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Unlinked mentions

When another note names this one without linking to it, Flints finds it for you.

You will not always remember to type [[ ]]. You write a note's name in an ordinary sentence and it stays ordinary text.

Unlinked mentions finds exactly those: places where another note names this one without linking to it.

Where it appears#

Below the note, after backlinks, as a third section. Each row shows the other note's name and the sentence the mention sits in — so you can judge the suggestion without opening anything.

  • Link turns that occurrence into [[name]] in the other note.
  • Link all does every suggestion at once.

Once linked, that note appears in backlinks and on the connection map immediately.

What is deliberately ignored#

A suggestion is only useful if it is not noise, so several things are skipped:

  • Anything already linked — text inside [[name]].
  • Code blocks and inline code — a word inside code is not a link.
  • Matches inside longer wordsDeep Work is not found in "Deep Workflow".
  • Very short names — titles under four characters are skipped, because they turn up in almost every sentence.

Capitalisation does not matter: deep work is found too.

When it is most useful#

Right after writing a new note. If you have covered the topic before, Flints surfaces those older notes and one click connects them. This is how the graph grows on its own.

More on links: wikilinks and backlinks.