Quoted strings in YAML frontmatter fields

Python scripts which use YAML fronmatter when acting on markdown notes tend to add quotes to certain strings like sequence values such as
seq:`2.1`
or
created:`2026-07-23T18:05:40+00:00'

I am wondering if it is possible to get Notenik to strip the quotes and not keep the quote characters as part of the value for these fields. That would help with collections processed using such scripts.

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That should be doable. Let me look into it. Thanks for the suggestion!

Please try the latest beta and let me know how this works for you.

@rkp135 if possible could you share what you’re doing with these scripts? I’m just curious.

All sorts of things right now that AI agents can generate these scripts. For instance to generate markdown collections for task management, or a catalog of bookmarks/links to a set of files or folders, where the search itself is done using a script and the results are recorded in a markdown collection which can be viewed and edited using Notenik - sort of like what Notenik’s “Import App Folder” does.

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