Bear config file for espanso. Put it into `~/Library/Preferences/espanso/user`. Requires urlencode: https://github.com/dead10ck/urlencode

bear.yml

name: bear
parent: default

matches:
  # Footer
  - trigger: ":bfoot"
    # Multi-Line string that keeps newlines and adds one at the end.
    # Syntax highlighters might interpret the markdown headings as YAML comments, like this one. This is incorrect; YAML understands that these are part of the multi-line string data.
    replace: |

      ---
      ## Metadata
      Created on {{timestamp}}.

      ### What links here?
      References to [{{clipboard}}](bear://x-callback-url/search?term={{urlencode}})

      ### Additional References

      ### Additional Tags
    vars:
      - name: timestamp
        type: date
        params:
          format: "[[%B %d, %Y]] (%A) at %I:%M %p"
      - name: clipboard
        type: clipboard
      - name: urlencode
        type: shell
        params:
          cmd: echo '"'$(pbpaste)'"' | $HOME/.cargo/bin/urlencode
          trim: true

  # Search Link
  - trigger: :blink
    replace: "[{{clipboard}}](bear://x-callback-url/search?term={{urlencode}})"
    vars:
      - name: clipboard
        type: clipboard
      - name: urlencode
        type: shell
        params:
          cmd: echo '"'$(pbpaste)'"' | $HOME/.cargo/bin/urlencode
          trim: true

  - trigger: ":bdate"
    # Because each bear note already starts with the `#` H1 tag, we omit it from the title.
    replace: |-
      {{title}}


      ---
      ## Metadata

      ### What links here?
      References to [{{title}}](bear://x-callback-url/search?term={{urlencode}})

      ### Additional References

      ### Additional Tags

      #journal/daily
    vars:
      - name: title
        type: date
        params:
          format: "%B %d, %Y"
      - name: urlencode
        type: shell
        params:
          cmd: date +"%B %d, %Y" | $HOME/.cargo/bin/urlencode
          trim: true

Workflow:

1. Copy a note's title into your clipboard.
2. Type the completion command :blink to create a "what links here" style backlink at the cursor's location, or type :bfoot to create a whole footer, including that link.