Attach source¶
Attach a source (wikilink or free text) to the note being built.
Called attach-source in the step's YAML.
A Research action. It asks nothing in the wizard. The source is written under the source property, so the knowledge model counts the note as sourced on its next re-index. Deterministic and offline.
Settings¶
- Source — a
[[wikilink]]to a note, or free text (URL, DOI, citation). Empty writes nothing. - Write to — Frontmatter (recommended — the vault picks it up promptly) or Context (only for the next steps). Default: Frontmatter.
What it writes¶
A notice confirms it. The next steps can use it as {{source}}. It only writes the note being built, never another note.
This action is not the only way to write a source: the claim door offers it as an optional second line, and Cultivate's add a source move writes it too. All three write the field the same way, so a note that already has several sources keeps them.
Interactive only¶
The source is fixed in the action's own settings, so it is meant for flows you run by hand. In a shared .zftemplate system's onCreation it does nothing — a template can't know each note's source. In a system, ask for it with Ask for text, or suggest candidates with Find sources. See the Systems Gallery authoring guide.
Capabilities¶
File-system write of a single source frontmatter field on the note being built (the same surface as every action). No network, no AI.