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<h2 class="chapter">7 The Templating System</h2>
<p>Rather than creating blank files on <code>org-roam-insert</code> and <code>org-roam-find-file</code>,
it may be desirable to prefill the file with templated content. This may
include:
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<li> Time of creation
</li><li> File it was created from
</li><li> Clipboard content
</li><li> Any other data you may want to input manually
</li></ul>
<p>This requires a complex template insertion system. Fortunately, Org ships with a
powerful one: <code>org-capture</code> (see <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/org/capture.html#capture">(org)capture</a>). However, org-capture was not
designed for such use. Org-roam abuses <code>org-capture</code>, extending its syntax and
capabilities. To first understand how org-roam&rsquo;s templating system works, it may
be useful to look into basic usage of <code>org-capture</code>.
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<p>For these reasons, Org-roam capture templates are not compatible with regular
<code>org-capture</code>. Hence, Org-roam&rsquo;s templates can be customized by instead
modifying the variable <code>org-roam-capture-templates</code>. Just like
<code>org-capture-templates</code>, <code>org-roam-capture-templates</code> can contain multiple
templates. If <code>org-roam-capture-templates</code> only contains one template, there
will be no prompt for template selection.
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