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Brain syntax cheat sheet

SyntaxMeaning
[[Note]]Wikilink
[[Note|Alias]]Wikilink with display text
[[arc://Person/id]]Link to an ARC entity
![[Note]]Include / transclusion
![[Note#Heading]]Section include
![[arc://view/name]]Saved database view
![[arc://Person/…]]Entity embed
![[arc://metric/KEY?days=30]]Analytics metric sparkline embed (days 7–365, optional param=)
```mermaidDiagram (rendered in preview)
```youtubeYouTube embed (URL on next line)
```iframe / ```webEmbed a web page
```gif / ```imageImage / GIF
```calloutStyled callout (info / tip / warning / danger)
```arc-graph / ```graphLocal force-graph (noteId: / depth: optional; defaults to host note)
Page headerNote setting: designed title banner (subtitle + optional image) in preview/publish
Publish pagePer-note public URL /brain/p/:slug — body only; linked notes stay private

Editor helpers​

  • Type / for slash commands (heading, table, mermaid, youtube, callout, wikilink, embed, every entity type)
  • Type [[ for autocomplete over Brain notes and ARC entities
  • Sidebar Link ARC entities attaches ABOUT links and inserts [[arc://Type/id|Label]]

See also: composition.md