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Quick Start

Initial Setup​

  1. Open Settings → Prisma Calendar and confirm your Active Calendar.
  2. Set Directory to the folder where event notes should live (e.g., Calendar/).
  3. (Optional) Adjust frontmatter property names for Start/End/AllDay/Title if you use custom keys.
  4. (Optional) Set Template path to a Templater template for new events.

Opening Your Calendar​

After installing Prisma Calendar, you can open your calendar in two ways:

Ribbon Icon (Default)​

By default, each calendar adds a calendar icon to the left sidebar. Simply click it to open the calendar.

Command Palette​

  1. Press Ctrl/Cmd + P to open Obsidian's command palette
  2. Type: Prisma Calendar: Open [Calendar Name]
  3. Press Enter

Additional options:

  • Hide ribbon icons - Go to Settings → Prisma Calendar → select calendar → General → disable "Show ribbon icon"
  • Set a hotkey - Go to Settings → Hotkeys → search "Prisma Calendar: Open" → assign your preferred shortcut (e.g., Ctrl + Shift + C)
  • Multiple calendars - Each calendar has its own ribbon icon and command

All Prisma Calendar commands start with Prisma Calendar: to make them easy to find in the command palette.

Creating Your First Event​

Create an event note (via your template or manually) and add frontmatter like:

---
Title: Doctor Appointment
Start: 2025-02-10T14:00
End: 2025-02-10T15:00
AllDay: false
---

Remember insurance card.

Interacting with Events​

Once your calendar is open, you can:

  • Hover to preview notes (if enabled)
  • Click to open the underlying file
  • Drag to move/resize; snap respects your Snap duration (Settings → UI Settings)
  • Batch-select to duplicate/delete or move/clone to next week

Recurring example​

---
Title: Standup
Start: 2025-02-03T09:30
RRule: weekly
RRuleSpec: monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday
---

Set “Future instances count” to control how many future notes are generated; beyond that, events appear as read-only virtual items.