Hi, I’m very new to Obsidian and still at the setting-up stage.
What I’m trying to do
I am trying to create a flat structure: I would like new unlinked notes to appear in a Dataview driven MOC as an ‘inbox’. Once notes have been linked to another note, they drop out of the inbox and become listed in a specific MOC that I will create using Dataview.
So there will be no folders. Organisation can be viewed between unlinked and linked. I don’t want tags to count as a link in this context.
Things I have tried
I have searched this forum using ‘dynamic’, ‘inbox’. I have scrolled through the help topics. I have asked ChatGPT for scripts. When I applied these, they didn’t work.
Here was the last interaction. Apologies for the length. The inbox MOC did not pick up all unlinked (ingoing and outgoing) notes:
From ChatGPT: Example Folder and MOC Setup
Flat Folder Structure:
All notes reside in the root folder or a single "Notes" folder.
MOCs:
Inbox
Research
Ideas
Projects
Queries:
Inbox MOC Query:
list
from “”
where length(file.inlinks) = 0 and length(file.outlinks) = 0
Research MOC Query:
list
from “”
where contains(file.inlinks, [[Research]])
Ideas MOC Query:
list
from “”
where contains(file.inlinks, [[Ideas]])
Projects MOC Query:
list
from ""
where contains(file.inlinks, [[Projects]])
Benefits
Dynamic Organization: Notes move automatically between the Inbox and specific MOCs based on your linking activity.
Scalable: Easily add new MOCs as your Zettelkasten grows.
Flat Structure: All notes remain in a single folder, adhering to the Zettelkasten principle of simplicity.
Let me know if you’d like further customizations!
Thanks, and I’m sorry for the length.