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July 22, 2026

Link ideas with wiki links

Use [[ autocomplete to connect notes while you write, without breaking flow.

Connections belong in the sentence

In mindwtr, links are part of writing. Type [[ and the editor searches existing items as you continue typing.

Prefix matches rise first. An empty query shows recent nodes so you can grab something you just touched.

How to use the menu

  • Press / to move through suggestions.
  • Press Enter or Tab to insert a link.
  • Choose create when the title is new.

You stay in the paragraph. No modal. No separate “create link” flow.

When to link

Link when a name or concept will return. People, projects, themes, questions — anything you expect to meet again.

Do not force a graph. Sparse, honest links beat a dense web of weak ties.

From sentence to map

Every wiki link feeds the graph. Later, when you open Graph, those connections show how your thinking clusters — not as a productivity score, but as a map of attention.

A practical linking habit

Use links as breadcrumbs, not taxonomy:

  • Link a person when you write about them more than once.
  • Link a project when a decision or open question appears.
  • Link a theme when you notice yourself circling the same idea across days.

Skip links that only decorate the sentence. Retrieval gets worse when every noun is a node.

Why this helps productivity

Search is reactive. Links are proactive. By the time you need last Tuesday's decision, the project note already points at the days that shaped it — and today's page points back.