Bear template expander for Mac, iPhone and iPad 2024-11-01 at 10:47 EDT Make templates as Bear notes with tag: #.template See sample template text at bottom of this shortcut. {{date}} in templates will expand to today’s date/time (yyyy-MM-dd, HH:mm) {{datetag}} in templates will become a tag: #yyyy/MM (or change date/time format in code below to suit your needs) {{key}} tags in template will be expanded to values, set values in Dictionary below to suit your needs.

Get list of templates to choose (lists all notes containing ‘templateTag’):

Get chosen template note text from Bear:

Remove template tag (and line break above it):

Insert date/time if {{date}} is used in template:

Remove \ from \#tags to unhide tags in template:

Parse ‘my-dict’ and replace {{keys}} in template with key value pairs (from dictionary at top of shortcut):

Create new note in Bear based on chosen template:

# Sample Template #.template Notes with this tag will appear in template list, but tag will be removed from new notes. Important! This tag should be placed on it’s own line! ## if you want to include a tag with current month or date, include: {{datetag}} (Set date format in shortcut) ## Current Date Today: {{date}} (place anywhere in note) (Set date format in shortcut) ## Expandable Keys Keys will be expanded to corresponding values if they appear in dictionary at top of shortcut (place anywhere in note). {{name}} {{email}} {{addres}} {{phone}} {{anything) If dictionary keys do not appear in template they are just ignored. ## Hidden (escaped) tags in template, that will be revealed in new notes after running this shortcut: \#my-tag1 \#my new tag2#