Smart Templates settings
This page is retained temporarily and may contain outdated details. Use the current Smart Templates template-discovery documentation for current behavior. Start with Getting started with Smart Templates for the shortest verified workflow.
Smart Templates settings control where reusable Markdown templates come from and how they are discovered.
Open Settings -> Community plugins -> Templates.
Templates folder
Choose one or more folders that contain reusable templates.
- Smart Templates searches the configured folders.
- When no folder is selected, the Obsidian Templates folder can be used as a fallback when that core plugin is configured.
- Review the suggestions in Template Context after changing this setting.
Naming convention
Use a filename when one specific Markdown filename should count as a template outside the selected folders.
.mdis added automatically when missing.- Matching the configured filename makes the note eligible as a template.
Template headings
Choose headings when individual sections inside a Markdown note should act as templates.
- Matching heading blocks can appear as separate template suggestions.
- This lets one note contain several reusable template structures.
Built-in templates
Built-in templates can still appear in Template Context even when no vault-backed template matches.
Retired settings
Smart Templates 2.3 does not expose a Templates-specific Generate model or Primary action setting.
Those controls belonged to the retired v1 generation workflow. The current workflow ends at Copy prompt.
Verify a settings change
- Change one discovery setting.
- Reopen Smart Templates: Open template context.
- Confirm that the intended template or heading appears.
- Select it, copy a small prompt, and inspect the pasted result.