Front Matter

Front matter is a block of YAML metadata at the very top of a Markdown file, delimited by triple-dash --- lines. It's entirely optional — MoreInfo works fine without it.

---
title: My Note
tags: [work, project]
due: 2026-05-01
---

Note content starts here.

Built-In Keys

title

Overrides the file name as the display title of the note. Useful when your file name is a slug but you want a proper title with spaces and capitalisation.

title: "Q2 Planning Session"

tags

A list of tags. Tags appear in the sidebar tag browser and can be used to filter notes.

tags:
  - work
  - planning
  - q2

Inline form: tags: [work, planning, q2]

aliases

Alternative names for this note. Aliases are matched by wiki-link autocomplete and unlinked mention detection, expanding the connections MoreInfo can find automatically.

aliases:
  - Q2 Plan
  - Q2

created

ISO 8601 timestamp for the creation date. Set automatically by MoreInfo; you can override it if you're importing notes from another tool.

created: 2026-04-12T09:30:00

modified

ISO 8601 timestamp, updated automatically by MoreInfo on every save. Read-only — MoreInfo overwrites any value you set manually.

template

Name of a note template to use when creating new notes linked from this one.

template: Meeting Template

Custom Keys

Any key you add is stored in the file and indexed for search. Custom keys can be used to build filtered views in the widget panel or queried with key:value syntax in search:

status: in-progress
project: MoreInfo Docs
priority: high

Then search: status:in-progress project:"MoreInfo Docs"

Viewing Front Matter

By default MoreInfo hides the front matter block in the editor and shows it as a structured metadata panel in the right sidebar. To edit the raw YAML directly, click Edit front matter in the sidebar or use ⌘⇧M.