[FEATURE REQUEST] Allow creating and templating base (.base) files

[gwarf]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Hello, I would like to be able to create a .base file from a QuickAdd action.
The use case is creating a project action which uses a couple of templates:

• an overview .md file
• a Kanban managed via a .base file, based on content from https://tasknotes.dev/views/kanban-view/

Describe the solution you'd like
QuickAdd should support .base files, they are raw text files, see https://help.obsidian.md/bases/syntax

Describe alternatives you've considered
Currently, I'm creating a .md file that includes the .base in a code block, but display is very limited due to this.

Thanks for this great plugin!

[chhoumann]

Hi @gwarf, thanks for the great request and clear use case.

This is now implemented and merged in #1122.

What’s supported now:

• Template choices support .base files directly (create, overwrite, increment, and path/extension handling).
• .base templates are recognized in QuickAdd template syntax/preflight.
• You can also insert .base template content into an active .md note via Capture using {{TEMPLATE:...base}}.

Important to note that:

• Capturing directly to a .base file is intentionally blocked.
• For .base files, use a Template choice (or a Macro that runs Template choices), which is safer and avoids invalid base-file writes.

For your project workflow, the recommended setup is:

1. Template choice for the project overview .md
2. Template choice for the Kanban .base
3. Optional Macro that runs both in one action

Thanks again for pushing this forward. It will be available in the next QuickAdd release.

[gwarf]

That's really great, thanks for the quick implementation!
I will give it a go when the new release will have been published.

[github-actions]

🎉 This issue has been resolved in version 2.12.0 🎉

The release is available on GitHub release

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[gwarf]

I've made some quick tests and seem to work great.
Thanks a lot for the quick integration of this feature!

[chhoumann]

Good to hear - thanks for testing!