kyurikotpq-me/zettelkasten

VS Code-based Zettelkasten/Second Brain setup using extensions.

Zettelkasten on VSCode

This is my setup for my own knowledge system in VSCode. Feel free to modify it as you wish.

Setup

• Clone this repository.
• Install recommended extensions. I originally used Foam, but found it to be optional (its features doesn't really enhance my experience, as of v0.8). So, it's entirely up to you!

Methodology

• Your capturing system lives in the dump folder. This is where you store your "fleeting notes" - notes that you capture as the ideas pop into your head.
• Your long-term notes live in the brain folder. This is where you create links and connections between notes and build your second brain :)
• If you journal, you might find the journal folder useful to keep your brain clean

Other principles & considerations

• Try to reduce the levels of folders that you have. Your notes should not be categorised into topics; rather, they should be linked together and searched through these links.
• I use Git for document versioning and you can consider doing that too :)

Others have used Foam to publish these notes to the web (i.e. auto-deploy to GitHub Pages/Netlify/other platforms on git push). I'm not doing that here, as I prefer to keep my notes private.

@TODO I'll flesh out this section more as I delve deeper into the Zettelkasten methodology!

Fun Stuff I Included (feel free to remove it)

• style.css: Beautifies the Markdown Preview by highlighting H1 text with yellow. Change which CSS files to use for styling in settings.json
• Code snippets
  • ctime: Gets the current time in HH:MM format
  • tags: Inserts a section that allows you to tag your note and link to other documents. Not necessary if you prefer inline linking/link-as-you-go
• "Macros" for Daily/Weekly notes
  • This is specified in tasks.json
  • To run the macro:
    1. Specify a default directory for the daily and weekly macros in settings.json
    • notesMacro.weeklyDir - For weekly notes
    • notesMacro.dailyDir - For daily notes
    2. Open command palette (Cmd + Shift + P) (Ctrl + Shift + P)
    3. Select Tasks: Run Tasks
    4. Choose the respective macro

Sometime in the future, I'll make it possible to create the weekly & daily notes with a template!

If you have suggestions!

You can open an issue in this repository. I might not have the time to implement it, but I'll definitely take a look at what you've suggested!