This is a big one! Chapters down at the bottom!

Some Thoughts: Using Jinja templates you can customize your Obsidian notes by prepopulating tags based on ANY Readwise data point (Source, URL, Category, highlight date, etc). Using if/then logic you can set up entirely separate, customized templates for each type of article you highlight. Jinja also has some powerful filters that you can use to transform your Readwise data giving you tons of control with how it translates into your markdown notes - Like removing unwanted characters! Never let a tweet with hashtags mess up your Obsidian tags again!.

Plus, the community plugin Templater can also be used - Albeit not entirely! - inside your Readwise template when Templater is set to listen for and trigger on ANY new note creation.

Using the {{highlight_id}} in your Readwise templates can help future proof transcludes/embeds from your exported notes to your hand crafted notes.

Things mentioned: Obsidian https://obsidian.md/ Readwise Docs: https://help.readwise.io/article/126-how-can-i-customize-the-readwise-to-obsidian-export#file-name Jinja Documentation: https://jinja.palletsprojects.com/en/3.0.x/templates/ Using Readwise’s highlight_id as a single source of truth in Obsidian by TfTHacker (Medium): https://tfthacker.medium.com/using-readwises-highlight-id-as-a-single-source-of-truth-in-obsidian-b1de98a8b87c My Readwise Templates: https://animalcracker.art/readwise-exporting-to-obsidian/

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Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:20 Official Readwise Community Plugin 06:56 Customizing the File Name (Stripping Unwanted Characters) 07:48 Basic Concepts of Variables and Filters 13:34 Customizing the Page Title (And Why I Don't EVER Use One) 15:25 Customizing Page Metadata (If Statements and Conditional Data Inclusion) 21:48 Customizing the Highlights Header (Translating RW Tags to Obsidian Tags or Links, Defining Custom Categories) 31:41 Customizing the Highlight Itself (Along with the highlight_id to preserve transcludes/embeds) 37:36 YAML Frontmatter 39:56 Sync Notification 40:15 Outro