# How to auto-create Zettelkasten prefixes?

**URL:** <https://forum.obsidian.md/t/how-to-auto-create-zettelkasten-prefixes/15430>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [March 28, 2021, 8:42am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/how-to-auto-create-zettelkasten-prefixes/15430 "2021-03-28T08:42:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![argentum](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/argentum/32/7733_2.png) [@argentum](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/argentum)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2021, 8:10pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/how-to-auto-create-zettelkasten-prefixes/15430/8 "2021-03-29T20:10:21Z")

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Two relevant requests:

- [Create zettelkasten note inline](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/create-zettelkasten-note-inline/1596)
- [Generate Zettelkasten ID (timestamp) inline shortcut](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/generate-zettelkasten-id-timestamp-inline-shortcut/8591)

Also note:

> [@Generate Zettelkasten ID (timestamp) inline shortcut](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/generate-zettelkasten-id-timestamp-inline-shortcut/8591/4):
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> I added something that might work for this in the nldates plugin a little while back:

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