Obsidian Bases users manually template and tag new notes
Obsidian users creating notes from Bases views can’t reliably apply a chosen template and initialize its properties in the same step. They work around this with extra plugin actions, separate buttons, manual tagging, or by creating a blank note and replacing its contents; these steps add friction and can leave properties incomplete or out of order.
For obsidian Bases users who create structured notes. Mentioned from Feb 2019 to Mar 2026 on product forums, GitHub and Hacker News.
10 different people described this problem in 4 separate discussions.
- Indie fit
- 2.0/10
- Pain
- 5.2/10
- Frequency
- 8.6/10
- Willingness to pay
- 0.0/10
- Momentum
- 5.0/10
- Who pays
- Consumers
- Competition
- Medium
- Build difficulty
- Medium
What people said
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my workflow is add a new note, delete everything in the note, and replace with a template (because it won’t replace the properties therein)
This requires an extra step and also re-ordering of the properties. It may also require some properties values to be added manually rather than being resolved by the template
Build brief
See what to build and who will buy it
- 1 product idea with the smallest useful version and pricing
- 4 places to find your first customers
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- Current workarounds, existing solutions and risks