Templater commands

All actions reach you from one hotkey: Option+T (the Launcher).

Launcher menu

─── Literature ───
Import Paper from Zotero
Fetch References for the current paper
Promote selection to concept note

Refresh All Literature
Refresh Paper Metrics
─── Search ───
Paper Search  (experimental)

Per-paper actions

Command Effect
Import Paper from Zotero opens Zotero Integrations import modal
Fetch References for the current paper reads the open notes DOI, queries OpenAlex, writes a list of cited works under ## Cited works
Promote selection to concept note takes the selected text, creates 2 Wiki/Concept Notes/<text>.md from the Concept Note template, replaces the selection with [[<text>]]. If the concept already exists, just inserts the wikilink.

Bulk actions

Command Effect
Refresh All Literature re-imports every paper in 1 Literature/ from Zotero
Refresh Paper Metrics re-runs 0 Meta/Library/fetch_metrics.py; rewrites 0 Meta/Library/Paper Metrics.md with current OpenAlex citations
Command Effect
Paper Search runs 0 Meta/Library/fetch_search.py against queries in 0 Meta/Library/Paper Search.md; writes ranked results into the note

Experimental. Paper Search is under active development and not yet thoroughly tested. The OpenAlex query layer, result format, and section markers may change without warning. Expect rough edges; report bugs by opening an issue on the BibFlow repo.

Adding a new command

Edit 9 Orga/Templater/Launcher.md. Add a row to the items array:

{ kind: "template", label: "Your Action", path: "9 Orga/Templater/Your Action.md" }

Save. The new entry appears in the picker on the next Option+T.


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