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Wiki-links & Backlinks

Wiki-links let you connect notes together by name. Type [[Note Title]] and it becomes a clickable link to that note.

In the editor, type [[ and start typing a note title. Coeus shows a list of matching notes as you type. Press Enter or click to insert the link.

I was thinking about [[My Big Project]] today.

You can also use a display alias:

See [[My Big Project|the project]] for details.

This shows as "the project" in the rendered note but links to "My Big Project."

In read mode, clicking a wiki-link opens that note in the panel.

If the link points to a note that doesn't exist yet, clicking it opens a dialog asking if you want to create the note. This is intentional: you can reference notes before you write them.

At the bottom of every note, there's a Backlinks section. It shows every other note that links to the one you're reading.

It shows you where a concept appears across your notes without having to search.

Block references​

You can link to a specific block (paragraph, heading, or list item) inside another note using a block reference:

See ((blk_abc123)) for more.

Block IDs are the <!-- id:blk_xxx --> comments Coeus adds automatically to every block when it syncs. You won't see them in the editor, but they're there in the file.

You'll mainly use block references if you're asking the AI to refer you to a specific section. The AI can include block references in its answers as source citations.

Tags​

You can tag notes with #tag inline or in frontmatter:

I was thinking about #work stuff today.

Or in frontmatter:

tags: [work, q2, planning]

Tags appear as links in the rendered note. Clicking a tag runs a search for all notes with that tag.