Slash commands are quick ways to perform repetitive tasks. You trigger them by typing / in your text (after whitespace) followed by the command name — autocompletion will help you find the right one.
Built-in slash commands
^Library/Std > Slash templates provides many useful ones out of the box.
Editing
/h1,/h2,/h3,/h4— convert the current line into a heading of the given level/task— convert the current line into a task (* [ ] ...)/frontmatter— insert a YAML frontmatter block at the top of the page/space-lua— insert aspace-luafenced code block
Dates
/today— insert today’s date (e.g.2026-03-04)/yesterday— insert yesterday’s date/tomorrow— insert tomorrow’s date
Slash templates
Most slash commands are implemented as Slash Templates — pages tagged with #meta/template/slash whose content is inserted at the cursor. The standard library includes slash templates for:
/query— insert a SLIQ query block/lua-query— insert a Lua query expression/code— insert a fenced code block/table— insert a Markdown table/hr— insert a horizontal rule/note-admonition,/warning-admonition,/success-admonition,/danger-admonition— insert admonition blocks/tpl— insert a template expression/func— insert a Lua function definition/lua-command— insert a command definition/lua-slash-command— insert a slash command definition
Defining your own
There are two ways to create custom slash commands:
- Slash templates (recommended): Create a page tagged
#meta/template/slash. See Slash Templates for details. slashCommand.define: For slash commands that need logic beyond simple text insertion. See API/command > slashCommand.define(spec).