Obsidian/Q/Does obsidian allow a list of links to other obsidian pages in the YAML markdown frontmatter?

• Does Obsidian allow a list of links to other Obsidian pages in the YAML markdown frontmatter?

  • AI Answer

    • AI/Response
      • Short answer: Yes. Obsidian supports Link list properties in YAML frontmatter — a list where each item is a wikilink [[Page Name]] that resolves to another note and appears in that note's backlinks.

      • How it works

        • In Obsidian 1.4+, frontmatter is surfaced as Properties. Each property has a type; the relevant types for page links are:
          • Link — a single wikilink to one note (type: link in the Properties view)
          • Link list — an array of wikilinks (type: multitext / shown as "List" with link items)
        • In raw YAML the list looks like:
          • yaml

            ---
            related:
              - "[[Note One]]"
              - "[[Note Two]]"
            ---

        • Obsidian resolves the wikilinks inside the list, so each linked note gains a backlink from the source note. The Properties pane renders them as clickable links.
        • You can also declare the type explicitly in Settings → Properties so Obsidian uses the link-picker UI when editing.

      • Caveats

        • The wikilinks must be quoted strings in YAML (bare [[...]] is not valid YAML, so Obsidian wraps them in " when written through the Properties UI).
        • Plain-text YAML parsers outside Obsidian will see these as strings, not live links.
        • The older alias / aliases property is a special case built into Obsidian core; custom link-list properties follow the same resolution logic but are user-defined.

      • Sources

        • Obsidian Help — Properties
        • Obsidian Help — Property types