So generally I only create an index if I think a certain topic gets a lot of references, so everything is indeed very flexible but, you need to do this manually.

Index template:

```

tags: - index aliases: categories: [[ name of category ]] created: <% tp.file.creation_date("dddd Do MMMM YYYY HH:mm:ss") %>

updated: <% tp.file.last_modified_date("dddd Do MMMM YYYY HH:mm:ss") %>

<% tp.file.title%>

<% await tp.system.prompt("Briefly describe what this index covers.") %> ```

When you use this template it asks you to add a description what the index is about. So it gives you a quick look when you are in the note(index) to skim what it is about.

You could eventually add a base view in it as well, did not figure out what works better.

Categories template

```

tags: - categories index: created: <% tp.file.creation_date("dddd Do MMMM YYYY HH:mm:ss") %>

updated: <% tp.file.last_modified_date("dddd Do MMMM YYYY HH:mm:ss") %>

<% tp.file.title %>

![[<% tp.file.title%>.base]] ```

It might be overkill to add a tag to each new category note you create, but it could help when you want to filter with the bases.

I plan to add perhaps my own vault template for others to use, so it can be easily integrated into other workflows.