denote metatags

This is an experiment in learning denote meta-tags after reading https://taonaw.com/2026/01/25/why-i-use-denote.html

Per JTR:

"Another, more recent skill I started using with Denote is its metadata and search features. Meta notes work as an index of other files, where I can have one file with a dynamic list (updated whenever the file is loaded) of live links to other files with the same tag or other regex I use."

I added this to an org file and executed it

#+BEGIN: denote-links :regexp "_emacs.*_planning" :sort-by-component last-modified :include-date t
#+END:

it generated

#+BEGIN: denote-links :regexp "_emacs.*_planning" :sort-by-component last-modified :include-date t
- [[denote:20260125T092715][Categorizing what I do (2026-01-25)]]
- [[denote:20260123T151715][Creating a new org and denote workflow (2026-01-23)]]
- [[denote:20260123T145928][where-does-org-fit-in-new-planning-workflow (2026-01-23)]]
- [[denote:20251211T142359][Denote migration strategy (2025-12-11)]]
#+END:

I had to

• install denote-org

along the way I made the following changes

• changed my denote-directory from

  (setq denote-directory '("~/notes/" "~/notes/ai/))

  to

  (setq denote-directory '("~/notes/"))

  because denote/denote-links look at subdirectories. I was getting duplicate entries.

• I made sure emacs was not dropping lockfiles, backup files or auto-save files in the denote directories by adding this to my config

(setq backup-directory-alist `(("." . "~/.emacs.d/backups/")))
(setq create-lockfiles nil)
;; auto-save-list-file-prefix defaulting to "~/.emacs.d/auto-save-list/.saves-"

Now that my mind is bent and I have this capability I just need to think about integrating it into my nascent denote workflow.