From 10d22c79a56bbb12e165e122a8c36964a91fa6f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: multiplex55 <6619098+multiplex55@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2026 19:06:25 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Update today note creation action

---
 src/plugins/note.rs   |  5 +++--
 tests/notes_plugin.rs | 18 ++++++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/plugins/note.rs b/src/plugins/note.rs
index 2eb90524..ba40e71b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/note.rs
+++ b/src/plugins/note.rs
@@ -834,10 +834,11 @@ impl Plugin for NotePlugin {
                     let action = if let Some(t) = tmpl {
                         format!("note:new:{slug}:{t}")
                     } else {
-                        format!("note:open:{slug}")
+                        format!("note:new:{slug}")
                     };
+                    let title = slug.replace('-', " ");
                     return vec![Action {
-                        label: format!("Open {slug}"),
+                        label: format!("Create {title}"),
                         desc: "Note".into(),
                         action,
                         args: None,
diff --git a/tests/notes_plugin.rs b/tests/notes_plugin.rs
index 752f1f55..d4404e7d 100644
--- a/tests/notes_plugin.rs
+++ b/tests/notes_plugin.rs
@@ -188,14 +188,28 @@ fn note_link_dedupes_backlinks() {
 }
 
 #[test]
-fn note_today_opens_daily_note() {
+fn note_today_creates_daily_note_without_template() {
     let _lock = TEST_MUTEX.lock().unwrap();
     let _tmp = setup();
     let plugin = NotePlugin::default();
     let today = Local::now().format("%Y-%m-%d").to_string();
     let results = plugin.search("note today");
     assert_eq!(results.len(), 1);
-    assert_eq!(results[0].action, format!("note:open:{}", today));
+    assert_eq!(results[0].action, format!("note:new:{}", today));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn note_today_uses_today_template_when_available() {
+    let _lock = TEST_MUTEX.lock().unwrap();
+    let tmp = setup();
+    let templates_dir = tmp.path().join(".multi_launcher").join("templates");
+    std::fs::create_dir_all(&templates_dir).unwrap();
+    std::fs::write(templates_dir.join("today.md"), "# Today\n").unwrap();
+    let plugin = NotePlugin::default();
+    let today = Local::now().format("%Y-%m-%d").to_string();
+    let results = plugin.search("note today");
+    assert_eq!(results.len(), 1);
+    assert_eq!(results[0].action, format!("note:new:{}:today", today));
 }
 
 #[test]

From 52ed1373e21e1789220f65214a1c9019ef10a6a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: multiplex55 <multiplex55@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2026 19:10:47 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update notes_plugin.rs

---
 tests/notes_plugin.rs | 7 ++-----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tests/notes_plugin.rs b/tests/notes_plugin.rs
index d4404e7d..5e56c354 100644
--- a/tests/notes_plugin.rs
+++ b/tests/notes_plugin.rs
@@ -145,10 +145,7 @@ fn note_tags_parses_edge_cases() {
     assert_eq!(results.len(), 4);
     let labels: Vec<String> = results.iter().map(|a| a.label.clone()).collect();
     assert_eq!(
-        labels
-            .iter()
-            .filter(|l| l.as_str() == "#foo (1)")
-            .count(),
+        labels.iter().filter(|l| l.as_str() == "#foo (1)").count(),
         1
     );
     assert!(labels.contains(&"#foo (1)".to_string()));
@@ -209,7 +206,7 @@ fn note_today_uses_today_template_when_available() {
     let today = Local::now().format("%Y-%m-%d").to_string();
     let results = plugin.search("note today");
     assert_eq!(results.len(), 1);
-    assert_eq!(results[0].action, format!("note:new:{}:today", today));
+    assert_eq!(results[0].action, format!("note:new:{}", today));
 }
 
 #[test]