Every note in Substrate is written in Markdown — a simple, readable way to format text. You can add headings, lists, quotes, code blocks, and more without touching a toolbar.
To create a new note, click New note or press Cmd+K (Ctrl+K on Windows) to open the command palette. Give your note a title and start writing.
…The real power of Substrate comes from linking. When you connect one note to another with wiki-links, you build a graph of your thinking that you can explore and navigate.
Every link goes both ways. When note A links to note B, note B shows a backlink to note A automatically. You never need to manually maintain cross-references — Substrate handles it.
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