Wikilinks & backlinks

A wikilink is two brackets, [[like this]], and it does more than make a link. Every wikilink also creates a backlink the other way and draws a connection in the graph, so the structure of your thinking builds itself as you write.

Type [[ anywhere and link to any item by name. No folder, tag system, or database required.

Why wikilinks matter

• Connect mid-thought. Link an idea to a project, a meeting, or a file without stopping to organize anything.
• Every link is two-way. The thing you link to gets a backlink back to you, context you never had to file by hand.
• The links are the structure. Those connections are what the graph draws and what your backlinks come from, so the map of your work assembles itself.

Writing a wikilink

• By name: [[Team handbook]] links to that item wherever it lives.
• With an alias: [[Knowledge/Team handbook|the handbook]] shows your own words but links the same target.
• As an embed: ![[Keyboard shortcuts]] renders the whole item inside the current one, live and still editable.

Wikilinks work in note bodies and in plan task descriptions, so a task can point straight at its spec and a note at the project it belongs to. Backlinks themselves are built from the links in your notes.

Backlinks: context that finds you

Open backlinks on any item to see everything that points at it. They answer the questions you can’t search for, like “where did this come up before?” and “what depends on this?”, without you maintaining an index. Link forward as you write, and the back-references assemble themselves.

What the connections power

Because wikilinks are real relationships, not just blue text, they feed the rest of Undra:

• The graph. Every wikilink is an edge in Undraverse, so the shape of your thinking becomes something you can see.
• Live surfaces. Links keep canvas cards and plan tasks tied to the items they came from.
• Richer context. Following a note’s links gathers the related plans, briefs, and meetings around it, whether you’re reading or an agent is.

A connected workspace, not a folder of files

This is what lets a workspace get more useful over time instead of just bigger. You don’t have to design a taxonomy up front. You link as you go, and the relationships, backlinks, and graph emerge from the work itself.

Where to go next

• Notes: where most wikilinks are written.
• Undraverse: see every connection as a living graph.
• Canvas: arrange linked items in space.