# Include / show note links in yaml frontmatter (v0.8.5) **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature archive\ **Created:** [August 22, 2020, 10:40am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/include-show-note-links-in-yaml-frontmatter-v0-8-5/4673 "2020-08-22T10:40:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 25
**Author:** ![WhiteNoise](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/whitenoise/32/11_2.png) [@WhiteNoise](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/WhiteNoise)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2020, 2:53am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/include-show-note-links-in-yaml-frontmatter-v0-8-5/4673/25 "2020-11-30T02:53:23Z")
you can add your custom attributes in the YAML frontmatter but: - They MUST be in proper yaml format. - If an attribute is not handled by obsidian or plugin, it will be ignored. But still has to be YAML format. - There is no support (yet) for adding a linked mention to another note, that is, if NoteA has this frontmatter: ```auto --- links: [[NoteB]], [[NoteC]] --- ``` It will not work. NoteA will not appear as a linked mention (backlink) in NoteB and NoteC. - The YAML frontmatter is not scanned when searching for unlinked mentions (and probably never will be). That is, if NoteA has this frontmatter: ```auto --- connections: [NoteB, NoteC] --- ``` NoteA will not appear as an unlinked mention in NoteB and NoteC. Addendum: I would like to add that if at some point we add support for linking other notes in the YAML block, it will be specific and limited to a YAML attribute, like `related:` . But it still won’t be possible to add linked mentions in other attributes. So if this is your intent, I think you are still better off with you own frontmatter in the document and not in the YAML block. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/include-show-note-links-in-yaml-frontmatter-v0-8-5/4673)._