Clipping Note

An Obsidian plugin that creates a new Clipping note from a template with a single click — it behaves just like the core Daily Note and Unique Note plugins.

Click the scissors icon in the sidebar ribbon (or run the command) and the plugin creates a new .md file in your Clippings folder, named by date and time, with its body filled from your template.

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Features

• One click — the scissors (scissors) ribbon icon creates and immediately opens a new note.
• Command palette — “Create Clipping note” (Ctrl/Cmd + P); assign a hotkey if you like.
• Date/time filename — default format Clipping D. M. Y HH-mm (e.g. Clipping 10. 6. 2026 21-04). The colon in the time is replaced with a hyphen so the filename stays valid.
• Templates — the body is filled from a template file, with placeholder substitution.
• No collisions — if a file with the same name exists, 1, 2, … is appended.
• Auto-creates the folder — the target folder is created if it doesn't exist yet.
• English & Czech — the interface is English by default, with a Czech localization toggle in the settings.

Template placeholders

Same as Obsidian's core plugins:

Placeholder	Replaced with
{{title}}	the note name (prefix + date/time)
{{date}}	date formatted as YYYY-MM-DD
{{date:FORMAT}}	date in a custom moment.js format
{{time}}	time formatted as HH:mm
{{time:FORMAT}}	time in a custom moment.js format

Settings

In Settings → Clipping Note:

Option	Default	Description
Target folder	Clippings	Where new notes are saved.
Template	-Template/Clipping Template	Path to the template file (without .md).
Filename format	D. M. Y HH-mm	moment.js format used after the prefix.
Filename prefix	Clipping	Text before the date in the filename.
Czech localization	off	Switch the interface to Czech. Ribbon and command labels update after reloading Obsidian.

Installation

Manual

1. Download main.js and manifest.json from this repository.
2. Copy them into your vault at .obsidian/plugins/clipping-note/.
3. Reload Obsidian, then enable Clipping Note under Settings → Community plugins.

Compatibility

• Requires Obsidian 0.15.3 or newer.
• Works on desktop and mobile (isDesktopOnly: false).

License

MIT © 2026 Šimon Zelenka