Is it possible to add a timestamp when a metadata is changing?

[kenjibailly]

You can def do this with the MetaEdit API.

I did something similar and explained it in this post, hope this might help you out

What I did is basically add a emoji to my frontmatter habits to finish them off in my daily notes using a button (buttons plugin)

Because I want it clean and automatically with buttons since you can create them anywhere, there’s quite a lot to it.

You can check it out here:

Find and replace only within YAML frontmatter (regex?)

You can use the metaedit plugin. I made a script where it updates the frontmatter and “completes” a habit by adding a “:heavy_check_mark:” emoji. The script takes a completed “true” and “false” argument: it removes this “:heavy_check_mark:” emoji from the frontmatter. I create 2 templater notes so I can tie those to a button from the buttons plugin. Perhaps my code can help you out for your project: Frontmatter in my daily note: --- habits: - uhive:: --- Templater notes Change Metadata …