);
+      expect(parsed.target).toEqual('./docs/document.md'); // From definition.url (base)
+      expect(parsed.section).toEqual('introduction'); // From definition.url (fragment)
+      expect(parsed.alias).toEqual('Custom Display Text'); // From rawText
+    });
+
+    it('should parse reference-style link with resolved definition - target and section from definition, alias from rawText', () => {
+      const link: ResourceLink = {
+        type: 'link',
+        rawText: '[Click here to read][myref]',
+        range: Range.create(0, 0),
+        isEmbed: false,
+        definition: {
+          label: 'myref',
+          url: './document.md#section',
+          title: 'My Document',
+        },
+      };
+
+      const parsed = MarkdownLink.analyzeLink(link);
+      expect(parsed.target).toEqual('./document.md'); // From definition.url (base)
+      expect(parsed.section).toEqual('section'); // From definition.url (fragment)
+      expect(parsed.alias).toEqual('Click here to read'); // From rawText
+    });
+
+    it('should handle wikilink with resolved definition but no section in URL', () => {
+      const link: ResourceLink = {
+        type: 'wikilink',
+        rawText: '[[my-note#ignored-section|Display Text]]',
+        range: Range.create(0, 0),
+        isEmbed: false,
+        definition: {
+          label: 'my-note',
+          url: './docs/document.md', // No fragment
+          title: 'Document Title',
+        },
+      };
+
+      const parsed = MarkdownLink.analyzeLink(link);
+      expect(parsed.target).toEqual('./docs/document.md'); // From definition.url
+      expect(parsed.section).toEqual(''); // Empty - no fragment in definition.url
+      expect(parsed.alias).toEqual('Display Text'); // From rawText
+    });
+
+    it('should handle reference-style link with resolved definition but no alias in rawText', () => {
+      const link: ResourceLink = {
+        type: 'link',
+        rawText: '[text][ref]',
+        range: Range.create(0, 0),
+        isEmbed: false,
+        definition: {
+          label: 'ref',
+          url: './target.md#section',
+          title: 'Target',
+        },
+      };
+
+      const parsed = MarkdownLink.analyzeLink(link);
+      expect(parsed.target).toEqual('./target.md'); // From definition.url (base)
+      expect(parsed.section).toEqual('section'); // From definition.url (fragment)
+      expect(parsed.alias).toEqual('text'); // From rawText
+    });
+
+    it('should handle complex URLs in definitions', () => {
+      const link: ResourceLink = {
+        type: 'wikilink',
+        rawText: '[[note|Alias]]',
+        range: Range.create(0, 0),
+        isEmbed: false,
+        definition: {
+          label: 'note',
+          url: '../path/to/some file.md#complex section name',
+          title: 'Title',
+        },
+      };
+
+      const parsed = MarkdownLink.analyzeLink(link);
+      expect(parsed.target).toEqual('../path/to/some file.md'); // Base path
+      expect(parsed.section).toEqual('complex section name'); // Fragment with spaces
+      expect(parsed.alias).toEqual('Alias'); // From rawText
+    });
+  });
 });

packages/foam-vscode/src/core/services/markdown-link.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { ResourceLink } from '../model/note';
+import { URI } from '../model/uri';
 import { TextEdit } from './text-edit';
 
 export abstract class MarkdownLink {
@@ -6,7 +7,7 @@ export abstract class MarkdownLink {
     /\[\[([^#|]+)?#?([^|]+)?\|?(.*)?\]\]/
   );
   private static directLinkRegex = new RegExp(
-    /\[(.*)\]\(<?([^#>]*)?#?([^\]>]+)?>?\)/
+    /\[(.*)\]\(<?([^#>]*?)(?:#([^>\s"'()]*))?(?:\s+(?:"[^"]*"|'[^']*'))?>?\)/
   );
 
   public static analyzeLink(link: ResourceLink) {
@@ -15,6 +16,17 @@ export abstract class MarkdownLink {
         const [, target, section, alias] = this.wikilinkRegex.exec(
           link.rawText
         );
+
+        // For wikilinks with resolved definitions, parse target and section from definition URL
+        if (ResourceLink.isResolvedReference(link)) {
+          const definitionUri = URI.parse(link.definition.url, 'tmp');
+          return {
+            target: definitionUri.path, // Base path from definition
+            section: definitionUri.fragment, // Fragment from definition
+            alias: alias ?? '', // Alias from rawText
+          };
+        }
+
         return {
           target: target?.replace(/\\/g, '') ?? '',
           section: section ?? '',
@@ -22,9 +34,34 @@ export abstract class MarkdownLink {
         };
       }
       if (link.type === 'link') {
-        const [, alias, target, section] = this.directLinkRegex.exec(
-          link.rawText
-        );
+        // For reference-style links with resolved definitions, parse target and section from definition URL
+        if (ResourceLink.isResolvedReference(link)) {
+          // Extract alias from rawText for reference-style links
+          const referenceMatch = /^\[([^\]]*)\]/.exec(link.rawText);
+          const alias = referenceMatch ? referenceMatch[1] : '';
+
+          // Parse target and section from definition URL
+          const definitionUri = URI.parse(link.definition.url, 'tmp');
+          return {
+            target: definitionUri.path, // Base path from definition
+            section: definitionUri.fragment, // Fragment from definition
+            alias: alias, // Alias from rawText
+          };
+        }
+
+        const match = this.directLinkRegex.exec(link.rawText);
+        if (!match) {
+          // This might be a reference-style link that wasn't resolved
+          // Try to extract just the alias text for reference-style links
+          const referenceMatch = /^\[([^\]]*)\]/.exec(link.rawText);
+          const alias = referenceMatch ? referenceMatch[1] : '';
+          return {
+            target: '',
+            section: '',
+            alias: alias,
+          };
+        }
+        const [, alias, target, section] = match;
         return {
           target: target ?? '',
           section: section ?? '',

packages/foam-vscode/src/core/services/markdown-parser.test.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import {
   getBlockFor,
   ParserPlugin,
 } from './markdown-parser';
+import { NoteLinkDefinition, ResourceLink } from '../model/note';
 import { Logger } from '../utils/log';
 import { URI } from '../model/uri';
 import { Range } from '../model/range';
@@ -102,6 +103,17 @@ describe('Markdown parsing', () => {
       expect(link.isEmbed).toBeFalsy();
     });
 
+    it('should set reference to alias for wikilinks with alias', () => {
+      const note = createNoteFromMarkdown(
+        'This is a [[target-file|Display Name]] wikilink.'
+      );
+      expect(note.links.length).toEqual(1);
+      const link = note.links[0];
+      expect(link.type).toEqual('wikilink');
+      expect(ResourceLink.isUnresolvedReference(link)).toBe(true);
+      expect(link.definition).toEqual('target-file');
+    });
+
     it('should skip wikilinks in codeblocks', () => {
       const noteA = createNoteFromMarkdown(`
 this is some text with our [[first-wikilink]].
@@ -131,6 +143,84 @@ this is some text with our [[second-wikilink]].
         '[[second-wikilink]]',
       ]);
     });
+
+    it('#1545 - should not detect single brackets as links', () => {
+      const note = createNoteFromMarkdown(`
+"She said [winning the award] was her best year."
+
+We use brackets ([ and ]) to surround links.
+
+This is not an easy task.[^1]
+
+[^1]: It would be easier if more papers were well written.
+      `);
+      expect(note.links.length).toEqual(0);
+    });
+
+    it('should detect reference-style links', () => {
+      const note = createNoteFromMarkdown(`
+# Test Document
+
+This is a [reference-style link][ref1] and another [link][ref2].
+
+[ref1]: target1.md "Target 1"
+[ref2]: target2.md "Target 2"
+      `);
+
+      expect(note.links.length).toEqual(2);
+
+      const link1 = note.links[0];
+      expect(link1.type).toEqual('link');
+      expect(link1.rawText).toEqual('[reference-style link][ref1]');
+      expect(ResourceLink.isResolvedReference(link1)).toBe(true);
+      const definition1 = link1.definition as NoteLinkDefinition;
+      expect(definition1.label).toEqual('ref1');
+      expect(definition1.url).toEqual('target1.md');
+      expect(definition1.title).toEqual('Target 1');
+
+      const link2 = note.links[1];
+      expect(link2.type).toEqual('link');
+      expect(link2.rawText).toEqual('[link][ref2]');
+      expect(ResourceLink.isResolvedReference(link2)).toBe(true);
+      const definition2 = link2.definition as NoteLinkDefinition;
+      expect(definition2.label).toEqual('ref2');
+      expect(definition2.url).toEqual('target2.md');
+    });
+
+    it('should handle reference-style links without matching definitions', () => {
+      const note = createNoteFromMarkdown(`
+This is a [reference-style link][missing-ref].
+
+[existing-ref]: target.md "Target"
+      `);
+
+      // Per CommonMark spec, reference links without matching definitions
+      // should be treated as plain text, not as links
+      expect(note.links.length).toEqual(0);
+    });
+
+    it('should handle mixed link types', () => {
+      const note = createNoteFromMarkdown(`
+This has [[wikilink]], [inline link](target.md), and [reference link][ref].
+
+[ref]: reference-target.md "Reference Target"
+      `);
+
+      expect(note.links.length).toEqual(3);
+
+      expect(note.links[0].type).toEqual('wikilink');
+      expect(note.links[0].rawText).toEqual('[[wikilink]]');
+      expect(ResourceLink.isUnresolvedReference(note.links[0])).toBe(true);
+      expect(note.links[0].definition).toEqual('wikilink');
+
+      expect(note.links[1].type).toEqual('link');
+      expect(note.links[1].rawText).toEqual('[inline link](target.md)');
+      expect(ResourceLink.isReferenceStyleLink(note.links[1])).toBe(false);
+
+      expect(note.links[2].type).toEqual('link');
+      expect(note.links[2].rawText).toEqual('[reference link][ref]');
+      expect(ResourceLink.isResolvedReference(note.links[2])).toBe(true);
+    });
   });
 
   describe('Note Title', () => {

packages/foam-vscode/src/core/services/markdown-parser.ts

@@ -6,7 +6,12 @@ import wikiLinkPlugin from 'remark-wiki-link';
 import frontmatterPlugin from 'remark-frontmatter';
 import { parse as parseYAML } from 'yaml';
 import visit from 'unist-util-visit';
-import { NoteLinkDefinition, Resource, ResourceParser } from '../model/note';
+import {
+  NoteLinkDefinition,
+  Resource,
+  ResourceLink,
+  ResourceParser,
+} from '../model/note';
 import { Position } from '../model/position';
 import { Range } from '../model/range';
 import { extractHashtags, extractTagsFromProp, hash, isSome } from '../utils';
@@ -41,19 +46,34 @@ export interface ParserCacheEntry {
  */
 export type ParserCache = ICache<URI, ParserCacheEntry>;
 
+const parser = unified()
+  .use(markdownParse, { gfm: true })
+  .use(frontmatterPlugin, ['yaml'])
+  .use(wikiLinkPlugin, { aliasDivider: '|' });
+
+export function getLinkDefinitions(markdown: string): NoteLinkDefinition[] {
+  const definitions: NoteLinkDefinition[] = [];
+  const tree = parser.parse(markdown);
+  visit(tree, node => {
+    if (node.type === 'definition') {
+      definitions.push({
+        label: (node as any).label,
+        url: (node as any).url,
+        title: (node as any).title,
+        range: astPositionToFoamRange(node.position!),
+      });
+    }
+  });
+  return definitions;
+}
+
 export function createMarkdownParser(
   extraPlugins: ParserPlugin[] = [],
   cache?: ParserCache
 ): ResourceParser {
-  const parser = unified()
-    .use(markdownParse, { gfm: true })
-    .use(frontmatterPlugin, ['yaml'])
-    .use(wikiLinkPlugin, { aliasDivider: '|' });
-
   const plugins = [
     titlePlugin,
     wikilinkPlugin,
-    definitionsPlugin,
     tagsPlugin,
     aliasesPlugin,
     sectionsPlugin,
@@ -89,9 +109,10 @@ export function createMarkdownParser(
         tags: [],
         aliases: [],
         links: [],
-        definitions: [],
       };
 
+      const localDefinitions: NoteLinkDefinition[] = [];
+
       for (const plugin of plugins) {
         try {
           plugin.onWillVisitTree?.(tree, note);
@@ -119,6 +140,15 @@ export function createMarkdownParser(
           }
         }
 
+        if (node.type === 'definition') {
+          localDefinitions.push({
+            label: (node as any).label,
+            url: (node as any).url,
+            title: (node as any).title,
+            range: astPositionToFoamRange(node.position!),
+          });
+        }
+
         for (const plugin of plugins) {
           try {
             plugin.visit?.(node, note, markdown);
@@ -134,6 +164,29 @@ export function createMarkdownParser(
           handleError(plugin, 'onDidVisitTree', uri, e);
         }
       }
+
+      // Post-processing: Resolve reference identifiers to definitions for all links
+      note.links.forEach(link => {
+        if (ResourceLink.isUnresolvedReference(link)) {
+          // This link has a reference identifier (from linkReference or wikilink)
+          const referenceId = link.definition;
+          const definition = localDefinitions.find(
+            def => def.label === referenceId
+          );
+
+          // Set definition to definition object if found, otherwise keep as string
+          (link as any).definition = definition || referenceId;
+        }
+      });
+
+      // For type: 'link', keep only if:
+      // - It's a direct link [text](url) - no definition field
+      // - It's a resolved reference - definition is an object
+      note.links = note.links.filter(
+        link =>
+          link.type === 'wikilink' || !ResourceLink.isUnresolvedReference(link)
+      );
+
       Logger.debug('Result:', note);
       return note;
     },
@@ -359,6 +412,7 @@ const wikilinkPlugin: ParserPlugin = {
         rawText: literalContent,
         range,
         isEmbed,
+        definition: (node as any).value,
       });
     }
     if (node.type === 'link' || node.type === 'image') {
@@ -378,24 +432,27 @@ const wikilinkPlugin: ParserPlugin = {
         isEmbed: literalContent.startsWith('!'),
       });
     }
-  },
-};
+    if (node.type === 'linkReference') {
+      const literalContent = noteSource.substring(
+        node.position!.start.offset!,
+        node.position!.end.offset!
+      );
 
-const definitionsPlugin: ParserPlugin = {
-  name: 'definitions',
-  visit: (node, note) => {
-    if (node.type === 'definition') {
-      note.definitions.push({
-        label: (node as any).label,
-        url: (node as any).url,
-        title: (node as any).title,
+      const identifier = (node as any).identifier;
+
+      note.links.push({
+        type: 'link',
+        rawText: literalContent,
         range: astPositionToFoamRange(node.position!),
+        isEmbed: false,
+        // Store reference identifier temporarily - will be resolved in onDidVisitTree
+        definition: identifier,
       });
     }
   },
   onDidVisitTree: (tree, note) => {
-    const end = astPointToFoamPosition(tree.position.end);
-    note.definitions = getFoamDefinitions(note.definitions, end);
+    // This onDidVisitTree is now handled globally after all plugins have run
+    // and localDefinitions have been collected.
   },
 };
 
@@ -414,31 +471,6 @@ const handleError = (
   );
 };
 
-function getFoamDefinitions(
-  defs: NoteLinkDefinition[],
-  fileEndPoint: Position
-): NoteLinkDefinition[] {
-  let previousLine = fileEndPoint.line;
-  const foamDefinitions = [];
-
-  // walk through each definition in reverse order
-  // (last one first)
-  for (const def of defs.reverse()) {
-    // if this definition is more than 2 lines above the
-    // previous one below it (or file end), that means we
-    // have exited the trailing definition block, and should bail
-    const start = def.range!.start.line;
-    if (start < previousLine - 2) {
-      break;
-    }
-
-    foamDefinitions.unshift(def);
-    previousLine = def.range!.end.line;
-  }
-
-  return foamDefinitions;
-}
-
 /**
  * Converts the 1-index Point object into the VS Code 0-index Position object
  * @param point ast Point (1-indexed)

packages/foam-vscode/src/core/services/markdown-provider.test.ts

@@ -97,11 +97,7 @@ describe('Link resolution', () => {
       const ws = createTestWorkspace();
       const noteA = createTestNote({
         uri: '/somewhere/from/page-a.md',
-        links: [{ slug: 'page-b' }],
-      });
-      noteA.definitions.push({
-        label: 'page-b',
-        url: '../to/page-b.md',
+        links: [{ slug: 'page-b', definitionUrl: '../to/page-b.md' }],
       });
       const noteB = createTestNote({
         uri: '/somewhere/to/page-b.md',
@@ -307,7 +303,104 @@ describe('Link resolution', () => {
 
       expect(ws.resolveLink(noteB, noteB.links[0])).toEqual(noteA.uri);
       expect(ws.resolveLink(noteC, noteC.links[0])).toEqual(noteA.uri);
-      expect(noteD.links).toEqual([]);
+      // noteD has malformed URL with unencoded space, which gets treated as
+      // shortcut reference [note] without definition, now correctly filtered out
+      expect(noteD.links.length).toEqual(0);
+    });
+
+    describe('Workspace-relative paths (root-path relative)', () => {
+      it('should resolve workspace-relative paths starting with /', () => {
+        const noteA = createTestNote({
+          uri: '/workspace/dir1/page-a.md',
+          links: [{ to: '/dir2/page-b.md' }],
+        });
+        const noteB = createTestNote({
+          uri: '/workspace/dir2/page-b.md',
+        });
+
+        const ws = createTestWorkspace([URI.file('/workspace')]);
+
+        ws.set(noteA).set(noteB);
+        expect(ws.resolveLink(noteA, noteA.links[0])).toEqual(noteB.uri);
+      });
+
+      it('should resolve workspace-relative paths with nested directories', () => {
+        const noteA = createTestNote({
+          uri: '/workspace/project/notes/page-a.md',
+          links: [{ to: '/project/assets/image.png' }],
+        });
+        const assetB = createTestNote({
+          uri: '/workspace/project/assets/image.png',
+        });
+
+        const ws = createTestWorkspace([URI.file('/workspace')]);
+
+        ws.set(noteA).set(assetB);
+        expect(ws.resolveLink(noteA, noteA.links[0])).toEqual(assetB.uri);
+      });
+
+      it('should handle workspace-relative paths with fragments', () => {
+        const noteA = createTestNote({
+          uri: '/workspace/dir1/page-a.md',
+          links: [{ to: '/dir2/page-b.md#section' }],
+        });
+        const noteB = createTestNote({
+          uri: '/workspace/dir2/page-b.md',
+        });
+
+        const ws = createTestWorkspace([URI.file('/workspace')]);
+
+        ws.set(noteA).set(noteB);
+        const resolved = ws.resolveLink(noteA, noteA.links[0]);
+        expect(resolved).toEqual(noteB.uri.with({ fragment: 'section' }));
+      });
+
+      it('should fall back to placeholder for non-existent workspace-relative paths', () => {
+        const noteA = createTestNote({
+          uri: '/workspace/dir1/page-a.md',
+          links: [{ to: '/dir2/non-existent.md' }],
+        });
+
+        const ws = createTestWorkspace([URI.file('/workspace')]);
+
+        ws.set(noteA);
+        const resolved = ws.resolveLink(noteA, noteA.links[0]);
+        expect(resolved.isPlaceholder()).toBe(true);
+        expect(resolved.path).toEqual('/workspace/dir2/non-existent.md');
+      });
+
+      it('should work with multiple workspace roots', () => {
+        const noteA = createTestNote({
+          uri: '/workspace1/dir1/page-a.md',
+          links: [{ to: '/shared/page-b.md' }],
+        });
+        const noteB = createTestNote({
+          uri: '/workspace2/shared/page-b.md',
+        });
+
+        const ws = createTestWorkspace([
+          URI.file('/workspace1'),
+          URI.file('/workspace2'),
+        ]);
+
+        ws.set(noteA).set(noteB);
+        expect(ws.resolveLink(noteA, noteA.links[0])).toEqual(noteB.uri);
+      });
+
+      it('should preserve existing absolute path behavior when no workspace roots provided', () => {
+        const noteA = createTestNote({
+          uri: '/path/to/page-a.md',
+          links: [{ to: '/path/to/another/page-b.md' }],
+        });
+        const noteB = createTestNote({
+          uri: '/path/to/another/page-b.md',
+        });
+
+        const ws = createTestWorkspace();
+        ws.set(noteA).set(noteB);
+        // Default provider without workspace roots should work as before
+        expect(ws.resolveLink(noteA, noteA.links[0])).toEqual(noteB.uri);
+      });
     });
   });
 });

packages/foam-vscode/src/core/services/markdown-provider.ts

@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ export class MarkdownResourceProvider implements ResourceProvider {
   constructor(
     private readonly dataStore: IDataStore,
     private readonly parser: ResourceParser,
-    public readonly noteExtensions: string[] = ['.md']
+    public readonly noteExtensions: string[] = ['.md'],
+    private readonly workspaceRoots: URI[] = []
   ) {}
 
   supports(uri: URI) {
@@ -56,15 +57,8 @@ export class MarkdownResourceProvider implements ResourceProvider {
     const { target, section } = MarkdownLink.analyzeLink(link);
     switch (link.type) {
       case 'wikilink': {
-        let definitionUri = undefined;
-        for (const def of resource.definitions) {
-          if (def.label === target) {
-            definitionUri = def.url;
-            break;
-          }
-        }
-        if (isSome(definitionUri)) {
-          const definedUri = resource.uri.resolve(definitionUri);
+        if (ResourceLink.isResolvedReference(link)) {
+          const definedUri = resource.uri.resolve(link.definition.url);
           targetUri =
             workspace.find(definedUri, resource.uri)?.uri ??
             URI.placeholder(definedUri.path);
@@ -74,24 +68,68 @@ export class MarkdownResourceProvider implements ResourceProvider {
               ? resource.uri
               : workspace.find(target, resource.uri)?.uri ??
                 URI.placeholder(target);
-
-          if (section) {
-            targetUri = targetUri.with({ fragment: section });
-          }
+        }
+        if (section) {
+          targetUri = targetUri.with({ fragment: section });
         }
         break;
       }
       case 'link': {
-        // force ambiguous links to be treated as relative
-        const path =
-          target.startsWith('/') ||
-          target.startsWith('./') ||
-          target.startsWith('../')
-            ? target
-            : './' + target;
-        targetUri =
-          workspace.find(path, resource.uri)?.uri ??
-          URI.placeholder(resource.uri.resolve(path).path);
+        if (ResourceLink.isUnresolvedReference(link)) {
+          // Reference-style link with unresolved reference - treat as placeholder
+          targetUri = URI.placeholder(link.definition);
+          break;
+        }
+
+        // Handle reference-style links first
+        const targetPath = ResourceLink.isResolvedReference(link)
+          ? link.definition.url
+          : target;
+
+        let path: string;
+        let foundResource: Resource | null = null;
+
+        if (targetPath.startsWith('/')) {
+          // Handle workspace-relative paths (root-path relative)
+          if (this.workspaceRoots.length > 0) {
+            // Try to resolve against each workspace root
+            for (const workspaceRoot of this.workspaceRoots) {
+              const candidatePath = targetPath.substring(1); // Remove leading '/'
+              const absolutePath = workspaceRoot.joinPath(candidatePath);
+              const found = workspace.find(absolutePath);
+              if (found) {
+                foundResource = found;
+                break;
+              }
+            }
+
+            if (!foundResource) {
+              // Not found in any workspace root, create placeholder relative to first workspace root
+              const firstRoot = this.workspaceRoots[0];
+              const candidatePath = targetPath.substring(1);
+              const absolutePath = firstRoot.joinPath(candidatePath);
+              targetUri = URI.placeholder(absolutePath.path);
+            } else {
+              targetUri = foundResource.uri;
+            }
+          } else {
+            // No workspace roots provided, fall back to existing behavior
+            path = targetPath;
+            targetUri =
+              workspace.find(path, resource.uri)?.uri ??
+              URI.placeholder(resource.uri.resolve(path).path);
+          }
+        } else {
+          // Handle relative paths and non-root paths
+          path =
+            targetPath.startsWith('./') || targetPath.startsWith('../')
+              ? targetPath
+              : './' + targetPath;
+          targetUri =
+            workspace.find(path, resource.uri)?.uri ??
+            URI.placeholder(resource.uri.resolve(path).path);
+        }
+
         if (section && !targetUri.isPlaceholder()) {
           targetUri = targetUri.with({ fragment: section });
         }
@@ -114,8 +152,12 @@ export function createMarkdownReferences(
   const resource = source instanceof URI ? workspace.find(source) : source;
 
   const definitions = resource.links
-    .filter(link => link.type === 'wikilink')
+    .filter(link => ResourceLink.isReferenceStyleLink(link))
     .map(link => {
+      if (ResourceLink.isResolvedReference(link)) {
+        return link.definition;
+      }
+
       const targetUri = workspace.resolveLink(resource, link);
       const target = workspace.find(targetUri);
       if (isNone(target)) {

packages/foam-vscode/src/core/services/tag-edit.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,611 @@
+import { createTestNote, createTestWorkspace } from '../../test/test-utils';
+import { FoamTags } from '../model/tags';
+import { TagEdit } from './tag-edit';
+import { Range } from '../model/range';
+import { Position } from '../model/position';
+import { URI } from '../model/uri';
+
+describe('TagEdit', () => {
+  describe('createRenameTagEdits', () => {
+    it('should generate edits for all occurrences of a tag', () => {
+      const ws = createTestWorkspace();
+
+      const pageA = createTestNote({
+        uri: '/page-a.md',
+        title: 'Page A',
+        tags: ['oldtag', 'anothertag'],
+      });
+
+      // Manually set the ranges for testing
+      pageA.tags[0].range = Range.create(0, 5, 0, 11);
+      pageA.tags[1].range = Range.create(1, 5, 1, 15);
+
+      const pageB = createTestNote({
+        uri: '/page-b.md',
+        title: 'Page B',
+        tags: ['oldtag'],
+      });
+
+      // Manually set the range for testing
+      pageB.tags[0].range = Range.create(2, 10, 2, 16);
+
+      ws.set(pageA);
+      ws.set(pageB);
+
+      const foamTags = FoamTags.fromWorkspace(ws);
+      const result = TagEdit.createRenameTagEdits(foamTags, 'oldtag', 'newtag');
+
+      expect(result.totalOccurrences).toBe(2);
+      expect(result.edits).toHaveLength(2);
+
+      // Check edits - should contain one edit for each page
+      const pageAEdit = result.edits.find(
+        e => e.uri.toString() === 'file:///page-a.md'
+      );
+      expect(pageAEdit).toBeDefined();
+      expect(pageAEdit!.edit).toEqual({
+        range: Range.create(0, 5, 0, 11),
+        newText: 'newtag',
+      });
+
+      const pageBEdit = result.edits.find(
+        e => e.uri.toString() === 'file:///page-b.md'
+      );
+      expect(pageBEdit).toBeDefined();
+      expect(pageBEdit!.edit).toEqual({
+        range: Range.create(2, 10, 2, 16),
+        newText: 'newtag',
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should return empty result when tag does not exist', () => {
+      const ws = createTestWorkspace();
+      const foamTags = FoamTags.fromWorkspace(ws);
+
+      const result = TagEdit.createRenameTagEdits(
+        foamTags,
+        'nonexistent',
+        'newtag'
+      );
+
+      expect(result.totalOccurrences).toBe(0);
+      expect(result.edits).toHaveLength(0);
+    });
+
+    it('should handle multiple edits in the same file', () => {
+      const ws = createTestWorkspace();
+
+      const page = createTestNote({
+        uri: '/page.md',
+        title: 'Page',
+        tags: ['duplicatetag', 'duplicatetag'],
+      });
+
+      // Manually set the ranges for testing
+      page.tags[0].range = Range.create(0, 5, 0, 17);
+      page.tags[1].range = Range.create(5, 10, 5, 22);
+
+      ws.set(page);
+
+      const foamTags = FoamTags.fromWorkspace(ws);
+      const result = TagEdit.createRenameTagEdits(
+        foamTags,
+        'duplicatetag',
+        'newtag'
+      );
+
+      expect(result.totalOccurrences).toBe(2);
+      expect(result.edits).toHaveLength(2);
+
+      // Filter edits for the specific page
+      const pageEdits = result.edits.filter(e => e.uri.isEqual(page.uri));
+      expect(pageEdits).toHaveLength(2);
+      expect(pageEdits.map(e => e.edit)).toEqual([
+        {
+          range: Range.create(0, 5, 0, 17),
+          newText: 'newtag',
+        },
+        {
+          range: Range.create(5, 10, 5, 22),
+          newText: 'newtag',
+        },
+      ]);
+    });
+
+    it('should preserve # prefix for hashtag-style tags', () => {
+      const ws = createTestWorkspace();
+
+      const page = createTestNote({
+        uri: '/page.md',
+        title: 'Page',
+        tags: ['hashtag'],
+      });
+
+      // Simulate a hashtag range that includes the # prefix (length = label + 1)
+      page.tags[0].range = Range.create(0, 5, 0, 13); // "#hashtag" = 8 chars
+
+      ws.set(page);
+
+      const foamTags = FoamTags.fromWorkspace(ws);
+      const result = TagEdit.createRenameTagEdits(
+        foamTags,
+        'hashtag',
+        'newtag'
+      );
+
+      expect(result.totalOccurrences).toBe(1);
+      expect(result.edits).toHaveLength(1);
+
+      const pageEdit = result.edits[0];
+      expect(pageEdit.uri.toString()).toBe('file:///page.md');
+      expect(pageEdit.edit).toEqual({
+        range: Range.create(0, 5, 0, 13),
+        newText: '#newtag', // Should include # prefix
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should not add # prefix for YAML-style tags', () => {
+      const ws = createTestWorkspace();
+
+      const page = createTestNote({
+        uri: '/page.md',
+        title: 'Page',
+        tags: ['yamltag'],
+      });
+
+      // Simulate a YAML tag range that does not include # prefix (length = label only)
+      page.tags[0].range = Range.create(0, 5, 0, 12); // "yamltag" = 7 chars
+
+      ws.set(page);
+
+      const foamTags = FoamTags.fromWorkspace(ws);
+      const result = TagEdit.createRenameTagEdits(
+        foamTags,
+        'yamltag',
+        'newtag'
+      );
+
+      expect(result.totalOccurrences).toBe(1);
+      expect(result.edits).toHaveLength(1);
+
+      const pageEdit = result.edits[0];
+      expect(pageEdit.uri.toString()).toBe('file:///page.md');
+      expect(pageEdit.edit).toEqual({
+        range: Range.create(0, 5, 0, 12),
+        newText: 'newtag', // Should not include # prefix
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('validateTagRename', () => {
+    it('should accept valid tag rename', () => {
+      const ws = createTestWorkspace();
+
+      const page = createTestNote({
+        uri: '/page.md',
+        title: 'Page',
+        tags: ['oldtag'],
+      });
+
+      ws.set(page);
+
+      const foamTags = FoamTags.fromWorkspace(ws);
+      const result = TagEdit.validateTagRename(foamTags, 'oldtag', 'newtag');
+
+      expect(result.isValid).toBe(true);
+      expect(result.message).toBeUndefined();
+    });
+
+    it('should reject rename of non-existent tag', () => {
+      const ws = createTestWorkspace();
+      const foamTags = FoamTags.fromWorkspace(ws);
+
+      const result = TagEdit.validateTagRename(
+        foamTags,
+        'nonexistent',
+        'newtag'
+      );
+
+      expect(result.isValid).toBe(false);
+      expect(result.message).toContain('does not exist');
+    });
+
+    it('should reject empty new tag name', () => {
+      const ws = createTestWorkspace();
+
+      const page = createTestNote({
+        uri: '/page.md',
+        title: 'Page',
+        tags: ['oldtag'],
+      });
+
+      ws.set(page);
+
+      const foamTags = FoamTags.fromWorkspace(ws);
+      const result = TagEdit.validateTagRename(foamTags, 'oldtag', '');
+
+      expect(result.isValid).toBe(false);
+      expect(result.message).toContain('cannot be empty');
+    });
+
+    it('should detect merge when renaming to existing tag', () => {
+      const ws = createTestWorkspace();
+
+      const page = createTestNote({
+        uri: '/page.md',
+        title: 'Page',
+        tags: ['oldtag', 'existingtag'],
+      });
+
+      ws.set(page);
+
+      const foamTags = FoamTags.fromWorkspace(ws);
+      const result = TagEdit.validateTagRename(
+        foamTags,
+        'oldtag',
+        'existingtag'
+      );
+
+      expect(result.isValid).toBe(true);
+      expect(result.isMerge).toBe(true);
+      expect(result.sourceOccurrences).toBe(1);
+      expect(result.targetOccurrences).toBe(1);
+      expect(result.message).toContain('merge');
+      expect(result.message).toContain('oldtag');
+      expect(result.message).toContain('existingtag');
+    });
+
+    it('should reject tag names with spaces', () => {
+      const ws = createTestWorkspace();
+
+      const page = createTestNote({
+        uri: '/page.md',
+        title: 'Page',
+        tags: ['oldtag'],
+      });
+
+      ws.set(page);
+
+      const foamTags = FoamTags.fromWorkspace(ws);
+      const result = TagEdit.validateTagRename(foamTags, 'oldtag', 'new tag');
+
+      expect(result.isValid).toBe(false);
+      expect(result.message).toContain('Invalid tag label');
+    });
+
+    it('should handle new tag name with # prefix', () => {
+      const ws = createTestWorkspace();
+
+      const page = createTestNote({
+        uri: '/page.md',
+        title: 'Page',
+        tags: ['oldtag'],
+      });
+
+      ws.set(page);
+
+      const foamTags = FoamTags.fromWorkspace(ws);
+      const result = TagEdit.validateTagRename(foamTags, 'oldtag', '#newtag');
+
+      expect(result.isValid).toBe(true);
+      expect(result.isMerge).toBe(false);
+      expect(result.sourceOccurrences).toBe(1);
+      expect(result.targetOccurrences).toBe(0);
+      expect(result.message).toBeUndefined();
+    });
+
+    it('should reject renaming to same tag name', () => {
+      const ws = createTestWorkspace();
+
+      const page = createTestNote({
+        uri: '/page.md',
+        title: 'Page',
+        tags: ['oldtag'],
+      });
+
+      ws.set(page);
+
+      const foamTags = FoamTags.fromWorkspace(ws);
+      const result = TagEdit.validateTagRename(foamTags, 'oldtag', 'oldtag');
+
+      expect(result.isValid).toBe(false);
+      expect(result.isMerge).toBe(false);
+      expect(result.sourceOccurrences).toBe(1);
+      expect(result.targetOccurrences).toBe(1);
+      expect(result.message).toContain('same as the current name');
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('findChildTags', () => {
+    it('should find direct child tags', () => {
+      const ws = createTestWorkspace();
+
+      const page = createTestNote({
+        uri: '/page.md',
+        title: 'Page',
+        tags: ['project', 'project/frontend', 'project/backend', 'other'],
+      });
+
+      ws.set(page);
+
+      const foamTags = FoamTags.fromWorkspace(ws);
+      const childTags = TagEdit.findChildTags(foamTags, 'project');
+
+      expect(childTags).toEqual(['project/backend', 'project/frontend']);
+    });
+
+    it('should find nested child tags', () => {
+      const ws = createTestWorkspace();
+
+      const page = createTestNote({
+        uri: '/page.md',
+        title: 'Page',
+        tags: [
+          'project',
+          'project/frontend',
+          'project/frontend/react',
+          'project/backend',
+          'project/backend/api',
+          'other',
+        ],
+      });
+
+      ws.set(page);
+
+      const foamTags = FoamTags.fromWorkspace(ws);
+      const childTags = TagEdit.findChildTags(foamTags, 'project');
+
+      expect(childTags).toEqual([
+        'project/backend',
+        'project/backend/api',
+        'project/frontend',
+        'project/frontend/react',
+      ]);
+    });
+
+    it('should return empty array when no child tags exist', () => {
+      const ws = createTestWorkspace();
+
+      const page = createTestNote({
+        uri: '/page.md',
+        title: 'Page',
+        tags: ['project', 'other', 'standalone'],
+      });
+
+      ws.set(page);
+
+      const foamTags = FoamTags.fromWorkspace(ws);
+      const childTags = TagEdit.findChildTags(foamTags, 'project');
+
+      expect(childTags).toEqual([]);
+    });
+
+    it('should not return partial matches', () => {
+      const ws = createTestWorkspace();
+
+      const page = createTestNote({
+        uri: '/page.md',
+        title: 'Page',
+        tags: ['project', 'projectile', 'project-old'],
+      });
+
+      ws.set(page);
+
+      const foamTags = FoamTags.fromWorkspace(ws);
+      const childTags = TagEdit.findChildTags(foamTags, 'project');
+
+      expect(childTags).toEqual([]);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('createHierarchicalRenameEdits', () => {
+    it('should rename parent and all child tags', () => {
+      const ws = createTestWorkspace();
+
+      const pageA = createTestNote({
+        uri: '/page-a.md',
+        title: 'Page A',
+        tags: ['project', 'project/frontend'],
+      });
+
+      const pageB = createTestNote({
+        uri: '/page-b.md',
+        title: 'Page B',
+        tags: ['project/backend', 'other'],
+      });
+
+      ws.set(pageA);
+      ws.set(pageB);
+
+      const foamTags = FoamTags.fromWorkspace(ws);
+      const result = TagEdit.createHierarchicalRenameEdits(
+        foamTags,
+        'project',
+        'work'
+      );
+
+      expect(result.totalOccurrences).toBe(3); // project, project/frontend, project/backend
+      expect(result.edits).toHaveLength(3);
+
+      // Check that all expected tags are renamed
+      const editedTags = result.edits.map(edit => edit.edit.newText);
+      expect(editedTags).toContain('work');
+      expect(editedTags).toContain('work/frontend');
+      expect(editedTags).toContain('work/backend');
+    });
+
+    it('should handle nested hierarchies correctly', () => {
+      const ws = createTestWorkspace();
+
+      const page = createTestNote({
+        uri: '/page.md',
+        title: 'Page',
+        tags: ['project', 'project/frontend', 'project/frontend/react'],
+      });
+
+      ws.set(page);
+
+      const foamTags = FoamTags.fromWorkspace(ws);
+      const result = TagEdit.createHierarchicalRenameEdits(
+        foamTags,
+        'project',
+        'work'
+      );
+
+      expect(result.totalOccurrences).toBe(3);
+
+      const editedTags = result.edits.map(edit => edit.edit.newText);
+      expect(editedTags).toContain('work');
+      expect(editedTags).toContain('work/frontend');
+      expect(editedTags).toContain('work/frontend/react');
+    });
+
+    it('should work when parent tag has no children', () => {
+      const ws = createTestWorkspace();
+
+      const page = createTestNote({
+        uri: '/page.md',
+        title: 'Page',
+        tags: ['standalone', 'other'],
+      });
+
+      ws.set(page);
+
+      const foamTags = FoamTags.fromWorkspace(ws);
+      const result = TagEdit.createHierarchicalRenameEdits(
+        foamTags,
+        'standalone',
+        'single'
+      );
+
+      expect(result.totalOccurrences).toBe(1);
+      expect(result.edits).toHaveLength(1);
+      expect(result.edits[0].edit.newText).toBe('single');
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('getTagAtPosition', () => {
+    it('should find tag at exact position', () => {
+      const ws = createTestWorkspace();
+
+      const page = createTestNote({
+        uri: '/page.md',
+        title: 'Page',
+        tags: ['testtag'],
+      });
+
+      // Manually set the range for testing
+      page.tags[0].range = Range.create(0, 5, 0, 12);
+
+      ws.set(page);
+
+      const foamTags = FoamTags.fromWorkspace(ws);
+
+      // Test positions within the tag range
+      const pageUri = URI.parse('file:///page.md', 'file');
+      expect(
+        TagEdit.getTagAtPosition(foamTags, pageUri, Position.create(0, 5))
+      ).toBe('testtag');
+      expect(
+        TagEdit.getTagAtPosition(foamTags, pageUri, Position.create(0, 8))
+      ).toBe('testtag');
+      expect(
+        TagEdit.getTagAtPosition(foamTags, pageUri, Position.create(0, 12))
+      ).toBe('testtag');
+
+      // Test positions outside the tag range
+      expect(
+        TagEdit.getTagAtPosition(foamTags, pageUri, Position.create(0, 4))
+      ).toBeUndefined();
+      expect(
+        TagEdit.getTagAtPosition(foamTags, pageUri, Position.create(0, 13))
+      ).toBeUndefined();
+      expect(
+        TagEdit.getTagAtPosition(foamTags, pageUri, Position.create(1, 5))
+      ).toBeUndefined();
+    });
+
+    it('should return undefined for non-existent file', () => {
+      const ws = createTestWorkspace();
+      const foamTags = FoamTags.fromWorkspace(ws);
+
+      const nonexistentUri = URI.parse('file:///nonexistent.md', 'file');
+      expect(
+        TagEdit.getTagAtPosition(
+          foamTags,
+          nonexistentUri,
+          Position.create(0, 5)
+        )
+      ).toBeUndefined();
+    });
+
+    it('should handle multiple tags and return the correct one', () => {
+      const ws = createTestWorkspace();
+
+      const page = createTestNote({
+        uri: '/page.md',
+        title: 'Page',
+        tags: ['firsttag', 'secondtag'],
+      });
+
+      // Manually set the ranges for testing
+      page.tags[0].range = Range.create(0, 5, 0, 13);
+      page.tags[1].range = Range.create(0, 20, 0, 29);
+
+      ws.set(page);
+
+      const foamTags = FoamTags.fromWorkspace(ws);
+
+      // Should return the correct tag for each position
+      const pageUri = URI.parse('file:///page.md', 'file');
+      expect(
+        TagEdit.getTagAtPosition(foamTags, pageUri, Position.create(0, 8))
+      ).toBe('firsttag');
+      expect(
+        TagEdit.getTagAtPosition(foamTags, pageUri, Position.create(0, 25))
+      ).toBe('secondtag');
+
+      // Position between tags should return undefined
+      expect(
+        TagEdit.getTagAtPosition(foamTags, pageUri, Position.create(0, 15))
+      ).toBeUndefined();
+    });
+
+    it('should handle multiline tags', () => {
+      const ws = createTestWorkspace();
+
+      const page = createTestNote({
+        uri: '/page.md',
+        title: 'Page',
+        tags: ['multilinetag'],
+      });
+
+      // Manually set the range for testing
+      page.tags[0].range = Range.create(1, 10, 3, 5);
+
+      ws.set(page);
+
+      const foamTags = FoamTags.fromWorkspace(ws);
+
+      // Should find tag on different lines within the range
+      const pageUri = URI.parse('file:///page.md', 'file');
+      expect(
+        TagEdit.getTagAtPosition(foamTags, pageUri, Position.create(1, 15))
+      ).toBe('multilinetag');
+      expect(
+        TagEdit.getTagAtPosition(foamTags, pageUri, Position.create(2, 0))
+      ).toBe('multilinetag');
+      expect(
+        TagEdit.getTagAtPosition(foamTags, pageUri, Position.create(3, 3))
+      ).toBe('multilinetag');
+
+      // Should not find tag outside the range
+      expect(
+        TagEdit.getTagAtPosition(foamTags, pageUri, Position.create(1, 5))
+      ).toBeUndefined();
+      expect(
+        TagEdit.getTagAtPosition(foamTags, pageUri, Position.create(3, 10))
+      ).toBeUndefined();
+    });
+  });
+});

packages/foam-vscode/src/core/services/tag-edit.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,284 @@
+import { FoamTags } from '../model/tags';
+import { TextEdit, WorkspaceTextEdit } from './text-edit';
+import { Location } from '../model/location';
+import { Tag } from '../model/note';
+import { URI } from '../model/uri';
+import { Range } from '../model/range';
+import { Position } from '../model/position';
+import { WORD_REGEX } from '../utils/hashtags';
+
+/**
+ * Result object containing all information needed to perform a tag rename operation.
+ */
+export interface TagEditResult {
+  /**
+   * Array of workspace text edits to perform the tag rename operation.
+   */
+  edits: WorkspaceTextEdit[];
+
+  /**
+   * Total number of tag occurrences that will be renamed across all files.
+   */
+  totalOccurrences: number;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Utility class for performing tag editing operations in Foam workspaces.
+ * Provides functionality to rename tags across multiple files while maintaining
+ * consistency and data integrity.
+ */
+export abstract class TagEdit {
+  /**
+   * Generate text edits to rename a tag across the workspace.
+   *
+   * @param foamTags The FoamTags instance containing all tag locations
+   * @param oldTagLabel The current tag label to rename (without # prefix)
+   * @param newTagLabel The new tag label (without # prefix)
+   * @returns TagEditResult containing all necessary workspace text edits
+   */
+  public static createRenameTagEdits(
+    foamTags: FoamTags,
+    oldTagLabel: string,
+    newTagLabel: string
+  ): TagEditResult {
+    const tagLocations = foamTags.tags.get(oldTagLabel) ?? [];
+    const workspaceEdits: WorkspaceTextEdit[] = [];
+
+    for (const location of tagLocations) {
+      const textEdit = this.createSingleTagEdit(
+        location,
+        oldTagLabel,
+        newTagLabel
+      );
+      workspaceEdits.push({
+        uri: location.uri,
+        edit: textEdit,
+      });
+    }
+
+    return {
+      edits: workspaceEdits,
+      totalOccurrences: tagLocations.length,
+    };
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Create a single text edit for a tag location.
+   *
+   * @param location The location of the tag to rename
+   * @param oldTagLabel The current tag label to determine original format
+   * @param newTagLabel The new tag label to replace with
+   * @returns TextEdit for this specific tag occurrence
+   */
+  private static createSingleTagEdit(
+    location: Location<Tag>,
+    oldTagLabel: string,
+    newTagLabel: string
+  ): TextEdit {
+    const range = location.range;
+    const rangeLength = range.end.character - range.start.character;
+
+    // If range length is tag label length + 1, it's a hashtag (includes #)
+    // If range length equals tag label length, it's a YAML tag (no #)
+    const isHashtag = rangeLength === oldTagLabel.length + 1;
+
+    const newText = isHashtag ? `#${newTagLabel}` : newTagLabel;
+
+    return {
+      range: location.range,
+      newText,
+    };
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Validate if a tag rename operation is safe and allowed.
+   *
+   * @param foamTags The FoamTags instance containing current tag information
+   * @param oldTagLabel The tag being renamed (must exist in workspace)
+   * @param newTagLabel The proposed new tag label (will be cleaned of # prefix)
+   * @returns Validation result with merge information and statistics
+   */
+  public static validateTagRename(
+    foamTags: FoamTags,
+    oldTagLabel: string,
+    newTagLabel: string
+  ): {
+    isValid: boolean;
+    isMerge: boolean;
+    sourceOccurrences: number;
+    targetOccurrences: number;
+    message?: string;
+  } {
+    const sourceOccurrences = foamTags.tags.get(oldTagLabel)?.length ?? 0;
+
+    // Check if old tag exists
+    if (!foamTags.tags.has(oldTagLabel)) {
+      return {
+        isValid: false,
+        isMerge: false,
+        sourceOccurrences: 0,
+        targetOccurrences: 0,
+        message: `Tag "${oldTagLabel}" does not exist in the workspace.`,
+      };
+    }
+
+    // Clean the new tag label (remove # if present)
+    const cleanNewLabel = newTagLabel?.startsWith('#')
+      ? newTagLabel.substring(1)
+      : newTagLabel;
+
+    // Check if new tag label is empty or invalid
+    if (!cleanNewLabel || cleanNewLabel.trim() === '') {
+      return {
+        isValid: false,
+        isMerge: false,
+        sourceOccurrences,
+        targetOccurrences: 0,
+        message: 'New tag label cannot be empty.',
+      };
+    }
+
+    // Check for invalid characters in tag label
+    const match = cleanNewLabel.match(WORD_REGEX);
+    if (!match || match[0] !== cleanNewLabel) {
+      return {
+        isValid: false,
+        isMerge: false,
+        sourceOccurrences,
+        targetOccurrences: 0,
+        message: 'Invalid tag label.',
+      };
+    }
+
+    // Check if renaming to same tag (no-op)
+    if (cleanNewLabel === oldTagLabel) {
+      return {
+        isValid: false,
+        isMerge: false,
+        sourceOccurrences,
+        targetOccurrences: sourceOccurrences,
+        message: 'New tag name is the same as the current name.',
+      };
+    }
+
+    const targetOccurrences = foamTags.tags.get(cleanNewLabel)?.length ?? 0;
+    const isMerge = foamTags.tags.has(cleanNewLabel);
+
+    return {
+      isValid: true,
+      isMerge: isMerge,
+      sourceOccurrences,
+      targetOccurrences,
+      message: isMerge
+        ? `This will merge "${oldTagLabel}" (${sourceOccurrences} occurrence${
+            sourceOccurrences !== 1 ? 's' : ''
+          }) into "${cleanNewLabel}" (${targetOccurrences} occurrence${
+            targetOccurrences !== 1 ? 's' : ''
+          })`
+        : undefined,
+    };
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Find all child tags for a given parent tag.
+   *
+   * This method searches for tags that start with the parent tag followed by
+   * a forward slash, indicating they are hierarchical children.
+   *
+   * @param foamTags The FoamTags instance containing all tag information
+   * @param parentTag The parent tag to find children for (e.g., "project")
+   * @returns Array of child tag labels (e.g., ["project/frontend", "project/backend"])
+   */
+  public static findChildTags(foamTags: FoamTags, parentTag: string): string[] {
+    const childTags: string[] = [];
+    const parentPrefix = parentTag + '/';
+
+    for (const [tagLabel] of foamTags.tags) {
+      if (tagLabel.startsWith(parentPrefix)) {
+        childTags.push(tagLabel);
+      }
+    }
+
+    return childTags.sort();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Create text edits to rename a parent tag and all its children hierarchically.
+   *
+   * This method performs a comprehensive rename operation that updates both
+   * the parent tag and all child tags, maintaining the hierarchical structure
+   * with the new parent name.
+   *
+   * @param foamTags The FoamTags instance containing all tag locations
+   * @param oldParentTag The current parent tag label (without # prefix)
+   * @param newParentTag The new parent tag label (without # prefix)
+   * @returns TagEditResult containing all necessary workspace text edits
+   */
+  public static createHierarchicalRenameEdits(
+    foamTags: FoamTags,
+    oldParentTag: string,
+    newParentTag: string
+  ): TagEditResult {
+    const allEdits: WorkspaceTextEdit[] = [];
+    let totalOccurrences = 0;
+
+    // Rename the parent tag itself
+    const parentResult = this.createRenameTagEdits(
+      foamTags,
+      oldParentTag,
+      newParentTag
+    );
+    allEdits.push(...parentResult.edits);
+    totalOccurrences += parentResult.totalOccurrences;
+
+    // Find and rename all child tags
+    const childTags = this.findChildTags(foamTags, oldParentTag);
+    for (const childTag of childTags) {
+      // Replace the parent portion with the new parent name
+      const newChildTag = childTag.replace(
+        oldParentTag + '/',
+        newParentTag + '/'
+      );
+      const childResult = this.createRenameTagEdits(
+        foamTags,
+        childTag,
+        newChildTag
+      );
+      allEdits.push(...childResult.edits);
+      totalOccurrences += childResult.totalOccurrences;
+    }
+
+    return {
+      edits: allEdits,
+      totalOccurrences,
+    };
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Find the tag at a specific position in a document.
+   *
+   * @param foamTags The FoamTags instance containing all tag location data
+   * @param uri The URI of the file to search in
+   * @param position The position in the document (line and character)
+   * @returns The tag label if a tag is found at the position, undefined otherwise
+   */
+  public static getTagAtPosition(
+    foamTags: FoamTags,
+    uri: URI,
+    position: Position
+  ): string | undefined {
+    // Search through all tags to find one that contains the given position
+    for (const [tagLabel, locations] of foamTags.tags) {
+      for (const location of locations) {
+        if (!location.uri.isEqual(uri)) {
+          continue;
+        }
+        if (Range.containsPosition(location.range, position)) {
+          return tagLabel;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    return undefined;
+  }
+}

packages/foam-vscode/src/core/services/text-edit.test.ts

@@ -72,4 +72,32 @@ describe('applyTextEdit', () => {
 
     expect(actual).toBe(expected);
   });
+
+  it('should apply multiple TextEdits in reverse order (VS Code behavior)', () => {
+    // This test shows why reverse order is important for range stability
+    const textEdits = [
+      // Edit near beginning - would affect later ranges if applied first
+      {
+        newText: `[PREFIX] `,
+        range: Range.create(0, 0, 0, 0),
+      },
+      // Edit in middle - range stays valid with reverse order
+      {
+        newText: `[MIDDLE] `,
+        range: Range.create(0, 11, 0, 11),
+      },
+      // Edit at end - applied first, doesn't affect other ranges
+      {
+        newText: ` [END]`,
+        range: Range.create(0, 15, 0, 15),
+      },
+    ];
+
+    const text = `this is my text`;
+    const expected = `[PREFIX] this is my [MIDDLE] text [END]`;
+
+    const actual = TextEdit.apply(text, textEdits);
+
+    expect(actual).toBe(expected);
+  });
 });

packages/foam-vscode/src/core/services/text-edit.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import detectNewline from 'detect-newline';
 import { Position } from '../model/position';
 import { Range } from '../model/range';
+import { URI } from '../model/uri';
 
 export interface TextEdit {
   range: Range;
@@ -14,7 +15,28 @@ export abstract class TextEdit {
    * @param textEdit
    * @returns {string} text with the applied textEdit
    */
-  public static apply(text: string, textEdit: TextEdit): string {
+  public static apply(text: string, textEdit: TextEdit): string;
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-dupe-class-members
+  public static apply(text: string, textEdits: TextEdit[]): string;
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-dupe-class-members
+  public static apply(
+    text: string,
+    textEditOrEdits: TextEdit | TextEdit[]
+  ): string {
+    if (Array.isArray(textEditOrEdits)) {
+      // Apply edits in reverse order (end-to-beginning) to maintain range validity
+      // This matches VS Code's behavior for TextEdit application
+      const sortedEdits = [...textEditOrEdits].sort((a, b) =>
+        Position.compareTo(b.range.start, a.range.start)
+      );
+      let result = text;
+      for (const textEdit of sortedEdits) {
+        result = this.apply(result, textEdit);
+      }
+      return result;
+    }
+
+    const textEdit = textEditOrEdits;
     const eol = detectNewline.graceful(text);
     const lines = text.split(eol);
     const characters = text.split('');
@@ -42,3 +64,16 @@ const getOffset = (
   }
   return offset + Math.min(position.character, lines[i]?.length ?? 0);
 };
+
+/**
+ * A text edit with workspace context, combining a URI location with the edit operation.
+ *
+ * This interface uses composition to pair a text edit with its file location,
+ * providing a self-contained unit for workspace-wide text modifications.
+ */
+export interface WorkspaceTextEdit {
+  /** The URI of the file where this edit should be applied */
+  uri: URI;
+  /** The text edit operation to perform */
+  edit: TextEdit;
+}

packages/foam-vscode/src/core/utils/core.ts

@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ export async function firstFrom<T>(
  * @param functions - The array of functions to execute.
  * @returns A generator yielding the results of the functions.
  */
-function* lazyExecutor<T>(functions: Array<() => T>): Generator<T> {
+export function* lazyExecutor<T>(functions: Array<() => T>): Generator<T> {
   for (const fn of functions) {
     yield fn();
   }

packages/foam-vscode/src/core/utils/hashtags.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import { isSome } from './core';
 export const HASHTAG_REGEX =
-  /(?<=^|\s)#([0-9]*[\p{L}\p{Emoji_Presentation}/_-][\p{L}\p{Emoji_Presentation}\p{N}/_-]*)/gmu;
-const WORD_REGEX =
-  /(?<=^|\s)([0-9]*[\p{L}\p{Emoji_Presentation}/_-][\p{L}\p{Emoji_Presentation}\p{N}/_-]*)/gmu;
+  /(?<=^|\s)#([0-9]*[\p{L}\p{Extended_Pictographic}/_-](?:[\p{L}\p{Extended_Pictographic}\p{N}/_-]|\uFE0F|\p{Emoji_Modifier})*)/gmu;
+export const WORD_REGEX =
+  /(?<=^|\s)([0-9]*[\p{L}\p{Extended_Pictographic}/_-](?:[\p{L}\p{Extended_Pictographic}\p{N}/_-]|\uFE0F|\p{Emoji_Modifier})*)/gmu;
 
 export const extractHashtags = (
   text: string

packages/foam-vscode/src/core/utils/path.test.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,28 @@
-import { asAbsolutePaths } from './path';
+import { asAbsolutePaths, fromFsPath } from './path';
 
 describe('path utils', () => {
+  describe('fromFsPath', () => {
+    it('should normalize backslashes in relative paths', () => {
+      const [path] = fromFsPath('areas\\dailies\\2024\\file.md');
+      expect(path).toBe('areas/dailies/2024/file.md');
+    });
+
+    it('should handle mixed separators in relative paths', () => {
+      const [path] = fromFsPath('areas/dailies\\2024/file.md');
+      expect(path).toBe('areas/dailies/2024/file.md');
+    });
+
+    it('should preserve forward slashes in relative paths', () => {
+      const [path] = fromFsPath('areas/dailies/2024/file.md');
+      expect(path).toBe('areas/dailies/2024/file.md');
+    });
+
+    it('should normalize backslashes in Windows absolute paths', () => {
+      const [path] = fromFsPath('C:\\workspace\\file.md');
+      expect(path).toBe('/C:/workspace/file.md');
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('asAbsolutePaths', () => {
     it('returns the path if already absolute', () => {
       const paths = asAbsolutePaths('/path/to/test', [

packages/foam-vscode/src/core/utils/path.ts

@@ -16,13 +16,16 @@ export function fromFsPath(path: string): [string, string] {
   let authority: string;
   if (isUNCShare(path)) {
     [path, authority] = parseUNCShare(path);
-    path = path.replace(/\\/g, '/');
   } else if (hasDrive(path)) {
-    path = '/' + path[0].toUpperCase() + path.substr(1).replace(/\\/g, '/');
+    path = '/' + path[0].toUpperCase() + path.substr(1);
   } else if (path[0] === '/' && hasDrive(path, 1)) {
     // POSIX representation of a Windows path: just normalize drive letter case
     path = '/' + path[1].toUpperCase() + path.substr(2);
   }
+
+  // Always normalize backslashes to forward slashes (filesystem → POSIX)
+  path = path.replace(/\\/g, '/');
+
   return [path, authority];
 }
 

packages/foam-vscode/src/core/utils/utils.test.ts

@@ -80,6 +80,25 @@ describe('hashtag extraction', () => {
     ]);
   });
 
+  it('supports emoji tags with variant selectors (issue #1536)', () => {
+    expect(
+      extractHashtags('#🗃️/37-Education #🔖/37/Learning #🟣HOUSE #🟠MONEY').map(
+        t => t.label
+      )
+    ).toEqual(['🗃️/37-Education', '🔖/37/Learning', '🟣HOUSE', '🟠MONEY']);
+  });
+
+  it('supports individual emojis with variant selectors', () => {
+    // Test each emoji separately to debug
+    expect(extractHashtags('#🗃️').map(t => t.label)).toEqual(['🗃️']);
+    expect(extractHashtags('#🔖').map(t => t.label)).toEqual(['🔖']);
+  });
+
+  it('supports emojis that work without variant selector', () => {
+    // These emojis should work with current implementation
+    expect(extractHashtags('#📥 #⭐').map(t => t.label)).toEqual(['📥', '⭐']);
+  });
+
   it('ignores hashes in plain text urls and links', () => {
     expect(
       extractHashtags(`

packages/foam-vscode/src/dated-notes.spec.ts

@@ -1,20 +1,25 @@
 /* @unit-ready */
-import { workspace } from 'vscode';
-import { createDailyNoteIfNotExists, getDailyNoteUri } from './dated-notes';
+import { workspace, window } from 'vscode';
+import {
+  CREATE_DAILY_NOTE_WARNING_RESPONSE,
+  createDailyNoteIfNotExists,
+  getDailyNoteUri,
+} from './dated-notes';
 import { isWindows } from './core/common/platform';
 import {
   cleanWorkspace,
   closeEditors,
   createFile,
   deleteFile,
-  getUriInWorkspace,
   showInEditor,
   withModifiedFoamConfiguration,
 } from './test/test-utils-vscode';
 import { fromVsCodeUri } from './utils/vsc-utils';
-import { URI } from './core/model/uri';
-import { fileExists } from './services/editor';
-import { getDailyNoteTemplateUri } from './services/templates';
+import { fileExists, readFile } from './services/editor';
+import {
+  getDailyNoteTemplateCandidateUris,
+  getDailyNoteTemplateUri,
+} from './services/templates';
 
 describe('getDailyNoteUri', () => {
   const date = new Date('2021-02-07T00:00:00Z');
@@ -52,6 +57,15 @@ describe('getDailyNoteUri', () => {
 describe('Daily note creation and template processing', () => {
   const DAILY_NOTE_TEMPLATE = ['.foam', 'templates', 'daily-note.md'];
 
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    // Ensure daily note template are removed before each test
+    for (const template of getDailyNoteTemplateCandidateUris()) {
+      if (await fileExists(template)) {
+        await deleteFile(template);
+      }
+    }
+  });
+
   describe('Basic daily note creation', () => {
     it('Creates a new daily note when it does not exist', async () => {
       const targetDate = new Date(2021, 8, 1);
@@ -86,20 +100,10 @@ describe('Daily note creation and template processing', () => {
   });
 
   describe('Template variable resolution', () => {
-    beforeEach(async () => {
-      // Ensure no template exists
-      let i = 0;
-      while ((await fileExists(await getDailyNoteTemplateUri())) && i < 5) {
-        await deleteFile(await getDailyNoteTemplateUri());
-        i++;
-      }
-    });
-
     it('Resolves all FOAM_DATE_* variables correctly', async () => {
       const targetDate = new Date(2021, 8, 12); // September 12, 2021
 
       const template = await createFile(
-        // eslint-disable-next-line no-template-curly-in-string
         `# \${FOAM_DATE_YEAR}-\${FOAM_DATE_MONTH}-\${FOAM_DATE_DATE}
 
 Year: \${FOAM_DATE_YEAR} (short: \${FOAM_DATE_YEAR_SHORT})
@@ -107,6 +111,7 @@ Month: \${FOAM_DATE_MONTH} (name: \${FOAM_DATE_MONTH_NAME}, short: \${FOAM_DATE_
 Date: \${FOAM_DATE_DATE}
 Day: \${FOAM_DATE_DAY_NAME} (short: \${FOAM_DATE_DAY_NAME_SHORT})
 Week: \${FOAM_DATE_WEEK}
+Week Year: \${FOAM_DATE_WEEK_YEAR}
 Unix: \${FOAM_DATE_SECONDS_UNIX}`,
         DAILY_NOTE_TEMPLATE
       );
@@ -123,7 +128,7 @@ Unix: \${FOAM_DATE_SECONDS_UNIX}`,
       expect(content).toContain('Date: 12');
       expect(content).toContain('Day: Sunday (short: Sun)');
       expect(content).toContain('Week: 36');
-      expect(content).toContain('Unix: 1631404800');
+      expect(content).toContain('Week Year: 2021');
 
       await deleteFile(template.uri);
       await deleteFile(result.uri);
@@ -242,7 +247,7 @@ Unix: \${FOAM_DATE_SECONDS_UNIX}`,
   const monthName = foamDate.toLocaleString('default', { month: 'long' });
   const day = foamDate.getDate();
   return {
-    filepath: \`/\${foamDate.getFullYear()}-\${String(foamDate.getMonth() + 1).padStart(2, '0')}-\${String(day).padStart(2, '0')}.md\`,
+    filepath: \`\${foamDate.getFullYear()}-\${String(foamDate.getMonth() + 1).padStart(2, '0')}-\${String(day).padStart(2, '0')}.md\`,
     content: \`# JS Template: \${monthName} \${day}\n\nGenerated by JavaScript template.\`
   };
 };`,
@@ -272,6 +277,36 @@ Unix: \${FOAM_DATE_SECONDS_UNIX}`,
       expect(content).toContain('# 2021-09-21'); // Should use fallback text with formatted date
     });
 
+    it('prompts to create a daily note template if one does not exist', async () => {
+      const targetDate = new Date(2021, 8, 23);
+      const foam = {} as any;
+
+      expect(await getDailyNoteTemplateUri()).not.toBeDefined();
+
+      // Intercept the showWarningMessage call
+      const showWarningMessageSpy = jest
+        .spyOn(window, 'showWarningMessage')
+        .mockResolvedValue(CREATE_DAILY_NOTE_WARNING_RESPONSE as any); // simulate user action
+
+      await createDailyNoteIfNotExists(targetDate, foam);
+
+      expect(showWarningMessageSpy.mock.calls[0][0]).toMatch(
+        /No daily note template found/
+      );
+
+      const templateUri = await getDailyNoteTemplateUri();
+
+      expect(templateUri).toBeDefined();
+      expect(await fileExists(templateUri)).toBe(true);
+
+      const templateContent = await readFile(templateUri);
+      expect(templateContent).toContain('foam_template:');
+
+      // Clean up the created template
+      await deleteFile(templateUri);
+      showWarningMessageSpy.mockRestore();
+    });
+
     it('Processes template frontmatter metadata correctly', async () => {
       const targetDate = new Date(2021, 8, 22);
 
@@ -306,6 +341,67 @@ author: foam
     });
   });
 
+  describe('Issue #1499 - Double template application with absolute paths', () => {
+    it('should not apply template twice when reopening existing daily note with absolute filepath template', async () => {
+      const targetDate = new Date(2021, 8, 25);
+      const TEMPLATE_WITH_ABSOLUTE_FILEPATH = `---
+foam_template:
+  name: Daily note
+  description: Daily note template
+  filepath: '/\${FOAM_DATE_YEAR}-\${FOAM_DATE_MONTH}-\${FOAM_DATE_DATE}.md'
+---
+
+# \${FOAM_DATE_YEAR}-\${FOAM_DATE_MONTH}-\${FOAM_DATE_DATE} - DAILY NOTE
+
+Daily content here.`;
+
+      // Create the template with absolute filepath
+      const template = await createFile(
+        TEMPLATE_WITH_ABSOLUTE_FILEPATH,
+        DAILY_NOTE_TEMPLATE
+      );
+
+      const uri = getDailyNoteUri(targetDate);
+      const foam = {} as any; // Mock Foam instance
+
+      // First call: Create the daily note
+      const result1 = await createDailyNoteIfNotExists(targetDate, foam);
+      expect(result1.didCreateFile).toBe(true);
+
+      const doc1 = await showInEditor(uri);
+      const content1 = doc1.editor.document.getText();
+      expect(content1).toContain('# 2021-09-25 - DAILY NOTE');
+      expect(content1).toContain('Daily content here.');
+
+      // Count how many times the template content appears (should be once)
+      const templateOccurrences1 = (
+        content1.match(/# 2021-09-25 - DAILY NOTE/g) || []
+      ).length;
+      expect(templateOccurrences1).toBe(1);
+
+      await closeEditors();
+
+      // Second call: Open existing daily note (this should NOT apply template again)
+      const result2 = await createDailyNoteIfNotExists(targetDate, foam);
+      expect(result2.didCreateFile).toBe(false); // File already exists
+
+      const doc2 = await showInEditor(uri);
+      const content2 = doc2.editor.document.getText();
+
+      // Verify template is NOT applied twice
+      const templateOccurrences2 = (
+        content2.match(/# 2021-09-25 - DAILY NOTE/g) || []
+      ).length;
+      expect(templateOccurrences2).toBe(1); // Should still be 1, not 2
+
+      // Content should be identical to first time
+      expect(content2).toEqual(content1);
+
+      await deleteFile(template.uri);
+      await deleteFile(result1.uri);
+    });
+  });
+
   afterAll(async () => {
     await cleanWorkspace();
     await closeEditors();

packages/foam-vscode/src/dated-notes.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { Uri, window, workspace } from 'vscode';
 import { joinPath } from './core/utils/path';
 import dateFormat from 'dateformat';
 import { URI } from './core/model/uri';
@@ -6,6 +7,8 @@ import { getFoamVsCodeConfig } from './services/config';
 import { asAbsoluteWorkspaceUri, focusNote } from './services/editor';
 import { Foam } from './core/model/foam';
 import { createNote } from './features/commands/create-note';
+import { fromVsCodeUri } from './utils/vsc-utils';
+import { showInEditor } from './test/test-utils-vscode';
 
 /**
  * Open the daily note file.
@@ -68,6 +71,30 @@ export function getDailyNoteFileName(date: Date): string {
   return `${dateFormat(date, filenameFormat, false)}.${fileExtension}`;
 }
 
+const DEFAULT_DAILY_NOTE_TEMPLATE = `---
+foam_template:
+  filepath: "/journal/\${FOAM_DATE_YEAR}-\${FOAM_DATE_MONTH}-\${FOAM_DATE_DATE}.md"
+  description: "Daily note template"
+---
+# \${FOAM_DATE_YEAR}-\${FOAM_DATE_MONTH}-\${FOAM_DATE_DATE}
+
+> you probably want to delete these instructions as you customize your template
+
+Welcome to your new daily note template.
+The file is located in \`.foam/templates/daily-note.md\`.
+The text in this file will be used as the content of your daily note.
+You can customize it as you like, and you can use the following variables in the template:
+- \`\${FOAM_DATE_YEAR}\`: The year of the date
+- \`\${FOAM_DATE_MONTH}\`: The month of the date
+- \`\${FOAM_DATE_DATE}\`: The day of the date
+- \`\${FOAM_TITLE}\`: The title of the note
+
+Go to https://github.com/foambubble/foam/blob/main/docs/user/features/daily-notes.md for more details.
+For more complex templates, including Javascript dynamic templates, see https://github.com/foambubble/foam/blob/main/docs/user/features/note-templates.md.
+`;
+
+export const CREATE_DAILY_NOTE_WARNING_RESPONSE = 'Create daily note template';
+
 /**
  * Create a daily note using the unified creation engine (supports JS templates)
  *
@@ -76,6 +103,38 @@ export function getDailyNoteFileName(date: Date): string {
  * @returns Whether the file was created and the URI
  */
 export async function createDailyNoteIfNotExists(targetDate: Date, foam: Foam) {
+  const templatePath = await getDailyNoteTemplateUri();
+
+  if (!templatePath) {
+    window
+      .showWarningMessage(
+        'No daily note template found. Using legacy configuration (deprecated). Create a daily note template to avoid this warning and customize your daily note.',
+        CREATE_DAILY_NOTE_WARNING_RESPONSE
+      )
+      .then(async action => {
+        if (action === CREATE_DAILY_NOTE_WARNING_RESPONSE) {
+          const newTemplateUri = Uri.joinPath(
+            workspace.workspaceFolders[0].uri,
+            '.foam',
+            'templates',
+            'daily-note.md'
+          );
+          await workspace.fs.writeFile(
+            newTemplateUri,
+            new TextEncoder().encode(DEFAULT_DAILY_NOTE_TEMPLATE)
+          );
+          await showInEditor(fromVsCodeUri(newTemplateUri));
+        }
+      });
+  }
+
+  // Set up variables for template processing
+  const formattedDate = dateFormat(targetDate, 'yyyy-mm-dd', false);
+  const variables = {
+    FOAM_TITLE: formattedDate,
+    title: formattedDate,
+  };
+
   const dailyNoteUri = getDailyNoteUri(targetDate);
   const titleFormat: string =
     getFoamVsCodeConfig('openDailyNote.titleFormat') ??
@@ -88,29 +147,15 @@ export async function createDailyNoteIfNotExists(targetDate: Date, foam: Foam) {
     false
   )}\n`;
 
-  const templatePath = await getDailyNoteTemplateUri();
-
-  // Set up variables for template processing
-  const formattedDate = dateFormat(targetDate, 'yyyy-mm-dd', false);
-  const variables = {
-    FOAM_TITLE: formattedDate,
-    title: formattedDate,
-  };
-
-  // Format date without timezone conversion to avoid off-by-one errors
-  const year = targetDate.getFullYear();
-  const month = String(targetDate.getMonth() + 1).padStart(2, '0');
-  const day = String(targetDate.getDate()).padStart(2, '0');
-  const dateString = `${year}-${month}-${day}`;
-
   return await createNote(
     {
       notePath: dailyNoteUri.toFsPath(),
       templatePath: templatePath,
-      text: templateFallbackText, // fallback if template doesn't exist
-      date: dateString, // YYYY-MM-DD format without timezone issues
+      text: templateFallbackText,
+      date: targetDate,
       variables: variables,
-      onFileExists: 'open', // existing behavior - open if exists
+      onFileExists: 'open',
+      onRelativeNotePath: 'resolve-from-root',
     },
     foam
   );

packages/foam-vscode/src/extension.ts

@@ -4,12 +4,14 @@ import { workspace, ExtensionContext, window, commands } from 'vscode';
 import { MarkdownResourceProvider } from './core/services/markdown-provider';
 import { bootstrap } from './core/model/foam';
 import { Logger } from './core/utils/log';
+import { fromVsCodeUri } from './utils/vsc-utils';
 
 import { features } from './features';
 import { VsCodeOutputLogger, exposeLogger } from './services/logging';
 import {
   getAttachmentsExtensions,
-  getIgnoredFilesSetting,
+  getExcludedFilesSetting,
+  getIncludeFilesSetting,
   getNotesExtensions,
 } from './settings';
 import { AttachmentResourceProvider } from './core/services/attachment-provider';
@@ -32,14 +34,15 @@ export async function activate(context: ExtensionContext) {
     }
 
     // Prepare Foam
-    const excludes = getIgnoredFilesSetting().map(g => g.toString());
-    const { matcher, dataStore, excludePatterns } =
-      await createMatcherAndDataStore(excludes);
+    const includes = getIncludeFilesSetting().map(g => g.toString());
+    const excludes = getExcludedFilesSetting().map(g => g.toString());
+    const { matcher, dataStore, includePatterns, excludePatterns } =
+      await createMatcherAndDataStore(includes, excludes);
 
     Logger.info('Loading from directories:');
     for (const folder of workspace.workspaceFolders) {
       Logger.info('- ' + folder.uri.fsPath);
-      Logger.info('  Include: **/*');
+      Logger.info('  Include: ' + includePatterns.get(folder.name).join(','));
       Logger.info('  Exclude: ' + excludePatterns.get(folder.name).join(','));
     }
 
@@ -51,10 +54,16 @@ export async function activate(context: ExtensionContext) {
 
     const { notesExtensions, defaultExtension } = getNotesExtensions();
 
+    // Get workspace roots for workspace-relative path resolution
+    const workspaceRoots =
+      workspace.workspaceFolders?.map(folder => fromVsCodeUri(folder.uri)) ??
+      [];
+
     const markdownProvider = new MarkdownResourceProvider(
       dataStore,
       parser,
-      notesExtensions
+      notesExtensions,
+      workspaceRoots
     );
 
     const attachmentExtConfig = getAttachmentsExtensions();
@@ -91,6 +100,8 @@ export async function activate(context: ExtensionContext) {
         if (
           [
             'foam.files.ignore',
+            'foam.files.exclude',
+            'foam.files.include',
             'foam.files.attachmentExtensions',
             'foam.files.noteExtensions',
             'foam.files.defaultNoteExtension',

packages/foam-vscode/src/features/commands/convert-links-format-in-note.ts

@@ -1,188 +0,0 @@
-import { commands, ExtensionContext, window, workspace, Uri } from 'vscode';
-import { Foam } from '../../core/model/foam';
-import { FoamWorkspace } from '../../core/model/workspace';
-import { fromVsCodeUri, toVsCodeRange } from '../../utils/vsc-utils';
-import { ResourceParser } from '../../core/model/note';
-import { IMatcher } from '../../core/services/datastore';
-import { convertLinkFormat } from '../../core/janitor';
-import { isMdEditor } from '../../services/editor';
-
-type LinkFormat = 'wikilink' | 'link';
-
-enum ConvertOption {
-  Wikilink2MDlink,
-  MDlink2Wikilink,
-}
-
-interface IConfig {
-  from: string;
-  to: string;
-}
-
-const Config: { [key in ConvertOption]: IConfig } = {
-  [ConvertOption.Wikilink2MDlink]: {
-    from: 'wikilink',
-    to: 'link',
-  },
-  [ConvertOption.MDlink2Wikilink]: {
-    from: 'link',
-    to: 'wikilink',
-  },
-};
-
-export default async function activate(
-  context: ExtensionContext,
-  foamPromise: Promise<Foam>
-) {
-  const foam = await foamPromise;
-
-  /* 
-  commands: 
-  foam-vscode.convert-link-style-inplace
-  foam-vscode.convert-link-style-incopy
-  */
-  context.subscriptions.push(
-    commands.registerCommand('foam-vscode.convert-link-style-inplace', () => {
-      return convertLinkAdapter(
-        foam.workspace,
-        foam.services.parser,
-        foam.services.matcher,
-        true
-      );
-    }),
-    commands.registerCommand('foam-vscode.convert-link-style-incopy', () => {
-      return convertLinkAdapter(
-        foam.workspace,
-        foam.services.parser,
-        foam.services.matcher,
-        false
-      );
-    })
-  );
-}
-
-async function convertLinkAdapter(
-  fWorkspace: FoamWorkspace,
-  fParser: ResourceParser,
-  fMatcher: IMatcher,
-  isInPlace: boolean
-) {
-  const convertOption = await pickConvertStrategy();
-  if (!convertOption) {
-    window.showInformationMessage('Convert canceled');
-    return;
-  }
-
-  if (isInPlace) {
-    await convertLinkInPlace(fWorkspace, fParser, fMatcher, convertOption);
-  } else {
-    await convertLinkInCopy(fWorkspace, fParser, fMatcher, convertOption);
-  }
-}
-
-async function pickConvertStrategy(): Promise<IConfig | undefined> {
-  const options = {
-    'to wikilink': ConvertOption.MDlink2Wikilink,
-    'to markdown link': ConvertOption.Wikilink2MDlink,
-  };
-  return window.showQuickPick(Object.keys(options)).then(name => {
-    if (name) {
-      return Config[options[name]];
-    } else {
-      return undefined;
-    }
-  });
-}
-
-/**
- * convert links based on its workspace and the note containing it.
- * Changes happen in-place
- * @param fWorkspace
- * @param fParser
- * @param fMatcher
- * @param convertOption
- * @returns void
- */
-async function convertLinkInPlace(
-  fWorkspace: FoamWorkspace,
-  fParser: ResourceParser,
-  fMatcher: IMatcher,
-  convertOption: IConfig
-) {
-  const editor = window.activeTextEditor;
-  const doc = editor.document;
-
-  if (!isMdEditor(editor) || !fMatcher.isMatch(fromVsCodeUri(doc.uri))) {
-    return;
-  }
-  // const eol = getEditorEOL();
-  let text = doc.getText();
-
-  const resource = fParser.parse(fromVsCodeUri(doc.uri), text);
-
-  const textReplaceArr = resource.links
-    .filter(link => link.type === convertOption.from)
-    .map(link =>
-      convertLinkFormat(
-        link,
-        convertOption.to as LinkFormat,
-        fWorkspace,
-        resource
-      )
-    )
-    /* transform .range property into vscode range */
-    .map(linkReplace => ({
-      ...linkReplace,
-      range: toVsCodeRange(linkReplace.range),
-    }));
-
-  /* reorder the array such that the later range comes first */
-  textReplaceArr.sort((a, b) => b.range.start.compareTo(a.range.start));
-
-  await editor.edit(editorBuilder => {
-    textReplaceArr.forEach(edit => {
-      editorBuilder.replace(edit.range, edit.newText);
-    });
-  });
-}
-
-/**
- * convert links based on its workspace and the note containing it.
- * Changes happen in a copy
- * 1. prepare a copy file, and makt it the activeTextEditor
- * 2. call to convertLinkInPlace
- * @param fWorkspace
- * @param fParser
- * @param fMatcher
- * @param convertOption
- * @returns void
- */
-async function convertLinkInCopy(
-  fWorkspace: FoamWorkspace,
-  fParser: ResourceParser,
-  fMatcher: IMatcher,
-  convertOption: IConfig
-) {
-  const editor = window.activeTextEditor;
-  const doc = editor.document;
-
-  if (!isMdEditor(editor) || !fMatcher.isMatch(fromVsCodeUri(doc.uri))) {
-    return;
-  }
-  // const eol = getEditorEOL();
-  let text = doc.getText();
-
-  const resource = fParser.parse(fromVsCodeUri(doc.uri), text);
-  const basePath = doc.uri.path.split('/').slice(0, -1).join('/');
-
-  const fileUri = doc.uri.with({
-    path: `${
-      basePath ? basePath + '/' : ''
-    }${resource.uri.getName()}.copy${resource.uri.getExtension()}`,
-  });
-  const encoder = new TextEncoder();
-  await workspace.fs.writeFile(fileUri, encoder.encode(text));
-  await window.showTextDocument(fileUri);
-
-  await convertLinkInPlace(fWorkspace, fParser, fMatcher, convertOption);
-}

packages/foam-vscode/src/features/commands/convert-links.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,184 @@
+/* @unit-ready */
+
+import * as vscode from 'vscode';
+import {
+  cleanWorkspace,
+  closeEditors,
+  createFile,
+  showInEditor,
+  waitForNoteInFoamWorkspace,
+} from '../../test/test-utils-vscode';
+import { deleteFile } from '../../services/editor';
+import { Logger } from '../../core/utils/log';
+import {
+  CONVERT_WIKILINK_TO_MDLINK,
+  CONVERT_MDLINK_TO_WIKILINK,
+} from './convert-links';
+
+Logger.setLevel('error');
+
+describe('Link Conversion Commands', () => {
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    await cleanWorkspace();
+    await closeEditors();
+  });
+
+  afterEach(async () => {
+    await cleanWorkspace();
+    await closeEditors();
+  });
+
+  describe('foam-vscode.convert-wikilink-to-markdown', () => {
+    it('should convert wikilink to markdown link', async () => {
+      const noteA = await createFile('# Note A', ['note-a.md']);
+      const { uri } = await createFile('Text before [[note-a]] text after');
+      const { editor } = await showInEditor(uri);
+      await waitForNoteInFoamWorkspace(noteA.uri);
+
+      editor.selection = new vscode.Selection(0, 15, 0, 15);
+
+      await vscode.commands.executeCommand(CONVERT_WIKILINK_TO_MDLINK.command);
+
+      const result = editor.document.getText();
+      expect(result).toBe('Text before [Note A](note-a.md) text after');
+
+      await deleteFile(noteA.uri);
+      await deleteFile(uri);
+    });
+
+    it('should position cursor at end of converted text', async () => {
+      const noteA = await createFile('# Note A', ['note-a.md']);
+      const { uri } = await createFile('Text before [[note-a]] text after');
+      const { editor } = await showInEditor(uri);
+      await waitForNoteInFoamWorkspace(noteA.uri);
+
+      editor.selection = new vscode.Selection(0, 15, 0, 15);
+
+      await vscode.commands.executeCommand(CONVERT_WIKILINK_TO_MDLINK.command);
+
+      // Cursor should be at the end of the converted markdown link
+      const expectedPosition = 'Text before [Note A](note-a.md)'.length;
+      expect(editor.selection.active).toEqual(
+        new vscode.Position(0, expectedPosition)
+      );
+
+      await deleteFile(noteA.uri);
+      await deleteFile(uri);
+    });
+
+    it('should show info message when no wikilink at cursor', async () => {
+      const { uri } = await createFile('Text with no wikilinks');
+      const { editor } = await showInEditor(uri);
+
+      editor.selection = new vscode.Selection(0, 5, 0, 5);
+
+      const showInfoSpy = jest.spyOn(vscode.window, 'showInformationMessage');
+
+      await vscode.commands.executeCommand(CONVERT_WIKILINK_TO_MDLINK.command);
+
+      expect(showInfoSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        'No wikilink found at cursor position'
+      );
+
+      showInfoSpy.mockRestore();
+      await deleteFile(uri);
+    });
+
+    it('should show error when resource not found', async () => {
+      const { uri } = await createFile(
+        'Text before [[nonexistent-file]] text after'
+      );
+      const { editor } = await showInEditor(uri);
+
+      editor.selection = new vscode.Selection(0, 20, 0, 20);
+
+      const showErrorSpy = jest
+        .spyOn(vscode.window, 'showErrorMessage')
+        .mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+
+      Logger.setLevel('off');
+      await vscode.commands.executeCommand(CONVERT_WIKILINK_TO_MDLINK.command);
+      Logger.setLevel('error');
+
+      expect(showErrorSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+      showErrorSpy.mockRestore();
+      await deleteFile(uri);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('foam-vscode.convert-markdown-to-wikilink', () => {
+    it('should convert markdown link to wikilink', async () => {
+      const noteA = await createFile('# Note A', ['note-a.md']);
+      const { uri } = await createFile(
+        'Text before [Note A](note-a.md) text after'
+      );
+      const { editor } = await showInEditor(uri);
+      await waitForNoteInFoamWorkspace(noteA.uri);
+
+      editor.selection = new vscode.Selection(0, 15, 0, 15);
+
+      await vscode.commands.executeCommand(CONVERT_MDLINK_TO_WIKILINK.command);
+
+      const result = editor.document.getText();
+      expect(result).toBe('Text before [[note-a]] text after');
+
+      await deleteFile(uri);
+      await deleteFile(noteA.uri);
+    });
+
+    it('should position cursor at end of converted text', async () => {
+      const noteA = await createFile('# Note A', ['note-a.md']);
+      const { uri } = await createFile(
+        'Text before [Note A](note-a.md) text after'
+      );
+      const { editor } = await showInEditor(uri);
+
+      editor.selection = new vscode.Selection(0, 15, 0, 15);
+      await waitForNoteInFoamWorkspace(noteA.uri);
+
+      await vscode.commands.executeCommand(CONVERT_MDLINK_TO_WIKILINK.command);
+
+      // Cursor should be at the end of the converted wikilink
+      const expectedPosition = 'Text before [[note-a]]'.length;
+      expect(editor.document.getText()).toBe(
+        'Text before [[note-a]] text after'
+      );
+      expect(editor.selection.active).toEqual(
+        new vscode.Position(0, expectedPosition)
+      );
+
+      await deleteFile(uri);
+      await deleteFile(noteA.uri);
+    });
+
+    it('should show info message when no markdown link at cursor', async () => {
+      const { uri } = await createFile('Text with no markdown links');
+      const { editor } = await showInEditor(uri);
+
+      editor.selection = new vscode.Selection(0, 5, 0, 5);
+
+      const showInfoSpy = jest.spyOn(vscode.window, 'showInformationMessage');
+
+      await vscode.commands.executeCommand(CONVERT_MDLINK_TO_WIKILINK.command);
+
+      expect(showInfoSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        'No markdown link found at cursor position'
+      );
+
+      showInfoSpy.mockRestore();
+      await deleteFile(uri);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('Command registration', () => {
+    it('should handle no active editor gracefully', async () => {
+      await closeEditors();
+
+      await vscode.commands.executeCommand(CONVERT_WIKILINK_TO_MDLINK.command);
+      await vscode.commands.executeCommand(CONVERT_MDLINK_TO_WIKILINK.command);
+
+      expect(true).toBe(true);
+    });
+  });
+});

packages/foam-vscode/src/features/commands/convert-links.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,271 @@
+import {
+  convertWikilinkToMarkdownAtPosition,
+  convertMarkdownToWikilinkAtPosition,
+} from './convert-links';
+import { URI } from '../../core/model/uri';
+import { Position } from '../../core/model/position';
+import { Range } from '../../core/model/range';
+import { TextEdit } from '../../core/services/text-edit';
+import { createTestNote, createTestWorkspace } from '../../test/test-utils';
+import { createMarkdownParser } from '../../core/services/markdown-parser';
+
+describe('Link Conversion Functions', () => {
+  describe('convertWikilinkToMarkdownAtPosition', () => {
+    it('should convert simple wikilink to markdown link', () => {
+      const documentText = 'Text before [[note-a]] text after';
+      const documentUri = URI.file('/test/current.md');
+      const linkPosition: Position = { line: 0, character: 15 }; // Inside [[note-a]]
+
+      const workspace = createTestWorkspace().set(
+        createTestNote({ uri: '/test/note-a.md', title: 'Note A' })
+      );
+      const parser = createMarkdownParser();
+
+      const result = convertWikilinkToMarkdownAtPosition(
+        documentText,
+        documentUri,
+        linkPosition,
+        workspace,
+        parser
+      );
+
+      expect(result).not.toBeNull();
+      expect(result!.newText).toBe('[Note A](note-a.md)');
+      expect(result!.range).toEqual(Range.create(0, 12, 0, 22));
+
+      // Check the final result after applying the edit
+      const finalText = TextEdit.apply(documentText, result!);
+      expect(finalText).toBe('Text before [Note A](note-a.md) text after');
+    });
+
+    it('should convert wikilink with alias to markdown link', () => {
+      const documentText = 'Text before [[note-a|Custom Title]] text after';
+      const documentUri = URI.file('/test/current.md');
+      const linkPosition: Position = { line: 0, character: 15 };
+
+      const workspace = createTestWorkspace().set(
+        createTestNote({ uri: '/test/note-a.md', title: 'Note A' })
+      );
+      const parser = createMarkdownParser();
+
+      const result = convertWikilinkToMarkdownAtPosition(
+        documentText,
+        documentUri,
+        linkPosition,
+        workspace,
+        parser
+      );
+
+      expect(result).not.toBeNull();
+      expect(result!.newText).toBe('[Custom Title](note-a.md)');
+
+      // Check the final result after applying the edit
+      const finalText = TextEdit.apply(documentText, result!);
+      expect(finalText).toBe(
+        'Text before [Custom Title](note-a.md) text after'
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('should handle subfolders paths correctly', () => {
+      const documentText = 'Text before [[path/to/note-b]] text after';
+      const documentUri = URI.file('/test/current.md');
+      const linkPosition: Position = { line: 0, character: 20 };
+
+      const workspace = createTestWorkspace().set(
+        createTestNote({ uri: '/test/path/to/note-b.md', title: 'Note B' })
+      );
+      const parser = createMarkdownParser();
+
+      const result = convertWikilinkToMarkdownAtPosition(
+        documentText,
+        documentUri,
+        linkPosition,
+        workspace,
+        parser
+      );
+
+      expect(result).not.toBeNull();
+      expect(result!.newText).toBe('[Note B](path/to/note-b.md)');
+
+      // Check the final result after applying the edit
+      const finalText = TextEdit.apply(documentText, result!);
+      expect(finalText).toBe(
+        'Text before [Note B](path/to/note-b.md) text after'
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('should handle relative paths correctly', () => {
+      const documentText = 'Text before [[note-b]] text after';
+      const documentUri = URI.file('/test/sub1/current.md');
+      const linkPosition: Position = { line: 0, character: 20 };
+
+      const workspace = createTestWorkspace().set(
+        createTestNote({ uri: '/test/sub2/note-b.md', title: 'Note B' })
+      );
+      const parser = createMarkdownParser();
+
+      const result = convertWikilinkToMarkdownAtPosition(
+        documentText,
+        documentUri,
+        linkPosition,
+        workspace,
+        parser
+      );
+
+      expect(result).not.toBeNull();
+      expect(result!.newText).toBe('[Note B](../sub2/note-b.md)');
+
+      // Check the final result after applying the edit
+      const finalText = TextEdit.apply(documentText, result!);
+      expect(finalText).toBe(
+        'Text before [Note B](../sub2/note-b.md) text after'
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('should return null when no wikilink at cursor position', () => {
+      const documentText = 'Text with no wikilink at cursor';
+      const documentUri = URI.file('/test/current.md');
+      const linkPosition: Position = { line: 0, character: 5 };
+
+      const workspace = createTestWorkspace();
+      const parser = createMarkdownParser();
+
+      const result = convertWikilinkToMarkdownAtPosition(
+        documentText,
+        documentUri,
+        linkPosition,
+        workspace,
+        parser
+      );
+
+      expect(result).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('should throw error when target resource not found', () => {
+      const documentText = 'Text before [[nonexistent]] text after';
+      const documentUri = URI.file('/test/current.md');
+      const linkPosition: Position = { line: 0, character: 15 };
+
+      const workspace = createTestWorkspace(); // Empty workspace
+      const parser = createMarkdownParser();
+
+      expect(() => {
+        convertWikilinkToMarkdownAtPosition(
+          documentText,
+          documentUri,
+          linkPosition,
+          workspace,
+          parser
+        );
+      }).toThrow('Resource "nonexistent" not found');
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('convertMarkdownToWikilinkAtPosition', () => {
+    it('should convert simple markdown link to wikilink', () => {
+      const documentText = 'Text before [Note A](note-a.md) text after';
+      const documentUri = URI.file('/test/current.md');
+      const linkPosition: Position = { line: 0, character: 15 };
+
+      const workspace = createTestWorkspace().set(
+        createTestNote({ uri: '/test/note-a.md', title: 'Note A' })
+      );
+      const parser = createMarkdownParser();
+
+      const result = convertMarkdownToWikilinkAtPosition(
+        documentText,
+        documentUri,
+        linkPosition,
+        workspace,
+        parser
+      );
+
+      expect(result).not.toBeNull();
+      expect(result!.newText).toBe('[[note-a]]');
+      expect(result!.range).toEqual(Range.create(0, 12, 0, 31));
+    });
+
+    it('should convert simple markdown link to other folder to wikilink', () => {
+      const documentText = 'Text before [Note A](docs/note-a.md) text after';
+      const documentUri = URI.file('/test/current.md');
+      const linkPosition: Position = { line: 0, character: 15 };
+
+      const workspace = createTestWorkspace().set(
+        createTestNote({ uri: '/test/docs/note-a.md', title: 'Note A' })
+      );
+      const parser = createMarkdownParser();
+
+      const result = convertMarkdownToWikilinkAtPosition(
+        documentText,
+        documentUri,
+        linkPosition,
+        workspace,
+        parser
+      );
+
+      expect(result).not.toBeNull();
+      expect(result!.newText).toBe('[[note-a]]');
+      expect(result!.range).toEqual(Range.create(0, 12, 0, 36));
+    });
+
+    it('should preserve alias when different from title', () => {
+      const documentText = 'Text before [Custom Title](note-a.md) text after';
+      const documentUri = URI.file('/test/current.md');
+      const linkPosition: Position = { line: 0, character: 15 };
+
+      const workspace = createTestWorkspace().set(
+        createTestNote({ uri: '/test/note-a.md', title: 'Note A' })
+      );
+      const parser = createMarkdownParser();
+
+      const result = convertMarkdownToWikilinkAtPosition(
+        documentText,
+        documentUri,
+        linkPosition,
+        workspace,
+        parser
+      );
+
+      expect(result).not.toBeNull();
+      expect(result!.newText).toBe('[[note-a|Custom Title]]');
+    });
+
+    it('should return null when no markdown link at cursor position', () => {
+      const documentText = 'Text with no markdown link at cursor';
+      const documentUri = URI.file('/test/current.md');
+      const linkPosition: Position = { line: 0, character: 5 };
+
+      const workspace = createTestWorkspace();
+      const parser = createMarkdownParser();
+
+      const result = convertMarkdownToWikilinkAtPosition(
+        documentText,
+        documentUri,
+        linkPosition,
+        workspace,
+        parser
+      );
+
+      expect(result).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('should throw error when target resource not found', () => {
+      const documentText = 'Text before [Link](nonexistent.md) text after';
+      const documentUri = URI.file('/test/current.md');
+      const linkPosition: Position = { line: 0, character: 15 };
+
+      const workspace = createTestWorkspace();
+      const parser = createMarkdownParser();
+
+      expect(() => {
+        convertMarkdownToWikilinkAtPosition(
+          documentText,
+          documentUri,
+          linkPosition,
+          workspace,
+          parser
+        );
+      }).toThrow('Resource not found: /test/nonexistent.md');
+    });
+  });
+});

packages/foam-vscode/src/features/commands/convert-links.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,247 @@
+import * as vscode from 'vscode';
+import { Foam } from '../../core/model/foam';
+import { Resource, ResourceLink } from '../../core/model/note';
+import { MarkdownLink } from '../../core/services/markdown-link';
+import { Range } from '../../core/model/range';
+import { Position } from '../../core/model/position';
+import { URI } from '../../core/model/uri';
+import { fromVsCodeUri, toVsCodeRange } from '../../utils/vsc-utils';
+import { Logger } from '../../core/utils/log';
+import { TextEdit } from '../../core/services/text-edit';
+
+export const CONVERT_WIKILINK_TO_MDLINK = {
+  command: 'foam-vscode.convert-wikilink-to-mdlink',
+  title: 'Foam: Convert Wikilink to Markdown Link',
+};
+
+export const CONVERT_MDLINK_TO_WIKILINK = {
+  command: 'foam-vscode.convert-mdlink-to-wikilink',
+  title: 'Foam: Convert Markdown Link to Wikilink',
+};
+
+/**
+ * Pure function to convert a wikilink to markdown link at a specific position
+ * Returns the TextEdit to apply, or null if no conversion is possible
+ */
+export function convertWikilinkToMarkdownAtPosition(
+  documentText: string,
+  documentUri: URI,
+  linkPosition: Position,
+  foamWorkspace: { find: (identifier: string) => Resource | null },
+  foamParser: { parse: (uri: URI, text: string) => Resource }
+): TextEdit | null {
+  // Parse the document to get all links using Foam's parser
+  const resource = foamParser.parse(documentUri, documentText);
+
+  // Find the link at cursor position
+  const targetLink: ResourceLink | undefined = resource.links.find(
+    link =>
+      link.type === 'wikilink' &&
+      Range.containsPosition(link.range, linkPosition)
+  );
+
+  if (!targetLink) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  // Parse the link to get target and alias information
+  const linkInfo = MarkdownLink.analyzeLink(targetLink);
+
+  // Find the target resource in the workspace
+  const targetResource = foamWorkspace.find(linkInfo.target);
+  if (!targetResource) {
+    throw new Error(`Resource "${linkInfo.target}" not found`);
+  }
+
+  // Compute relative path from current file to target file
+  const currentDirectory = documentUri.getDirectory();
+  const relativePath = targetResource.uri.relativeTo(currentDirectory).path;
+
+  const alias = linkInfo.alias ? linkInfo.alias : targetResource.title;
+  return MarkdownLink.createUpdateLinkEdit(targetLink, {
+    type: 'link',
+    target: relativePath,
+    alias: alias,
+  });
+}
+
+/**
+ * Pure function to convert a markdown link to wikilink at a specific position
+ * Returns the TextEdit to apply, or null if no conversion is possible
+ */
+export function convertMarkdownToWikilinkAtPosition(
+  documentText: string,
+  documentUri: URI,
+  cursorPosition: Position,
+  foamWorkspace: {
+    resolveLink: (resource: Resource, link: ResourceLink) => URI;
+    get: (uri: URI) => Resource | null;
+    getIdentifier: (uri: URI) => string;
+  },
+  foamParser: { parse: (uri: URI, text: string) => Resource }
+): TextEdit | null {
+  // Parse the document to get all links using Foam's parser
+  const resource = foamParser.parse(documentUri, documentText);
+
+  // Find the link at cursor position
+  const targetLink: ResourceLink | undefined = resource.links.find(
+    link =>
+      link.type === 'link' && Range.containsPosition(link.range, cursorPosition)
+  );
+
+  if (!targetLink) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  // Parse the link to get target and alias information
+  const linkInfo = MarkdownLink.analyzeLink(targetLink);
+
+  // Try to resolve the target resource from the link
+  const targetUri = foamWorkspace.resolveLink(resource, targetLink);
+  const targetResource = foamWorkspace.get(targetUri);
+
+  if (!targetResource) {
+    throw new Error(`Resource not found: ${targetUri.path}`);
+  }
+
+  // Get the workspace identifier for the target resource
+  const identifier = foamWorkspace.getIdentifier(targetResource.uri);
+
+  return MarkdownLink.createUpdateLinkEdit(targetLink, {
+    type: 'wikilink',
+    target: identifier,
+    alias:
+      linkInfo.alias && linkInfo.alias !== targetResource.title
+        ? linkInfo.alias
+        : '',
+  });
+}
+
+export default async function activate(
+  context: vscode.ExtensionContext,
+  foamPromise: Promise<Foam>
+) {
+  const foam = await foamPromise;
+
+  context.subscriptions.push(
+    vscode.commands.registerCommand(CONVERT_WIKILINK_TO_MDLINK.command, () =>
+      convertWikilinkToMarkdown(foam)
+    ),
+
+    vscode.commands.registerCommand(CONVERT_MDLINK_TO_WIKILINK.command, () =>
+      convertMarkdownToWikilink(foam)
+    )
+  );
+}
+
+/**
+ * Convert wikilink at cursor position to markdown link format
+ */
+export async function convertWikilinkToMarkdown(foam: Foam): Promise<void> {
+  const activeEditor = vscode.window.activeTextEditor;
+  if (!activeEditor) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const document = activeEditor.document;
+  const position = activeEditor.selection.active;
+
+  try {
+    const edit = convertWikilinkToMarkdownAtPosition(
+      document.getText(),
+      fromVsCodeUri(document.uri),
+      {
+        line: position.line,
+        character: position.character,
+      },
+      foam.workspace,
+      foam.services.parser
+    );
+
+    if (!edit) {
+      vscode.window.showInformationMessage(
+        'No wikilink found at cursor position'
+      );
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // Apply the edit to the document
+    const range = toVsCodeRange(edit.range);
+    const success = await activeEditor.edit(editBuilder => {
+      editBuilder.replace(range, edit.newText);
+    });
+
+    // Position cursor at the end of the updated text
+    if (success) {
+      const newEndPosition = new vscode.Position(
+        range.start.line,
+        range.start.character + edit.newText.length
+      );
+      activeEditor.selection = new vscode.Selection(
+        newEndPosition,
+        newEndPosition
+      );
+    }
+  } catch (error) {
+    Logger.error('Failed to convert wikilink to markdown link', error);
+    vscode.window.showErrorMessage(
+      `Failed to convert wikilink to markdown link: ${error.message}`
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Convert markdown link at cursor position to wikilink format
+ */
+export async function convertMarkdownToWikilink(foam: Foam): Promise<void> {
+  const activeEditor = vscode.window.activeTextEditor;
+  if (!activeEditor) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const document = activeEditor.document;
+  const position = activeEditor.selection.active;
+
+  try {
+    const edit = convertMarkdownToWikilinkAtPosition(
+      document.getText(),
+      fromVsCodeUri(document.uri),
+      {
+        line: position.line,
+        character: position.character,
+      },
+      foam.workspace,
+      foam.services.parser
+    );
+
+    if (!edit) {
+      vscode.window.showInformationMessage(
+        'No markdown link found at cursor position'
+      );
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // Apply the edit to the document
+    const range = toVsCodeRange(edit.range);
+    const success = await activeEditor.edit(editBuilder => {
+      editBuilder.replace(range, edit.newText);
+    });
+
+    // Position cursor at the end of the updated text
+    if (success) {
+      const newEndPosition = new vscode.Position(
+        range.start.line,
+        range.start.character + edit.newText.length
+      );
+      activeEditor.selection = new vscode.Selection(
+        newEndPosition,
+        newEndPosition
+      );
+    }
+  } catch (error) {
+    Logger.error('Failed to convert markdown link to wikilink', error);
+    vscode.window.showErrorMessage(
+      `Failed to convert markdown link to wikilink: ${error.message}`
+    );
+  }
+}

packages/foam-vscode/src/features/commands/copy-without-brackets.spec.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* @unit-ready */
-import { env, Position, Selection, commands } from 'vscode';
+import { env, Selection, commands } from 'vscode';
 import { createFile, showInEditor } from '../../test/test-utils-vscode';
 import { removeBrackets, toTitleCase } from './copy-without-brackets';
 
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ describe('copy-without-brackets command', () => {
       'file.md',
     ]);
     const { editor } = await showInEditor(uri);
-    editor.selection = new Selection(new Position(0, 0), new Position(1, 0));
+    editor.selection = new Selection(0, 0, 1, 0);
     await commands.executeCommand('foam-vscode.copy-without-brackets');
     const value = await env.clipboard.readText();
     expect(value).toEqual('This is my Test Content.');

packages/foam-vscode/src/features/commands/create-note-from-template.spec.ts

@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 /* @unit-ready */
 import { commands, window, workspace } from 'vscode';
 import { toVsCodeUri } from '../../utils/vsc-utils';
-import { createFile } from '../../test/test-utils-vscode';
+import { cleanWorkspace, createFile } from '../../test/test-utils-vscode';
 
 describe('create-note-from-template command', () => {
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    await cleanWorkspace();
+  });
+
   afterEach(() => {
     jest.clearAllMocks();
   });

packages/foam-vscode/src/features/commands/create-note-from-template.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { commands, ExtensionContext } from 'vscode';
-import { askUserForTemplate } from '../../services/templates';
 
 export default async function activate(context: ExtensionContext) {
   context.subscriptions.push(

packages/foam-vscode/src/features/commands/create-note.spec.ts

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ describe('create-note command', () => {
     ]);
     const target = getUriInWorkspace();
     await commands.executeCommand('foam-vscode.create-note', {
-      notePath: target.path,
+      notePath: target,
       templatePath: templateA.uri.path,
       text: 'hello',
     });
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ describe('create-note command', () => {
   it('focuses on the newly created note', async () => {
     const target = getUriInWorkspace();
     await commands.executeCommand('foam-vscode.create-note', {
-      notePath: target.path,
+      notePath: target,
       text: 'hello',
     });
     expect(window.activeTextEditor.document.getText()).toEqual('hello');
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ describe('create-note command', () => {
   it('supports variables', async () => {
     const target = getUriInWorkspace();
     await commands.executeCommand('foam-vscode.create-note', {
-      notePath: target.path,
+      notePath: target,
       text: 'hello ${FOAM_TITLE}', // eslint-disable-line no-template-curly-in-string
       variables: { FOAM_TITLE: 'world' },
     });
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ describe('create-note command', () => {
   it('supports date variables', async () => {
     const target = getUriInWorkspace();
     await commands.executeCommand('foam-vscode.create-note', {
-      notePath: target.path,
+      notePath: target,
       text: 'hello ${FOAM_DATE_YEAR}', // eslint-disable-line no-template-curly-in-string
       date: '2021-10-01',
     });
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ describe('create-note command', () => {
     expect(content).toEqual('hello');
 
     await commands.executeCommand('foam-vscode.create-note', {
-      notePath: target.uri.path,
+      notePath: target.uri,
       text: 'test overwrite',
       onFileExists: 'overwrite',
     });
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ describe('create-note command', () => {
 
     await closeEditors();
     await commands.executeCommand('foam-vscode.create-note', {
-      notePath: target.uri.path,
+      notePath: target.uri,
       text: 'test open',
       onFileExists: 'open',
     });
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ describe('create-note command', () => {
 
     await closeEditors();
     await commands.executeCommand('foam-vscode.create-note', {
-      notePath: target.uri.path,
+      notePath: target.uri,
       text: 'test cancel',
       onFileExists: 'cancel',
     });
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ describe('create-note command', () => {
       .mockImplementationOnce(jest.fn(() => Promise.resolve(undefined)));
     await closeEditors();
     await commands.executeCommand('foam-vscode.create-note', {
-      notePath: target.uri.path,
+      notePath: target.uri,
       text: 'test ask',
       onFileExists: 'ask',
     });
@@ -229,6 +229,27 @@ describe('create-note command', () => {
       expect(error.message).toContain(`Failed to load template`); // eslint-disable-line jest/no-conditional-expect
     }
   });
+
+  it('creates a note with absolute path within the workspace', async () => {
+    await commands.executeCommand('foam-vscode.create-note', {
+      notePath: '/note-in-workspace.md',
+      text: 'hello workspace',
+    });
+    expect(window.activeTextEditor.document.getText()).toEqual(
+      'hello workspace'
+    );
+    expectSameUri(
+      window.activeTextEditor.document.uri,
+      fromVsCodeUri(workspace.workspaceFolders?.[0].uri).joinPath(
+        'note-in-workspace.md'
+      )
+    );
+    await deleteFile(
+      fromVsCodeUri(workspace.workspaceFolders?.[0].uri).joinPath(
+        'note-in-workspace.md'
+      )
+    );
+  });
 });
 
 describe('factories', () => {
@@ -288,4 +309,64 @@ foam_template:
       expect(doc.getText()).toEqual(`this is my [[hello-world]]`);
     });
   });
+
+  describe('Template filepath with FOAM_CURRENT_DIR', () => {
+    it('should create note in current directory using FOAM_CURRENT_DIR variable', async () => {
+      // Create a test subdirectory and a file in it
+      const noteInSubdir = await createFile('Test content', [
+        'subdir',
+        'existing-note.md',
+      ]);
+
+      // Create a template with FOAM_CURRENT_DIR variable
+      const template = await createFile(
+        `---
+foam_template:
+  filepath: \${FOAM_CURRENT_DIR}/\${FOAM_SLUG}.md  
+---
+# \${FOAM_TITLE}
+
+Template content using FOAM_CURRENT_DIR`,
+        ['.foam', 'templates', 'foam-current-dir-template.md']
+      );
+
+      // Switch to the file in the subdirectory to set current editor context
+      await showInEditor(noteInSubdir.uri);
+
+      // Create a note using the template - FOAM_CURRENT_DIR should resolve to current editor directory
+      const resultInSubdir = await createNote(
+        {
+          templatePath: template.uri.path,
+          title: 'My New Note',
+        },
+        {} as any
+      );
+      // The note should be created in the subdir because FOAM_CURRENT_DIR resolves to current editor directory
+      expect(resultInSubdir.uri).toEqual(
+        noteInSubdir.uri.getDirectory().joinPath('my-new-note.md')
+      );
+
+      await closeEditors();
+      // Create a note using the template - FOAM_CURRENT_DIR should resolve to current editor directory
+      const resultInRoot = await createNote(
+        {
+          templatePath: template.uri.path,
+          title: 'My New Note',
+        },
+        {} as any
+      );
+      // The note should be created in the workspace root because FOAM_CURRENT_DIR resolves to workspace root when no editor is active
+      expect(resultInRoot.uri).toEqual(
+        fromVsCodeUri(workspace.workspaceFolders[0].uri).joinPath(
+          'my-new-note.md'
+        )
+      );
+
+      // Clean up
+      await deleteFile(template.uri);
+      await deleteFile(noteInSubdir.uri);
+      await deleteFile(resultInRoot.uri);
+      await deleteFile(resultInSubdir.uri);
+    });
+  });
 });

packages/foam-vscode/src/features/commands/create-note.ts

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import { TemplateLoader } from '../../services/template-loader';
 import { Template } from '../../services/note-creation-types';
 import { Resolver } from '../../services/variable-resolver';
 import { asAbsoluteWorkspaceUri, fileExists } from '../../services/editor';
-import { isSome } from '../../core/utils';
 import { CommandDescriptor } from '../../utils/commands';
 import { Foam } from '../../core/model/foam';
 import { Location } from '../../core/model/location';
@@ -22,6 +21,7 @@ import {
   toVsCodeRange,
   toVsCodeUri,
 } from '../../utils/vsc-utils';
+import { Logger } from '../../core/utils/log';
 
 export default async function activate(
   context: ExtensionContext,
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ interface CreateNoteArgs {
    * The path of the note to create.
    * If relative it will be resolved against the workspace root.
    */
-  notePath?: string;
+  notePath?: string | URI;
   /**
    * The path of the template to use.
    */
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ interface CreateNoteArgs {
   /**
    * The date used to resolve the FOAM_DATE_* variables. in YYYY-MM-DD format
    */
-  date?: string;
+  date?: string | Date;
   /**
    * The title of the note (translates into the FOAM_TITLE variable)
    */
@@ -89,9 +89,28 @@ const DEFAULT_NEW_NOTE_TEXT = `# \${FOAM_TITLE}
 
 \${FOAM_SELECTED_TEXT}`;
 
+/**
+ * Related to #1505.
+ * This function forces the date to be local by removing any time information and
+ * adding a local time (noon) to it.
+ * @param dateString The date string, either in YYYY-MM-DD format or any format parsable by Date()
+ * @returns The parsed Date object
+ */
+function forceLocalDate(dateString: string): Date {
+  // Remove the time part if present
+  const dateOnly = dateString.split('T')[0];
+  // Otherwise, treat as local date by adding local noon time
+  return new Date(dateOnly + 'T12:00:00');
+}
+
 export async function createNote(args: CreateNoteArgs, foam: Foam) {
   args = args ?? {};
-  const date = isSome(args.date) ? new Date(Date.parse(args.date)) : new Date();
+  const foamDate =
+    typeof args.date === 'string'
+      ? forceLocalDate(args.date)
+      : args.date instanceof Date
+      ? args.date
+      : new Date();
 
   // Create appropriate trigger based on context
   const trigger = args.sourceLink
@@ -125,6 +144,7 @@ export async function createNote(args: CreateNoteArgs, foam: Foam) {
     if (!templateUri) {
       template = {
         type: 'markdown',
+        metadata: new Map(),
         content: args.text || DEFAULT_NEW_NOTE_TEXT,
       };
     } else if (await fileExists(templateUri)) {
@@ -140,24 +160,28 @@ export async function createNote(args: CreateNoteArgs, foam: Foam) {
 
   // If notePath is provided, add it to template metadata to avoid unnecessary title resolution
   if (args.notePath && template.type === 'markdown') {
-    template.metadata = template.metadata || new Map();
-    template.metadata.set('filepath', args.notePath);
+    template.metadata.set(
+      'filepath',
+      typeof args.notePath === 'string'
+        ? args.notePath
+        : args.notePath.toFsPath()
+    );
   }
 
   // Create resolver with all variables upfront
   const resolver = new Resolver(
     new Map(Object.entries(args.variables ?? {})),
-    date
+    foamDate,
+    args.title
   );
 
-  // Define all variables in the resolver with proper mapping
-  if (args.title) {
-    resolver.define('FOAM_TITLE', args.title);
-  }
-
-  // Add other parameters as variables
-  if (args.notePath) {
-    resolver.define('notePath', args.notePath);
+  if (Logger.getLevel() === 'debug') {
+    Logger.debug(`[createNote] args: ${JSON.stringify(args, null, 2)}`);
+    Logger.debug(`[createNote] template: ${JSON.stringify(template, null, 2)}`);
+    Logger.debug(`[createNote] resolver: ${JSON.stringify(resolver, null, 2)}`);
+    Logger.debug(
+      `[createNote] foamDate: ${foamDate.toISOString()} (timezone offset: ${foamDate.getTimezoneOffset()})`
+    );
   }
 
   // Process template using the new engine with unified resolver
@@ -167,15 +191,9 @@ export async function createNote(args: CreateNoteArgs, foam: Foam) {
   );
   const result = await engine.processTemplate(trigger, template, resolver);
 
-  // Determine final file path
-  const finalUri = new URI({
-    scheme: workspace.workspaceFolders[0].uri.scheme,
-    path: result.filepath,
-  });
-
   // Create the note using NoteFactory with the same resolver
   const createdNote = await NoteFactory.createNote(
-    finalUri,
+    result.filepath,
     result.content,
     resolver,
     args.onFileExists,

packages/foam-vscode/src/features/commands/index.ts

@@ -10,4 +10,6 @@ export { default as openResource } from './open-resource';
 export { default as updateGraphCommand } from './update-graph';
 export { default as updateWikilinksCommand } from './update-wikilinks';
 export { default as createNote } from './create-note';
-export { default as generateStandaloneNote } from './convert-links-format-in-note';
+export { default as searchTagCommand } from './search-tag';
+export { default as renameTagCommand } from './rename-tag';
+export { default as convertLinksCommand } from './convert-links';

packages/foam-vscode/src/features/commands/janitor.ts

@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ async function runJanitor(foam: Foam) {
 
     const definitions =
       wikilinkSetting === 'off'
-        ? null
+        ? []
         : await generateLinkReferences(
             note,
             noteText,
@@ -114,11 +114,11 @@ async function runJanitor(foam: Foam) {
             foam.workspace,
             wikilinkSetting === 'withExtensions'
           );
-    if (definitions) {
+    if (definitions.length > 0) {
       updatedDefinitionListCount += 1;
     }
 
-    if (!heading && !definitions) {
+    if (!heading && definitions.length === 0) {
       return Promise.resolve();
     }
 
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ async function runJanitor(foam: Foam) {
     // Note: The ordering matters. Definitions need to be inserted
     // before heading, since inserting a heading changes line numbers below
     let text = noteText;
-    text = definitions ? TextEdit.apply(text, definitions) : text;
+    text = definitions.length > 0 ? TextEdit.apply(text, definitions) : text;
     text = heading ? TextEdit.apply(text, heading) : text;
 
     return workspace.fs.writeFile(toVsCodeUri(note.uri), Buffer.from(text));
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ async function runJanitor(foam: Foam) {
     const heading = await generateHeading(note, noteText, eol);
     const definitions =
       wikilinkSetting === 'off'
-        ? null
+        ? []
         : await generateLinkReferences(
             note,
             noteText,
@@ -157,19 +157,22 @@ async function runJanitor(foam: Foam) {
             wikilinkSetting === 'withExtensions'
           );
 
-    if (heading || definitions) {
+    if (heading || definitions.length > 0) {
       // Apply Edits
       /* eslint-disable */
       await editor.edit(editBuilder => {
         // Note: The ordering matters. Definitions need to be inserted
         // before heading, since inserting a heading changes line numbers below
-        if (definitions) {
+        if (definitions.length > 0) {
           updatedDefinitionListCount += 1;
-          const start = definitions.range.start;
-          const end = definitions.range.end;
+          // Apply all definition edits
+          definitions.forEach(definition => {
+            const start = definition.range.start;
+            const end = definition.range.end;
 
-          const range = Range.createFromPosition(start, end);
-          editBuilder.replace(toVsCodeRange(range), definitions!.newText);
+            const range = Range.createFromPosition(start, end);
+            editBuilder.replace(toVsCodeRange(range), definition.newText);
+          });
         }
 
         if (heading) {

packages/foam-vscode/src/features/commands/open-resource.ts

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import {
 import { CommandDescriptor } from '../../utils/commands';
 import { FoamWorkspace } from '../../core/model/workspace';
 import { Resource } from '../../core/model/note';
-import { isSome, isNone } from '../../core/utils';
+import { isNone } from '../../core/utils';
 
 export default async function activate(
   context: vscode.ExtensionContext,

packages/foam-vscode/src/features/commands/rename-tag.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,324 @@
+import * as vscode from 'vscode';
+import { Foam } from '../../core/model/foam';
+import { TagEdit } from '../../core/services/tag-edit';
+import { TagItem } from '../panels/tags-explorer';
+import { fromVsCodeUri, toVsCodeWorkspaceEdit } from '../../utils/vsc-utils';
+import { Logger } from '../../core/utils/log';
+import { Position } from '../../core/model/position';
+
+/**
+ * Command definition for the tag rename functionality.
+ *
+ * This command provides workspace-wide tag renaming capabilities with multiple
+ * invocation methods: command palette, context menus, and programmatic calls.
+ */
+export const RENAME_TAG_COMMAND = {
+  /** VS Code command identifier */
+  command: 'foam-vscode.rename-tag',
+  /** Display name shown in command palette */
+  title: 'Foam: Rename Tag',
+};
+
+/**
+ * Activates the rename tag command feature.
+ *
+ * Registers the rename tag command with VS Code and sets up error handling.
+ * The command supports multiple parameter combinations for different use cases.
+ *
+ * @param context VS Code extension context for registering disposables
+ * @param foamPromise Promise that resolves to the initialized Foam instance
+ */
+export default async function activate(
+  context: vscode.ExtensionContext,
+  foamPromise: Promise<Foam>
+) {
+  const foam = await foamPromise;
+
+  context.subscriptions.push(
+    vscode.commands.registerCommand(
+      RENAME_TAG_COMMAND.command,
+      async (tagLabelOrItem?: string | TagItem, newTagName?: string) => {
+        try {
+          await executeRenameTag(foam, tagLabelOrItem, newTagName);
+        } catch (error) {
+          Logger.error('Error executing rename tag command:', error);
+          vscode.window.showErrorMessage(
+            `Failed to rename tag: ${error.message}`
+          );
+        }
+      }
+    )
+  );
+}
+
+/**
+ * Execute the tag rename operation with flexible parameter handling.
+ *
+ * This function handles the complete tag rename workflow:
+ * 1. Determine which tag to rename (from parameters, cursor position, or user selection)
+ * 2. Get the new tag name (from parameters or user input)
+ * 3. Validate the rename operation
+ * 4. Apply the changes across the workspace
+ *
+ * @param foam The Foam instance containing workspace and tag information
+ * @param tagLabelOrItem Optional tag to rename (string label or TagItem from explorer)
+ * @param newTagName Optional new name for the tag
+ *
+ * @example
+ * ```typescript
+ * // Rename specific tag programmatically
+ * await executeRenameTag(foam, 'oldtag', 'newtag');
+ *
+ * // Interactive rename with tag picker
+ * await executeRenameTag(foam);
+ *
+ * // Rename tag from Tags Explorer context
+ * await executeRenameTag(foam, tagItem);
+ * ```
+ */
+async function executeRenameTag(
+  foam: Foam,
+  tagLabelOrItem?: string | TagItem,
+  newTagName?: string
+): Promise<void> {
+  let tagLabel: string | undefined;
+
+  // Determine the tag to rename
+  if (typeof tagLabelOrItem === 'string') {
+    tagLabel = tagLabelOrItem;
+  } else if (
+    tagLabelOrItem &&
+    typeof tagLabelOrItem === 'object' &&
+    'tag' in tagLabelOrItem
+  ) {
+    tagLabel = tagLabelOrItem.tag;
+  } else {
+    // Try to detect tag from current cursor position
+    const activeEditor = vscode.window.activeTextEditor;
+    if (activeEditor && activeEditor.document.languageId === 'markdown') {
+      const vsPosition = activeEditor.selection.active;
+      const fileUri = fromVsCodeUri(activeEditor.document.uri);
+      const position = Position.create(vsPosition.line, vsPosition.character);
+
+      tagLabel = TagEdit.getTagAtPosition(foam.tags, fileUri, position);
+    }
+  }
+
+  // If we still don't have a tag, show picker
+  if (!tagLabel) {
+    const allTags = Array.from(foam.tags.tags.keys()).sort();
+
+    if (allTags.length === 0) {
+      vscode.window.showInformationMessage('No tags found in workspace.');
+      return;
+    }
+
+    tagLabel = await vscode.window.showQuickPick(allTags, {
+      title: 'Select a tag to rename',
+      placeHolder: 'Choose a tag to rename...',
+    });
+
+    if (!tagLabel) {
+      return; // User cancelled
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Get the new tag name from user or use provided parameter
+  let finalNewTagName = newTagName;
+
+  // If newTagName was provided, validate it first
+  if (finalNewTagName) {
+    const cleanValue = finalNewTagName.startsWith('#')
+      ? finalNewTagName.substring(1)
+      : finalNewTagName;
+
+    const validation = TagEdit.validateTagRename(
+      foam.tags,
+      tagLabel!,
+      cleanValue
+    );
+    if (!validation.isValid) {
+      throw new Error(validation.message);
+    }
+
+    // Handle merge confirmation if needed
+    if (validation.isMerge) {
+      const confirmed = await vscode.window.showWarningMessage(
+        `Tag "${cleanValue}" already exists (${
+          validation.targetOccurrences
+        } occurrence${
+          validation.targetOccurrences !== 1 ? 's' : ''
+        }). Merge "${tagLabel}" (${validation.sourceOccurrences} occurrence${
+          validation.sourceOccurrences !== 1 ? 's' : ''
+        }) into it?`,
+        { modal: true },
+        'Merge Tags'
+      );
+
+      if (confirmed !== 'Merge Tags') {
+        throw new Error('Tag merge cancelled by user');
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (!finalNewTagName) {
+    const currentOccurrences = foam.tags.tags.get(tagLabel)?.length ?? 0;
+    finalNewTagName = await vscode.window.showInputBox({
+      title: `Rename tag "${tagLabel}"`,
+      prompt: `Enter new name for tag "${tagLabel}" (${currentOccurrences} occurrence${
+        currentOccurrences !== 1 ? 's' : ''
+      })`,
+      value: tagLabel,
+      validateInput: (value: string) => {
+        const validation = TagEdit.validateTagRename(
+          foam.tags,
+          tagLabel!,
+          value
+        );
+
+        if (!validation.isValid) {
+          return validation.message;
+        }
+
+        // Show merge information but allow the input
+        if (validation.isMerge) {
+          return {
+            message: `Will merge into existing tag: ${value} - ${
+              validation.targetOccurrences
+            } occurrence${validation.targetOccurrences !== 1 ? 's' : ''}`,
+            severity: vscode.InputBoxValidationSeverity.Info,
+          };
+        }
+
+        return undefined;
+      },
+    });
+
+    if (!finalNewTagName) {
+      return; // User cancelled
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Clean the new name
+  const cleanNewName = finalNewTagName.startsWith('#')
+    ? finalNewTagName.substring(1)
+    : finalNewTagName;
+
+  // Final validation and merge confirmation for input box flow
+  const finalValidation = TagEdit.validateTagRename(
+    foam.tags,
+    tagLabel,
+    cleanNewName
+  );
+
+  if (!finalValidation.isValid) {
+    throw new Error(finalValidation.message);
+  }
+
+  // Check for child tags and offer hierarchical rename
+  const childTags = TagEdit.findChildTags(foam.tags, tagLabel);
+  const hasChildren = childTags.length > 0;
+  let useHierarchicalRename = false;
+
+  if (hasChildren) {
+    const childList = childTags.map(tag => `• ${tag}`).join('\n');
+    const choice = await vscode.window.showWarningMessage(
+      `Tag "${tagLabel}" has ${childTags.length} child tag${
+        childTags.length !== 1 ? 's' : ''
+      }:\n\n${childList}\n\nHow would you like to proceed?`,
+      { modal: true },
+      'Rename Only Parent',
+      'Rename All (Parent + Children)'
+    );
+
+    if (choice === 'Rename All (Parent + Children)') {
+      useHierarchicalRename = true;
+    } else if (choice !== 'Rename Only Parent') {
+      return; // User cancelled
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Handle merge confirmation if needed (for input box flow)
+  if (finalValidation.isMerge) {
+    const confirmed = await vscode.window.showWarningMessage(
+      `Tag "${cleanNewName}" already exists (${
+        finalValidation.targetOccurrences
+      } occurrence${
+        finalValidation.targetOccurrences !== 1 ? 's' : ''
+      }). Merge "${tagLabel}" (${finalValidation.sourceOccurrences} occurrence${
+        finalValidation.sourceOccurrences !== 1 ? 's' : ''
+      }) into it?`,
+      { modal: true },
+      'Merge Tags'
+    );
+
+    if (confirmed !== 'Merge Tags') {
+      return; // User cancelled merge
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Perform the rename
+  await performTagRename(foam, tagLabel, cleanNewName, useHierarchicalRename);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Perform the actual tag rename operation by applying workspace edits.
+ *
+ * This internal function generates all necessary text edits and applies them
+ * to the workspace. It provides user feedback through VS Code notifications
+ * and logs the operation results.
+ *
+ * @param foam The Foam instance containing workspace and tag information
+ * @param oldTagLabel The current tag label to be renamed
+ * @param newTagLabel The new tag label to rename to
+ * @param useHierarchicalRename Whether to rename child tags as well
+ * @throws Error if workspace edits cannot be applied
+ * @internal
+ */
+async function performTagRename(
+  foam: Foam,
+  oldTagLabel: string,
+  newTagLabel: string,
+  useHierarchicalRename: boolean = false
+): Promise<void> {
+  // Generate all the edits - use hierarchical method if requested
+  const tagEditResult = useHierarchicalRename
+    ? TagEdit.createHierarchicalRenameEdits(foam.tags, oldTagLabel, newTagLabel)
+    : TagEdit.createRenameTagEdits(foam.tags, oldTagLabel, newTagLabel);
+
+  if (tagEditResult.totalOccurrences === 0) {
+    vscode.window.showWarningMessage(
+      `No occurrences of tag "${oldTagLabel}" found.`
+    );
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // Convert to VS Code WorkspaceEdit
+  const workspaceEdit = toVsCodeWorkspaceEdit(
+    tagEditResult.edits,
+    foam.workspace
+  );
+
+  // Apply the edits
+  const success = await vscode.workspace.applyEdit(workspaceEdit);
+
+  if (success) {
+    // Calculate unique file count from workspace edits
+    const uniqueFiles = new Set(
+      tagEditResult.edits.map(edit => edit.uri.toString())
+    ).size;
+    const occurrences = tagEditResult.totalOccurrences;
+
+    Logger.info(
+      `Successfully renamed tag "${oldTagLabel}" to "${newTagLabel}" (${occurrences} occurrences across ${uniqueFiles} files)`
+    );
+
+    vscode.window.showInformationMessage(
+      `Renamed tag "${oldTagLabel}" to "${newTagLabel}" (${occurrences} occurrence${
+        occurrences !== 1 ? 's' : ''
+      } across ${uniqueFiles} file${uniqueFiles !== 1 ? 's' : ''})`
+    );
+  } else {
+    throw new Error('Failed to apply workspace edits');
+  }
+}

packages/foam-vscode/src/features/commands/search-tag.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,202 @@
+/* @unit-ready */
+import { generateTagSearchPattern } from './search-tag';
+
+describe('search-tag command', () => {
+  describe('generateTagSearchPattern', () => {
+    it('generates correct regex pattern for simple tag', () => {
+      const pattern = generateTagSearchPattern('project-alpha');
+      expect(pattern).toBe(
+        '#project-alpha\\b|tags:.*?\\bproject-alpha\\b|^\\s*-\\s+project-alpha\\b\\s*$'
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('escapes special regex characters in tag label', () => {
+      const pattern = generateTagSearchPattern('tag.with+special*chars');
+      expect(pattern).toBe(
+        '#tag\\.with\\+special\\*chars\\b|tags:.*?\\btag\\.with\\+special\\*chars\\b|^\\s*-\\s+tag\\.with\\+special\\*chars\\b\\s*$'
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('handles hierarchical tags with forward slashes', () => {
+      const pattern = generateTagSearchPattern('status/active');
+      // Forward slashes don't need escaping in regex
+      expect(pattern).toBe(
+        '#status/active\\b|tags:.*?\\bstatus/active\\b|^\\s*-\\s+status/active\\b\\s*$'
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('handles tags with hyphens', () => {
+      const pattern = generateTagSearchPattern('v1-release');
+      expect(pattern).toBe(
+        '#v1-release\\b|tags:.*?\\bv1-release\\b|^\\s*-\\s+v1-release\\b\\s*$'
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('handles tags with underscores', () => {
+      const pattern = generateTagSearchPattern('my_tag');
+      expect(pattern).toBe(
+        '#my_tag\\b|tags:.*?\\bmy_tag\\b|^\\s*-\\s+my_tag\\b\\s*$'
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('escapes parentheses', () => {
+      const pattern = generateTagSearchPattern('tag(with)parens');
+      expect(pattern).toBe(
+        '#tag\\(with\\)parens\\b|tags:.*?\\btag\\(with\\)parens\\b|^\\s*-\\s+tag\\(with\\)parens\\b\\s*$'
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('escapes square brackets', () => {
+      const pattern = generateTagSearchPattern('tag[with]brackets');
+      expect(pattern).toBe(
+        '#tag\\[with\\]brackets\\b|tags:.*?\\btag\\[with\\]brackets\\b|^\\s*-\\s+tag\\[with\\]brackets\\b\\s*$'
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('escapes curly braces', () => {
+      const pattern = generateTagSearchPattern('tag{with}braces');
+      expect(pattern).toBe(
+        '#tag\\{with\\}braces\\b|tags:.*?\\btag\\{with\\}braces\\b|^\\s*-\\s+tag\\{with\\}braces\\b\\s*$'
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('escapes question marks', () => {
+      const pattern = generateTagSearchPattern('tag?');
+      expect(pattern).toBe(
+        '#tag\\?\\b|tags:.*?\\btag\\?\\b|^\\s*-\\s+tag\\?\\b\\s*$'
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('escapes dollar signs', () => {
+      const pattern = generateTagSearchPattern('tag$');
+      expect(pattern).toBe(
+        '#tag\\$\\b|tags:.*?\\btag\\$\\b|^\\s*-\\s+tag\\$\\b\\s*$'
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('escapes caret', () => {
+      const pattern = generateTagSearchPattern('^tag');
+      expect(pattern).toBe(
+        '#\\^tag\\b|tags:.*?\\b\\^tag\\b|^\\s*-\\s+\\^tag\\b\\s*$'
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('escapes pipe', () => {
+      const pattern = generateTagSearchPattern('tag|other');
+      expect(pattern).toBe(
+        '#tag\\|other\\b|tags:.*?\\btag\\|other\\b|^\\s*-\\s+tag\\|other\\b\\s*$'
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('escapes backslash', () => {
+      const pattern = generateTagSearchPattern('tag\\test');
+      expect(pattern).toBe(
+        '#tag\\\\test\\b|tags:.*?\\btag\\\\test\\b|^\\s*-\\s+tag\\\\test\\b\\s*$'
+      );
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('pattern matching verification', () => {
+    it('pattern should match inline hashtags', () => {
+      const pattern = generateTagSearchPattern('test-tag');
+      const regex = new RegExp(pattern);
+
+      expect(regex.test('#test-tag')).toBe(true);
+      expect(regex.test('#test-tag in sentence')).toBe(true);
+      expect(regex.test('text #test-tag more text')).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it('pattern should match YAML array format', () => {
+      const pattern = generateTagSearchPattern('test-tag');
+      const regex = new RegExp(pattern);
+
+      expect(regex.test('tags: [test-tag, other]')).toBe(true);
+      expect(regex.test('tags: [test-tag]')).toBe(true);
+      expect(regex.test('tags: [other, test-tag]')).toBe(true);
+      expect(regex.test('tags: test-tag')).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it('pattern should match YAML list format with tag right after dash', () => {
+      const pattern = generateTagSearchPattern('test-tag');
+      const regex = new RegExp(pattern, 'm'); // multiline flag
+
+      expect(regex.test('  - test-tag')).toBe(true);
+      expect(regex.test('- test-tag')).toBe(true);
+      expect(regex.test('    - test-tag')).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it('pattern should NOT match markdown lists with tag not right after dash', () => {
+      const pattern = generateTagSearchPattern('test-tag');
+      const regex = new RegExp(pattern, 'm');
+
+      // These should NOT match because the tag is not immediately after the dash
+      expect(regex.test('- This is a test-tag item')).toBe(false);
+      expect(regex.test('- Some text about test-tag')).toBe(false);
+      expect(regex.test('  - Another test-tag mention')).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it('pattern should NOT match list items with tag followed by other text', () => {
+      const pattern = generateTagSearchPattern('javascript');
+      const regex = new RegExp(pattern, 'm');
+
+      // These should NOT match because there's text after the tag
+      expect(regex.test('- javascript is cool')).toBe(false);
+      expect(regex.test('  - javascript programming')).toBe(false);
+      expect(regex.test('- javascript: the language')).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it('pattern should not match partial words', () => {
+      const pattern = generateTagSearchPattern('test');
+      const regex = new RegExp(pattern);
+
+      expect(regex.test('#testing')).toBe(false);
+      expect(regex.test('tags: [testing]')).toBe(false);
+      expect(regex.test('- testing')).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it('pattern should match hierarchical tags', () => {
+      const pattern = generateTagSearchPattern('project/alpha');
+      const regex = new RegExp(pattern, 'm');
+
+      expect(regex.test('#project/alpha')).toBe(true);
+      expect(regex.test('tags: [project/alpha]')).toBe(true);
+      expect(regex.test('  - project/alpha')).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it('pattern should match tags with spaces after dash', () => {
+      const pattern = generateTagSearchPattern('my-tag');
+      const regex = new RegExp(pattern, 'm');
+
+      // Multiple spaces after dash should still match
+      expect(regex.test('  -   my-tag')).toBe(true);
+      expect(regex.test('-  my-tag')).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it('pattern should handle real-world YAML examples', () => {
+      const pattern = generateTagSearchPattern('javascript');
+      const regex = new RegExp(pattern, 'm');
+
+      // YAML front matter examples - should match
+      const yamlArray = 'tags: [javascript, typescript, react]';
+      const yamlList = '  - javascript';
+      const yamlListWithTrailingSpace = '  - javascript  ';
+      const yamlSingle = 'tags: javascript';
+      const inline = 'Learn #javascript today';
+
+      expect(regex.test(yamlArray)).toBe(true);
+      expect(regex.test(yamlList)).toBe(true);
+      expect(regex.test(yamlListWithTrailingSpace)).toBe(true);
+      expect(regex.test(yamlSingle)).toBe(true);
+      expect(regex.test(inline)).toBe(true);
+
+      // False positives - should NOT match
+      const falsePositive1 = '- Learn javascript programming';
+      const falsePositive2 = '- javascript is cool';
+      const falsePositive3 = '  - javascript tutorial';
+
+      expect(regex.test(falsePositive1)).toBe(false);
+      expect(regex.test(falsePositive2)).toBe(false);
+      expect(regex.test(falsePositive3)).toBe(false);
+    });
+  });
+});

packages/foam-vscode/src/features/commands/search-tag.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+import * as vscode from 'vscode';
+import { Foam } from '../../core/model/foam';
+import { TagItem } from '../panels/tags-explorer';
+
+export const SEARCH_TAG_COMMAND = {
+  command: 'foam-vscode.search-tag',
+  title: 'Foam: Search Tag',
+};
+
+/**
+ * Generates a regex search pattern that matches both inline tags (#tag) and YAML front matter tags.
+ *
+ * @param tagLabel The tag label to search for (without # prefix)
+ * @returns A regex pattern string that matches the tag in both formats
+ */
+export function generateTagSearchPattern(tagLabel: string): string {
+  // Escape special regex characters in tag label
+  const escapedTag = tagLabel.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, '\\$&');
+
+  // Pattern matches three cases:
+  // 1. #tag - inline hashtags with word boundary
+  // 2. tags: [...tag...] - YAML front matter array format
+  // 3. ^\s*-\s+tag\s*$ - YAML front matter list format (tag is the only content after dash)
+  return `#${escapedTag}\\b|tags:.*?\\b${escapedTag}\\b|^\\s*-\\s+${escapedTag}\\b\\s*$`;
+}
+
+export default async function activate(
+  context: vscode.ExtensionContext,
+  foamPromise: Promise<Foam>
+) {
+  const foam = await foamPromise;
+
+  context.subscriptions.push(
+    vscode.commands.registerCommand(
+      SEARCH_TAG_COMMAND.command,
+      async (tagLabelOrItem?: string | TagItem) => {
+        let tagLabel: string | undefined;
+
+        // Handle both string and TagItem parameters
+        if (typeof tagLabelOrItem === 'string') {
+          tagLabel = tagLabelOrItem;
+        } else if (
+          tagLabelOrItem &&
+          typeof tagLabelOrItem === 'object' &&
+          'tag' in tagLabelOrItem
+        ) {
+          tagLabel = tagLabelOrItem.tag;
+        }
+
+        if (!tagLabel) {
+          // If no tag provided, show tag picker
+          const allTags = Array.from(foam.tags.tags.keys()).sort();
+          if (allTags.length === 0) {
+            vscode.window.showInformationMessage('No tags found in workspace.');
+            return;
+          }
+
+          tagLabel = await vscode.window.showQuickPick(allTags, {
+            title: 'Select a tag to search',
+            placeHolder: 'Choose a tag to search for...',
+          });
+
+          if (!tagLabel) {
+            return; // User cancelled
+          }
+        }
+
+        // Generate search pattern that matches both inline and YAML tags
+        const searchPattern = generateTagSearchPattern(tagLabel);
+
+        await vscode.commands.executeCommand('workbench.action.findInFiles', {
+          query: searchPattern,
+          triggerSearch: true,
+          matchWholeWord: false,
+          isCaseSensitive: true,
+          isRegex: true,
+        });
+      }
+    )
+  );
+}

packages/foam-vscode/src/features/commands/update-wikilinks.ts

@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ async function updateWikilinkDefinitions(
   }
 
   const resource = fParser.parse(fromVsCodeUri(doc.uri), text);
-  const update = await generateLinkReferences(
+  const updates = await generateLinkReferences(
     resource,
     text,
     eol,
@@ -101,12 +101,14 @@ async function updateWikilinkDefinitions(
     setting === 'withExtensions'
   );
 
-  if (update) {
+  if (updates.length > 0) {
     await editor.edit(editBuilder => {
-      const gap = doc.lineAt(update.range.start.line - 1).isEmptyOrWhitespace
-        ? ''
-        : eol;
-      editBuilder.replace(toVsCodeRange(update.range), gap + update.newText);
+      updates.forEach(update => {
+        const gap = doc.lineAt(update.range.start.line - 1).isEmptyOrWhitespace
+          ? ''
+          : eol;
+        editBuilder.replace(toVsCodeRange(update.range), gap + update.newText);
+      });
     });
   }
 }

packages/foam-vscode/src/features/index.ts

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import linkDecorations from './document-decorator';
 import navigationProviders from './navigation-provider';
 import wikilinkDiagnostics from './wikilink-diagnostics';
 import refactor from './refactor';
+import workspaceSymbolProvider from './workspace-symbol-provider';
+import tagRenameProvider from './tag-rename-provider';
 
 export const features: FoamFeature[] = [
   ...Object.values(commands),
@@ -23,4 +25,6 @@ export const features: FoamFeature[] = [
   preview,
   completionProvider,
   tagCompletionProvider,
+  workspaceSymbolProvider,
+  tagRenameProvider,
 ];

packages/foam-vscode/src/features/link-completion.spec.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+/* @unit-ready */
+
 import * as vscode from 'vscode';
 import { createMarkdownParser } from '../core/services/markdown-parser';
 import { FoamGraph } from '../core/model/graph';
@@ -14,6 +16,7 @@ import {
   WikilinkCompletionProvider,
   SectionCompletionProvider,
 } from './link-completion';
+import { CONVERT_WIKILINK_TO_MDLINK } from './commands/convert-links';
 
 describe('Link Completion', () => {
   const parser = createMarkdownParser([]);
@@ -281,4 +284,220 @@ alias: alias-a
     expect(aliasCompletionItem.label).toBe('alias-a');
     expect(aliasCompletionItem.insertText).toBe('new-note-with-alias|alias-a');
   });
+
+  it('should support linkFormat setting - wikilink format (default)', async () => {
+    const { uri: noteUri, content } = await createFile(`# My Note Title`);
+    const workspace = createTestWorkspace();
+    workspace.set(parser.parse(noteUri, content));
+    const provider = new WikilinkCompletionProvider(
+      workspace,
+      FoamGraph.fromWorkspace(workspace)
+    );
+
+    const { uri } = await createFile('[[');
+    const { doc } = await showInEditor(uri);
+
+    await withModifiedFoamConfiguration(
+      'completion.linkFormat',
+      'wikilink',
+      async () => {
+        await withModifiedFoamConfiguration(
+          'completion.useAlias',
+          'never',
+          async () => {
+            const links = await provider.provideCompletionItems(
+              doc,
+              new vscode.Position(0, 2)
+            );
+
+            expect(links.items.length).toBe(1);
+            expect(links.items[0].insertText).toBe(
+              workspace.getIdentifier(noteUri)
+            );
+          }
+        );
+      }
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('should support linkFormat setting - markdown link format', async () => {
+    const { uri: noteUri, content } = await createFile(`# My Note Title`, [
+      'my',
+      'path',
+      'to',
+      'test-note.md',
+    ]);
+    const workspace = createTestWorkspace();
+    workspace.set(parser.parse(noteUri, content));
+    const provider = new WikilinkCompletionProvider(
+      workspace,
+      FoamGraph.fromWorkspace(workspace)
+    );
+
+    const { uri } = await createFile('[[');
+    const { doc } = await showInEditor(uri);
+
+    await withModifiedFoamConfiguration(
+      'completion.linkFormat',
+      'link',
+      async () => {
+        const links = await provider.provideCompletionItems(
+          doc,
+          new vscode.Position(0, 2)
+        );
+
+        expect(links.items.length).toBe(1);
+        const insertText = String(links.items[0].insertText);
+
+        // In test environment, the command converts wikilink to markdown after insertion
+        // The insertText is the wikilink format, conversion happens via command
+        // So we expect just the identifier (no alias because linkFormat === 'link')
+        expect(insertText).toBe(workspace.getIdentifier(noteUri));
+
+        // Commit characters should be empty when using conversion command
+        expect(links.items[0].commitCharacters).toEqual([]);
+
+        // Verify command is attached for conversion
+        expect(links.items[0].command).toBeDefined();
+        expect(links.items[0].command.command).toBe(
+          CONVERT_WIKILINK_TO_MDLINK.command
+        );
+      }
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('should support linkFormat setting with aliases - markdown format', async () => {
+    const { uri: noteUri, content } = await createFile(`# My Different Title`, [
+      'another-note.md',
+    ]);
+    const workspace = createTestWorkspace();
+    workspace.set(parser.parse(noteUri, content));
+    const provider = new WikilinkCompletionProvider(
+      workspace,
+      FoamGraph.fromWorkspace(workspace)
+    );
+
+    const { uri } = await createFile('[[');
+    const { doc } = await showInEditor(uri);
+
+    await withModifiedFoamConfiguration(
+      'completion.linkFormat',
+      'link',
+      async () => {
+        await withModifiedFoamConfiguration(
+          'completion.useAlias',
+          'whenPathDiffersFromTitle',
+          async () => {
+            const links = await provider.provideCompletionItems(
+              doc,
+              new vscode.Position(0, 2)
+            );
+
+            expect(links.items.length).toBe(1);
+            const insertText = links.items[0].insertText;
+
+            // When linkFormat is 'link', we don't use alias in insertText
+            // The conversion command handles the title mapping
+            expect(insertText).toBe(workspace.getIdentifier(noteUri));
+            expect(links.items[0].commitCharacters).toEqual([]);
+
+            // Verify command is attached for conversion
+            expect(links.items[0].command).toBeDefined();
+            expect(links.items[0].command.command).toBe(
+              CONVERT_WIKILINK_TO_MDLINK.command
+            );
+          }
+        );
+      }
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('should handle alias completion with markdown link format', async () => {
+    const { uri, content } = await createFile(
+      `
+---
+alias: test-alias
+---
+[[
+`,
+      ['note-with-alias.md']
+    );
+    ws.set(parser.parse(uri, content));
+
+    const { doc } = await showInEditor(uri);
+    const provider = new WikilinkCompletionProvider(ws, graph);
+
+    await withModifiedFoamConfiguration(
+      'completion.linkFormat',
+      'link',
+      async () => {
+        const links = await provider.provideCompletionItems(
+          doc,
+          new vscode.Position(4, 2)
+        );
+
+        const aliasCompletionItem = links.items.find(
+          i => i.label === 'test-alias'
+        );
+        expect(aliasCompletionItem).not.toBeNull();
+        expect(aliasCompletionItem.label).toBe('test-alias');
+
+        // Alias completions always use pipe syntax in insertText
+        // The conversion command will convert it to markdown format
+        expect(aliasCompletionItem.insertText).toBe(
+          'note-with-alias|test-alias'
+        );
+        expect(aliasCompletionItem.commitCharacters).toEqual([]);
+
+        // Verify command is attached for conversion
+        expect(aliasCompletionItem.command).toBeDefined();
+        expect(aliasCompletionItem.command.command).toBe(
+          CONVERT_WIKILINK_TO_MDLINK.command
+        );
+      }
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('should ignore linkFormat setting for placeholder completions', async () => {
+    const { uri } = await createFile('[[');
+    const { doc } = await showInEditor(uri);
+    const provider = new WikilinkCompletionProvider(ws, graph);
+
+    // Test with wikilink format - should return plain text
+    await withModifiedFoamConfiguration(
+      'completion.linkFormat',
+      'wikilink',
+      async () => {
+        const links = await provider.provideCompletionItems(
+          doc,
+          new vscode.Position(0, 2)
+        );
+
+        const placeholderItem = links.items.find(
+          i => i.label === 'placeholder text'
+        );
+        expect(placeholderItem).not.toBeNull();
+        expect(placeholderItem.insertText).toBe('placeholder text');
+      }
+    );
+
+    // Test with markdown link format - should also return plain text (ignore format conversion)
+    await withModifiedFoamConfiguration(
+      'completion.linkFormat',
+      'link',
+      async () => {
+        const links = await provider.provideCompletionItems(
+          doc,
+          new vscode.Position(0, 2)
+        );
+
+        const placeholderItem = links.items.find(
+          i => i.label === 'placeholder text'
+        );
+        expect(placeholderItem).not.toBeNull();
+        // Placeholders should remain as plain text, not converted to wikilink format
+        expect(placeholderItem.insertText).toBe('placeholder text');
+      }
+    );
+  });
 });

packages/foam-vscode/src/features/link-completion.ts

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { FoamWorkspace } from '../core/model/workspace';
 import { getFoamVsCodeConfig } from '../services/config';
 import { fromVsCodeUri, toVsCodeUri } from '../utils/vsc-utils';
 import { getNoteTooltip, getFoamDocSelectors } from '../services/editor';
+import { CONVERT_WIKILINK_TO_MDLINK } from './commands/convert-links';
 
 export const aliasCommitCharacters = ['#'];
 export const linkCommitCharacters = ['#', '|'];
@@ -169,15 +170,17 @@ export class WikilinkCompletionProvider
     }
 
     const text = requiresAutocomplete[0];
+    const labelStyle = getCompletionLabelSetting();
+    const aliasSetting = getCompletionAliasSetting();
+    const linkFormat = getCompletionLinkFormatSetting();
 
+    // Use safe range that VS Code accepts - replace content inside brackets only
     const replacementRange = new vscode.Range(
       position.line,
       position.character - (text.length - 2),
       position.line,
       position.character
     );
-    const labelStyle = getCompletionLabelSetting();
-    const aliasSetting = getCompletionAliasSetting();
 
     const resources = this.ws.list().map(resource => {
       const resourceIsDocument =
@@ -206,15 +209,22 @@ export class WikilinkCompletionProvider
 
       const useAlias =
         resourceIsDocument &&
+        linkFormat !== 'link' &&
         aliasSetting !== 'never' &&
-        wikilinkRequiresAlias(resource);
+        wikilinkRequiresAlias(resource, this.ws.defaultExtension);
 
       item.insertText = useAlias
         ? `${identifier}|${resource.title}`
         : identifier;
-      item.commitCharacters = useAlias ? [] : linkCommitCharacters;
+      // When using aliases or markdown link format, don't allow commit characters
+      // since we either have the full text or will convert it
+      item.commitCharacters =
+        useAlias || linkFormat === 'link' ? [] : linkCommitCharacters;
       item.range = replacementRange;
-      item.command = COMPLETION_CURSOR_MOVE;
+      item.command =
+        linkFormat === 'link'
+          ? CONVERT_WIKILINK_TO_MDLINK
+          : COMPLETION_CURSOR_MOVE;
       return item;
     });
     const aliases = this.ws.list().flatMap(resource =>
@@ -224,13 +234,27 @@ export class WikilinkCompletionProvider
           vscode.CompletionItemKind.Reference,
           resource.uri
         );
-        item.insertText = this.ws.getIdentifier(resource.uri) + '|' + a.title;
+
+        const identifier = this.ws.getIdentifier(resource.uri);
+
+        item.insertText = `${identifier}|${a.title}`;
+        // When using markdown link format, don't allow commit characters
+        item.commitCharacters =
+          linkFormat === 'link' ? [] : aliasCommitCharacters;
+        item.range = replacementRange;
+
+        // If link format is enabled, convert after completion
+        item.command =
+          linkFormat === 'link'
+            ? {
+                command: CONVERT_WIKILINK_TO_MDLINK.command,
+                title: CONVERT_WIKILINK_TO_MDLINK.title,
+              }
+            : COMPLETION_CURSOR_MOVE;
+
         item.detail = `Alias of ${vscode.workspace.asRelativePath(
           toVsCodeUri(resource.uri)
         )}`;
-        item.range = replacementRange;
-        item.command = COMPLETION_CURSOR_MOVE;
-        item.commitCharacters = aliasCommitCharacters;
         return item;
       })
     );
@@ -293,7 +317,19 @@ function getCompletionAliasSetting() {
   return aliasStyle;
 }
 
-const normalize = (text: string) => text.toLocaleLowerCase().trim();
-function wikilinkRequiresAlias(resource: Resource) {
-  return normalize(resource.uri.getName()) !== normalize(resource.title);
+function getCompletionLinkFormatSetting() {
+  const linkFormat: 'wikilink' | 'link' = getFoamVsCodeConfig(
+    'completion.linkFormat'
+  );
+  return linkFormat;
+}
+
+const normalize = (text: string) => text.toLocaleLowerCase().trim();
+function wikilinkRequiresAlias(resource: Resource, defaultExtension: string) {
+  // Compare filename (without extension) to title
+  const nameWithoutExt = resource.uri.getName();
+  const titleWithoutExt = resource.title.endsWith(defaultExtension)
+    ? resource.title.slice(0, -defaultExtension.length)
+    : resource.title;
+  return normalize(nameWithoutExt) !== normalize(titleWithoutExt);
 }

packages/foam-vscode/src/features/navigation-provider.spec.ts

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { FoamGraph } from '../core/model/graph';
 import { commandAsURI } from '../utils/commands';
 import { CREATE_NOTE_COMMAND } from './commands/create-note';
 import { Location } from '../core/model/location';
+import { FoamTags } from '../core/model/tags';
 
 describe('Document navigation', () => {
   const parser = createMarkdownParser([]);
@@ -33,9 +34,10 @@ describe('Document navigation', () => {
       const { uri, content } = await createFile('');
       const ws = createTestWorkspace().set(parser.parse(uri, content));
       const graph = FoamGraph.fromWorkspace(ws);
+      const tags = FoamTags.fromWorkspace(ws);
 
       const doc = await vscode.workspace.openTextDocument(toVsCodeUri(uri));
-      const provider = new NavigationProvider(ws, graph, parser);
+      const provider = new NavigationProvider(ws, graph, parser, tags);
       const links = provider.provideDocumentLinks(doc);
 
       expect(links.length).toEqual(0);
@@ -47,9 +49,10 @@ describe('Document navigation', () => {
       );
       const ws = createTestWorkspace().set(parser.parse(uri, content));
       const graph = FoamGraph.fromWorkspace(ws);
+      const tags = FoamTags.fromWorkspace(ws);
 
       const doc = await vscode.workspace.openTextDocument(toVsCodeUri(uri));
-      const provider = new NavigationProvider(ws, graph, parser);
+      const provider = new NavigationProvider(ws, graph, parser, tags);
       const links = provider.provideDocumentLinks(doc);
 
       expect(links.length).toEqual(0);
@@ -62,9 +65,10 @@ describe('Document navigation', () => {
         .set(parser.parse(fileA.uri, fileA.content))
         .set(parser.parse(fileA.uri, fileB.content));
       const graph = FoamGraph.fromWorkspace(ws);
+      const tags = FoamTags.fromWorkspace(ws);
 
       const { doc } = await showInEditor(fileB.uri);
-      const provider = new NavigationProvider(ws, graph, parser);
+      const provider = new NavigationProvider(ws, graph, parser, tags);
       const links = provider.provideDocumentLinks(doc);
 
       expect(links.length).toEqual(0);
@@ -75,9 +79,10 @@ describe('Document navigation', () => {
       const noteA = parser.parse(fileA.uri, fileA.content);
       const ws = createTestWorkspace().set(noteA);
       const graph = FoamGraph.fromWorkspace(ws);
+      const tags = FoamTags.fromWorkspace(ws);
 
       const { doc } = await showInEditor(fileA.uri);
-      const provider = new NavigationProvider(ws, graph, parser);
+      const provider = new NavigationProvider(ws, graph, parser, tags);
       const links = provider.provideDocumentLinks(doc);
 
       expect(links.length).toEqual(1);
@@ -103,9 +108,10 @@ describe('Document navigation', () => {
         parser.parse(fileA.uri, fileA.content)
       );
       const graph = FoamGraph.fromWorkspace(ws);
+      const tags = FoamTags.fromWorkspace(ws);
 
       const { doc } = await showInEditor(fileA.uri);
-      const provider = new NavigationProvider(ws, graph, parser);
+      const provider = new NavigationProvider(ws, graph, parser, tags);
       const definitions = await provider.provideDefinition(
         doc,
         new vscode.Position(0, 22)
@@ -120,9 +126,10 @@ describe('Document navigation', () => {
         .set(parser.parse(fileA.uri, fileA.content))
         .set(parser.parse(fileB.uri, fileB.content));
       const graph = FoamGraph.fromWorkspace(ws);
+      const tags = FoamTags.fromWorkspace(ws);
 
       const { doc } = await showInEditor(fileB.uri);
-      const provider = new NavigationProvider(ws, graph, parser);
+      const provider = new NavigationProvider(ws, graph, parser, tags);
       const definitions = await provider.provideDefinition(
         doc,
         new vscode.Position(0, 22)
@@ -147,9 +154,10 @@ describe('Document navigation', () => {
         .set(parser.parse(fileA.uri, fileA.content))
         .set(parser.parse(fileB.uri, fileB.content));
       const graph = FoamGraph.fromWorkspace(ws);
+      const tags = FoamTags.fromWorkspace(ws);
 
       const { doc } = await showInEditor(fileB.uri);
-      const provider = new NavigationProvider(ws, graph, parser);
+      const provider = new NavigationProvider(ws, graph, parser, tags);
 
       const definitions = await provider.provideDefinition(
         doc,
@@ -170,9 +178,10 @@ describe('Document navigation', () => {
         .set(parser.parse(fileA.uri, fileA.content))
         .set(parser.parse(fileB.uri, fileB.content));
       const graph = FoamGraph.fromWorkspace(ws);
+      const tags = FoamTags.fromWorkspace(ws);
 
       const { doc } = await showInEditor(fileB.uri);
-      const provider = new NavigationProvider(ws, graph, parser);
+      const provider = new NavigationProvider(ws, graph, parser, tags);
       const definitions = await provider.provideDefinition(
         doc,
         new vscode.Position(0, 22)
@@ -193,9 +202,10 @@ describe('Document navigation', () => {
         .set(parser.parse(fileA.uri, fileA.content))
         .set(parser.parse(fileB.uri, fileB.content));
       const graph = FoamGraph.fromWorkspace(ws);
+      const tags = FoamTags.fromWorkspace(ws);
 
       const { doc } = await showInEditor(fileB.uri);
-      const provider = new NavigationProvider(ws, graph, parser);
+      const provider = new NavigationProvider(ws, graph, parser, tags);
       const definitions = await provider.provideDefinition(
         doc,
         new vscode.Position(3, 10)
@@ -223,9 +233,10 @@ describe('Document navigation', () => {
         .set(parser.parse(fileC.uri, fileC.content))
         .set(parser.parse(fileD.uri, fileD.content));
       const graph = FoamGraph.fromWorkspace(ws);
+      const tags = FoamTags.fromWorkspace(ws);
 
       const { doc } = await showInEditor(fileB.uri);
-      const provider = new NavigationProvider(ws, graph, parser);
+      const provider = new NavigationProvider(ws, graph, parser, tags);
 
       const refs = await provider.provideReferences(
         doc,
@@ -241,6 +252,91 @@ describe('Document navigation', () => {
         range: new vscode.Range(0, 23, 0, 23 + 9),
       });
     });
+
+    it('should provide references for tags', async () => {
+      const fileA = await createFile('This file has #tag1 and #tag2.');
+      const fileB = await createFile(
+        'This file also has #tag1 and other content.'
+      );
+      const fileC = await createFile('This file has #tag2 and #tag3.');
+
+      const ws = createTestWorkspace()
+        .set(parser.parse(fileA.uri, fileA.content))
+        .set(parser.parse(fileB.uri, fileB.content))
+        .set(parser.parse(fileC.uri, fileC.content));
+      const graph = FoamGraph.fromWorkspace(ws);
+      const tags = FoamTags.fromWorkspace(ws);
+
+      const { doc } = await showInEditor(fileA.uri);
+      const provider = new NavigationProvider(ws, graph, parser, tags);
+
+      // Test references for #tag1 (position 15 is within the #tag1 text)
+      const tag1Refs = await provider.provideReferences(
+        doc,
+        new vscode.Position(0, 15)
+      );
+
+      expect(tag1Refs.length).toEqual(2); // #tag1 appears in fileA and fileB
+
+      const refUris = tag1Refs.map(ref => ref.uri);
+      expect(refUris).toContainEqual(toVsCodeUri(fileA.uri));
+      expect(refUris).toContainEqual(toVsCodeUri(fileB.uri));
+    });
+
+    it('should provide references for tags with different positions', async () => {
+      const fileA = await createFile(
+        'Multiple #same-tag mentions #same-tag here.'
+      );
+
+      const ws = createTestWorkspace().set(
+        parser.parse(fileA.uri, fileA.content)
+      );
+      const graph = FoamGraph.fromWorkspace(ws);
+      const tags = FoamTags.fromWorkspace(ws);
+
+      const { doc } = await showInEditor(fileA.uri);
+      const provider = new NavigationProvider(ws, graph, parser, tags);
+
+      // Test references for #same-tag (clicking on first occurrence)
+      const refs = await provider.provideReferences(
+        doc,
+        new vscode.Position(0, 10) // Position within first #same-tag
+      );
+
+      expect(refs.length).toEqual(2); // Both occurrences of #same-tag
+
+      // Verify both ranges are correct
+      const sortedRefs = refs.sort(
+        (a, b) => a.range.start.character - b.range.start.character
+      );
+
+      // First occurrence: "Multiple #same-tag mentions"
+      expect(sortedRefs[0].range.start.character).toBeLessThan(
+        sortedRefs[1].range.start.character
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('should not provide references when position is not on a tag', async () => {
+      const fileA = await createFile('This file has #tag1 and normal text.');
+
+      const ws = createTestWorkspace().set(
+        parser.parse(fileA.uri, fileA.content)
+      );
+      const graph = FoamGraph.fromWorkspace(ws);
+      const tags = FoamTags.fromWorkspace(ws);
+
+      const { doc } = await showInEditor(fileA.uri);
+      const provider = new NavigationProvider(ws, graph, parser, tags);
+
+      // Position on "normal text" (not on a tag or link)
+      const refs = await provider.provideReferences(
+        doc,
+        new vscode.Position(0, 30)
+      );
+
+      expect(refs).toBeUndefined();
+    });
+
     it.todo('should provide references for placeholders');
   });
 });

packages/foam-vscode/src/features/navigation-provider.ts

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { CREATE_NOTE_COMMAND } from './commands/create-note';
 import { commandAsURI } from '../utils/commands';
 import { Location } from '../core/model/location';
 import { getFoamDocSelectors } from '../services/editor';
+import { FoamTags } from '../core/model/tags';
 
 export default async function activate(
   context: vscode.ExtensionContext,
@@ -21,7 +22,8 @@ export default async function activate(
   const navigationProvider = new NavigationProvider(
     foam.workspace,
     foam.graph,
-    foam.services.parser
+    foam.services.parser,
+    foam.tags
   );
 
   context.subscriptions.push(
@@ -61,11 +63,12 @@ export class NavigationProvider
   constructor(
     private workspace: FoamWorkspace,
     private graph: FoamGraph,
-    private parser: ResourceParser
+    private parser: ResourceParser,
+    private tags: FoamTags
   ) {}
 
   /**
-   * Provide references for links and placeholders
+   * Provide references for links, placeholders, and tags
    */
   public provideReferences(
     document: vscode.TextDocument,
@@ -75,21 +78,50 @@ export class NavigationProvider
       fromVsCodeUri(document.uri),
       document.getText()
     );
+
+    // Check if position is on a tag first
+    const targetTag = resource.tags.find(tag =>
+      Range.containsPosition(tag.range, position)
+    );
+    if (targetTag) {
+      return this.getTagReferences(targetTag.label);
+    }
+
+    // Check if position is on a link
     const targetLink: ResourceLink | undefined = resource.links.find(link =>
       Range.containsPosition(link.range, position)
     );
-    if (!targetLink) {
-      return;
+    if (targetLink) {
+      const uri = this.workspace.resolveLink(resource, targetLink);
+      return this.graph
+        .getBacklinks(uri)
+        .map(
+          connection =>
+            new vscode.Location(
+              toVsCodeUri(connection.source),
+              toVsCodeRange(connection.link.range)
+            )
+        );
     }
 
-    const uri = this.workspace.resolveLink(resource, targetLink);
+    return;
+  }
 
-    return this.graph.getBacklinks(uri).map(connection => {
-      return new vscode.Location(
-        toVsCodeUri(connection.source),
-        toVsCodeRange(connection.link.range)
+  /**
+   * Get all references for a given tag label across the workspace
+   */
+  private getTagReferences(tagLabel: string): vscode.Location[] {
+    const references: vscode.Location[] = [];
+    const tagLocations = this.tags.tags.get(tagLabel) ?? [];
+    for (const tagLocation of tagLocations) {
+      references.push(
+        new vscode.Location(
+          toVsCodeUri(tagLocation.uri),
+          toVsCodeRange(tagLocation.range)
+        )
       );
-    });
+    }
+    return references;
   }
 
   /**

packages/foam-vscode/src/features/panels/connections.ts

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import {
 } from './utils/tree-view-utils';
 import { BaseTreeProvider } from './utils/base-tree-provider';
 import { isNone } from '../../core/utils';
+import { getWorkspaceDefaultScheme } from '../../services/editor';
 
 export default async function activate(
   context: vscode.ExtensionContext,
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ export class ConnectionsTreeDataProvider extends BaseTreeProvider<vscode.TreeIte
 
     const resourceItems = [];
     for (const [uriString, items] of byResource.entries()) {
-      const uri = URI.parse(uriString);
+      const uri = URI.parse(uriString, getWorkspaceDefaultScheme());
       const item = uri.isPlaceholder()
         ? new UriTreeItem(uri, {
             collapsibleState: vscode.TreeItemCollapsibleState.Expanded,

packages/foam-vscode/src/features/panels/dataviz.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+import * as vscode from 'vscode';
+import { closeEditors, createFile } from '../../test/test-utils-vscode';
+import { wait } from '../../test/test-utils';
+
+describe('Graph Panel', () => {
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    await closeEditors();
+  });
+
+  afterEach(async () => {
+    await closeEditors();
+  });
+
+  it('should create graph beside active editor when panel does not exist', async () => {
+    const { uri: noteUri } = await createFile('# Note A', ['note-a.md']);
+
+    // Open a note in column 1
+    await vscode.window.showTextDocument(vscode.Uri.file(noteUri.toFsPath()), {
+      viewColumn: vscode.ViewColumn.One,
+    });
+
+    // Execute show-graph command
+    await vscode.commands.executeCommand('foam-vscode.show-graph');
+
+    // Wait a bit for the webview to be created
+    await wait(200);
+
+    // Find the graph panel - should be beside (to the right of) column 1
+    const graphPanel = vscode.window.tabGroups.all
+      .flatMap(group => group.tabs)
+      .find(tab => tab.label === 'Foam Graph');
+
+    expect(graphPanel).toBeDefined();
+    // ViewColumn.Beside creates a new column to the right, so it should be > column 1
+    expect(graphPanel?.group.viewColumn).toBeGreaterThan(vscode.ViewColumn.One);
+  });
+
+  it('should create graph in ViewColumn.One when no active editor', async () => {
+    // Make sure no editors are open
+    await closeEditors();
+
+    // Execute show-graph command
+    await vscode.commands.executeCommand('foam-vscode.show-graph');
+
+    // Wait a bit for the webview to be created
+    await wait(200);
+
+    // Find the graph panel
+    const graphPanel = vscode.window.tabGroups.all
+      .flatMap(group => group.tabs)
+      .find(tab => tab.label === 'Foam Graph');
+
+    expect(graphPanel).toBeDefined();
+    expect(graphPanel?.group.viewColumn).toBe(vscode.ViewColumn.One);
+  });
+
+  it('should reveal existing graph panel without moving it', async () => {
+    const { uri: noteUri } = await createFile('# Note A', ['note-a.md']);
+
+    // Open a note in column 1
+    await vscode.window.showTextDocument(vscode.Uri.file(noteUri.toFsPath()), {
+      viewColumn: vscode.ViewColumn.One,
+    });
+
+    // Create graph (should be beside column 1, so in column 2)
+    await vscode.commands.executeCommand('foam-vscode.show-graph');
+    await wait(200);
+
+    let graphPanel = vscode.window.tabGroups.all
+      .flatMap(group => group.tabs)
+      .find(tab => tab.label === 'Foam Graph');
+
+    expect(graphPanel).toBeDefined();
+    const originalGraphColumn = graphPanel?.group.viewColumn;
+
+    // Open another note in column 1 (return to first column)
+    const { uri: note2Uri } = await createFile('# Note B', ['note-b.md']);
+    await vscode.window.showTextDocument(vscode.Uri.file(note2Uri.toFsPath()), {
+      viewColumn: vscode.ViewColumn.One,
+      preview: false,
+    });
+
+    // Focus should be on note in column 1
+    expect(vscode.window.activeTextEditor?.viewColumn).toBe(
+      vscode.ViewColumn.One
+    );
+
+    // Show graph again
+    await vscode.commands.executeCommand('foam-vscode.show-graph');
+    await wait(200);
+
+    // Find the graph panel - it should still be in its original column
+    graphPanel = vscode.window.tabGroups.all
+      .flatMap(group => group.tabs)
+      .find(tab => tab.label === 'Foam Graph');
+
+    expect(graphPanel).toBeDefined();
+    expect(graphPanel?.group.viewColumn).toBe(originalGraphColumn);
+  });
+
+  it('should handle the issue reproduction scenario', async () => {
+    const { uri: readmeUri } = await createFile('# Readme', ['readme.md']);
+
+    // Step 1-3: Open readme.md
+    await vscode.window.showTextDocument(
+      vscode.Uri.file(readmeUri.toFsPath()),
+      {
+        viewColumn: vscode.ViewColumn.One,
+      }
+    );
+
+    // Step 4: Show graph (should appear beside the editor, not in column 1)
+    await vscode.commands.executeCommand('foam-vscode.show-graph');
+    await wait(200);
+
+    let graphPanel = vscode.window.tabGroups.all
+      .flatMap(group => group.tabs)
+      .find(tab => tab.label === 'Foam Graph');
+
+    expect(graphPanel).toBeDefined();
+    const originalGraphColumn = graphPanel?.group.viewColumn;
+    // Graph should be beside (to the right of) column 1
+    expect(originalGraphColumn).toBeGreaterThan(vscode.ViewColumn.One);
+
+    // Step 5: Return focus to readme.md
+    await vscode.window.showTextDocument(
+      vscode.Uri.file(readmeUri.toFsPath()),
+      {
+        viewColumn: vscode.ViewColumn.One,
+        preserveFocus: false,
+      }
+    );
+
+    // Step 6: Open markdown preview (simulated by opening another document in the same group as graph)
+    // In real scenario, this would be the markdown preview, but for testing we'll verify
+    // that the graph stays in its column when we try to reveal it
+
+    // Step 8: Show graph again - it should NOT move
+    await vscode.commands.executeCommand('foam-vscode.show-graph');
+    await wait(200);
+
+    graphPanel = vscode.window.tabGroups.all
+      .flatMap(group => group.tabs)
+      .find(tab => tab.label === 'Foam Graph');
+
+    // Graph should still be in its original column, not replaced readme.md
+    expect(graphPanel?.group.viewColumn).toBe(originalGraphColumn);
+  });
+});