In the meantime, this is a bit more involved than adding template variables, but we have support for note lifecycle hooks: https://wiki.dendron.so/notes/12551d19-04c2-4d26-ac1e-d23ff3181a9c/ The example here goes over how to add a hook that moves all incomplete todo items when you create a new daily journal: https://wiki.dendron.so/notes/61055b5f-6216-4fd3-b9a1-82f79017b59e/