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📂 Auto Note Mover — automatically moving notes by rules

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If you’re tired of manually sorting notes into folders, Auto Note Mover is a lifesaver.

In short:

The plugin moves notes where they need to go on its own — by a tag or a keyword in the title. It works on creation, editing, even renaming. The main thing is to set simple rules.

⚙️ How it works

  1. You set up a rule: for example, #projects → the Projects folder.
  2. The plugin tracks all actions with the note.
  3. As soon as a rule matches — the note is automatically moved to the right folder.

📌 It also supports a manual run — if you want to decide yourself when the rule fires.

🔄 When it fires

  • Automatically: on creating, editing, renaming a note.
  • On command: you can bind it to a hotkey and run it manually.

🧩 How to set a rule

  • You specify the destination folder.
  • You specify a condition: a tag (e.g. #inspiration) or a regular expression for the title (Note.*).
  • Rules are read top to bottom. The first match wins.

⚠️ Don’t forget: the tag must start with #. The title is checked against a regex (JS).

🛑 Exceptions

  • It doesn’t move attachments — only the note itself.
  • If the frontmatter has AutoNoteMover: disable, the plugin ignores that note.
  • If a file with the same name already exists in the folder — the move is cancelled with a warning.

🧠 Examples of use

  • #daily → 📆 Diaries
  • #task → 📋 Tasks
  • #🧠 idea → Ideas/
  • All notes with the title How... → into Guides/

💡 Tips and advice

  • 🔥 Use it together with templates: set the right tag straight away — and the note ends up in the right folder.
  • 📂 It helps keep your Inbox clean — everything sorts itself automatically.
  • 🚫 For drafts, add AutoNoteMover: disable so it doesn’t get in the way.

🚨 Possible problems

  • iCloud and Dropbox can interfere with moving: the plugin won’t work if the file is locked during a sync.
  • Sometimes duplicates appear due to a conflict with synchronisation — especially with iCloud.

🗣 What the community writes

“I set up a couple of rules — and now I have no junk in the root at all” “I combine it with Templater and everything goes right where it should” “On Android it sometimes doesn’t fire, but on PC — it’s perfect” “Works well if your notes are named systematically”

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