Frontmatter Fields

Tolaria uses conventions instead of a required schema.

Field	Meaning
type	The note's entity type.
status	Lifecycle state.
icon	Per-note icon.
url	External URL.
date	Single date.
belongs_to	Parent relationship.
related_to	Lateral relationship.
has	Contained relationship.
_width	Per-note editor width override.
_icon, _color	Type or note appearance metadata.
_sidebar_label, _order	Type sidebar label and order.
_pinned_properties	Properties pinned for a type.

Custom Fields

You can add your own fields. If a field contains wikilinks, Tolaria can treat it as a relationship.

System Fields

Fields starting with _ are reserved for system behavior and hidden from standard property editing. They remain plain YAML, so they can still be inspected or changed in raw mode when needed.