Paperbell

Current Features

• Automatically monitors file updates to extract institute information from yaml frontmatter
• Provides global API for Quickadd integration
• Displays or automatically creates notes after retrieving information
• Supports custom templates for institution notes

How to use

1. Install the plugin
2. Create a template file in your vault (e.g., templates/institution.md)
3. Use the variables above in your template file
4. Set the template path in plugin settings
5. The plugin will use your template when creating new institution notes

Or use default command/ribbon icon to search institution and create note.

Template Variables

You can use the following template variables in your institution note templates:

Variable	Description	Example
{{ppb.institute.name}}	Institution's full name	Harvard University
{{ppb.institute.abbr}}	Institution's abbreviation	HU
{{ppb.institute.aliases}}	List of alternative names	- Harvard - Harvard College
{{ppb.institute.website}}	Institution's website URL	https://harvard.edu
{{ppb.institute.lat}}, {{ppb.institute.lon}}	Geographic coordinates	42.3744, -71.1169
{{ppb.institute.logo}}	Institution's logo URL	https://example.com/logo.png
{{ppb.institute.tags}}	List of tags	- university

Using Templates

1. Create a template file in your vault (e.g., templates/institution.md)
2. Use the variables above in your template file
3. Set the template path in plugin settings
4. The plugin will use your template when creating new institution notes

Example template:

---
abbr: {{ppb.institute.abbr}}
aliases:
{{ppb.institute.aliases}}
website: {{ppb.institute.website}}
location: [{{ppb.institute.lat}}, {{ppb.institute.lon}}]
logo: {{ppb.institute.logo}}
name: {{ppb.institute.name}}
tags:
{{ppb.institute.tags}}
---

# {{ppb.institute.name}}

## Overview

[Website]({{ppb.institute.website}})

```mapview
{"name":"Default","mapZoom":8,"centerLat":{{ppb.institute.lat}},"centerLng":{{ppb.institute.lon}},"query":"","chosenMapSource":0}

Affiliated Scholars

TABLE file.link AS "Name", title AS "Title", website AS "Website", email AS "Email"
FROM #scholar
WHERE contains(institute, this.name)
SORT paper_date DESC