Body of a new "wiki-linked" note

DEVONthink Automation
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Hi,

I have been using Devonthink for some time now, although (like everyone else, I suppose) I am constantly learning new things. Recently, I have been trying to adapt the excellent wiki links to my regular review of academic literature.

I’m trying to use a WikiLink template so that when I click [[Methodology]], a new note is created with (among other things):

  • Title: Methodology

  • Body: Methodology (the title appears in the note content).

Now, in Settings/Wikilinks/Template I have put placeholders like %name%, %title% etc. taken from the list of placeholders. However, when I click a WikiLink, the new note is created with the correct title, but the body shows the literal string %name% instead of the note title. I also tried all other similar placeholders, but they either show the source note title or the literal text.

I’m on DEVONthink version 4.1.1 on macOS 26.2.

Has anyone successfully made a placeholder insert the new note title into the body? I’m pretty sure that may be quite simple, but I have checked documentation and searched the forum, and found no straight answer.

Thanks!

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Valid placeholders can be inserted via the contextual menu in Settings > WikiLinks, e.g. %name% isn’t a valid one.

3

Thank you for such a fast reply! Please, forgive me ignorance, but WHICH placeholder from that contextual menu is suitable for that? Because I tried them as well, but all I got is that it shows the source note title, but not the new wiki-linked note title.

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%@ represents the text of the clicked WikiLink and is used to name the new document (and also used by the default WikiLinks template)

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Thanks a lot!