Capture: Insert a Related Notes Base into an MOC Note

You end up with one QuickAdd command that inserts a live “related notes” Base view into whichever map-of-content (MOC) note you have open. The table shows every note that links to that MOC and updates itself as your vault changes.

Prerequisites

• Obsidian’s Bases core plugin enabled (it renders .base files).
• A markdown note to run the capture from, such as your MOC note.

Why this pattern

Capture does not write directly to .base files, but it can still pull content from a .base template and insert that content into the active markdown note. This is useful for MOCs where you want a note-local index of backlinks.

Setup

1. Create a .base template file, for example Templates/MOC Related Notes.base:

filters:
  and:
    - 'file.ext == "md"'
    - "file.hasLink(this.file)"
    - "file.path != this.file.path"
views:
  - type: table
    name: Related notes

2. Create a Capture choice.
3. Enable Capture to active file.
4. Set Write position to Top of file (after frontmatter).
5. In Capture format, reference your .base template with an explicit file extension:

Example:

## Related Notes

```base
{{TEMPLATE:Templates/MOC Related Notes.base}}
```

Context: {{VALUE}}

6. Run the Capture choice while your MOC note is active (for example MOCs/Alpha Project.md).

QuickAdd reads the .base template and inserts its content into the active note. Because the base view is embedded in that note, this.file points at the MOC, so the table shows notes that link to that specific MOC.