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Getting Started

Welcome to your new foam workspace, let's get you started.

Let's go through this to set up your repo:

  • [ ] you can navigate the links between your notes by cmd+click (or ctrl+click on Windows) on a wikilink. Here, go to your inbox

  • [ ] to see how your notes are connected, execute the Foam: Show Graph command

  • tip - cmd+click on a node to navigate to it

  • tip - keep the graph open. As you navigate your files, it will focus on the active note, so you can at a glance see how it's connected in your knowledge base

  • [ ] #tags can be used to further organize your content. Look at the Tag Explorer view on the left panel to find and navigate the tags in your knowledge base

  • [ ] You can use Foam for your daily notes, or journaling. Execute now the Foam: Open Daily Note command to create a new file in your journal folder.

  • tip - you can customize location, filename and note title for you daily notes in the settings

  • [ ] The section at the end of this file contains wikilink definitions, which enable navigation of your notes from GitHub's web UI, and in general to make [[wikilinks]] understood by any markdown parser.

  • tip - Foam will sync links and definitions whenever you save the file

  • tip - If you are just using foam in VsCode you can turn off wikilink definitions in your VsCode settings

  • [ ] Want to see how to manage your tasks? Go to the todo note

  • [ ] To explore all the Foam settings, press cmd+,, then Extensions > Foam

  • [ ] Living within VsCode, Foam can be customized in many ways! Look at the Foam Recipes for ideas!

  • [ ] Join the Foam community on Discord, introduce yourself and leave a message on how you found Foam and how the onboarding went :) We are always keen to do better