Good way to quickly create date-stamped note in "Meetings" folder, for any date?

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I gave Templater a shot and did cobble something together. This is a first, unpolished stab, but it seems to work.

I installed the Templater plugin and added a file in its directory with the following contents.

The date picker is from I created the date picker with the Templater plugin - #5 by JRyven.

<%*
const template = tp.file.find_tfile("Meeting");
const folder = app.vault.getAbstractFileByPath("Work/Meetings");

const suggestions = new Map()
suggestions.set(
  "Today, "+moment().format('ddd MMM, D'),
  moment()
)
suggestions.set(
  "Tomorrow, "+moment().add(1,'days').format('ddd MMM, D'),
  moment().add(1,'days')
)
suggestions.set(
  moment().add(2,'days').format('ddd MMM, D'),
  moment().add(2,'days')
)
suggestions.set(
  moment().add(3,'days').format('ddd MMM, D'),
  moment().add(3,'days')
)
suggestions.set(
  moment().add(4,'days').format('ddd MMM, D'),
  moment().add(4,'days')
)
suggestions.set(
  moment().add(5,'days').format('ddd MMM, D'),
  moment().add(5,'days')
)
suggestions.set(
  "Manual",
  null
)

const selection = await tp.system.suggester(
    [...suggestions].map(([k, v]) => k !== "Manual" ? k + " (" + v.format("YYYY-MM-DD") + ")" : k),
    Array.from(suggestions.values())
)

let fileDate = null
if (!selection) {
    inputDate = await tp.system.prompt("Type a date (DD MM? YY?):")
    fileDate = moment(inputDate, "DD MM YY")
    if (!fileDate.isValid()) {
      fileDate = moment()
    }
} else {
    fileDate = selection
}

const formattedFileDate = fileDate.format("YYYY-MM-DD");

const throwOnCancel = true;
const meetingName = await tp.system.prompt("Meeting name?", "", throwOnCancel);

const filename = `${formattedFileDate} ${meetingName}`;

const openOnCreate = true;
await tp.file.create_new(template, filename, openOnCreate, folder);
%>

Now, I can trigger this template via Templater (I will look for a way to get it as a top-level entry in the cmd+p command picker), it prompts for the date, then prompts for the name, then creates and opens the file.

Among other things I’d like to improve/investigate, I feel uncomfortable with

const template = tp.file.find_tfile("Meeting");

finding my “Meeting” template from my templates (not Templater) folder by just its name.

I want to repeat this is a first, super-unpolished stab.