/obsidian-clipper-template-creator

Obsidian Web Clipper JSON Schema

The Obsidian Web Clipper imports templates via JSON files.

Root Structure

{
	"schemaVersion": "0.1.0",
	"name": "Template Name",
	"behavior": "create",
	"noteContentFormat": "Markdown content here...",
	"properties": [],
	"triggers": [],
	"noteNameFormat": "{{title}}",
	"path": "Inbox/"
}

Fields

• schemaVersion: Always "0.1.0".
• name: The display name of the template in the Clipper.
• behavior: How the note is created.
  • create: Create a new note.
  • append-specific: Append to a specific note (requires path to be a full file path).
  • append-daily: Append to the daily note.
• noteContentFormat: The body of the note.
  • Use \n for newlines.
  • Can use all variables (e.g., {{content}}, {{selection}}).
• noteNameFormat: The filename pattern (e.g., {{date}} - {{title}}).
• path: The location to save the note.
  • For create behavior: The folder to save the note in (e.g., Clippings/ or Recipes/).
  • For append-specific behavior: The full file path of the note to append to (e.g., Databases/Recipes.md).
• triggers: Array of strings to automatically select this template.
  • URL Patterns: ["https://www.youtube.com/watch"] (Simple string or Regex).
  • Schema Types: ["schema:Recipe"] (Triggers if the page contains this Schema.org type).

Properties

The properties array defines the YAML frontmatter of the note.

"properties": [
    {
        "name": "category",
        "value": "Recipes",
        "type": "text"
    },
    {
        "name": "published",
        "value": "{{published}}",
        "type": "datetime"
    }
]

Property Types

• text: Simple text string.
• multitext: List of text strings (for tags/aliases).
• number: Numeric value.
• checkbox: Boolean true/false.
• date: Date string (YYYY-MM-DD).
• datetime: Date and time string.

Property Object Structure

• name: The key in the YAML frontmatter.
• value: The value to populate. Can contain variables.
• type: One of the types listed above.