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Short guides for getting started, writing notes, connecting ideas, and choosing where your vault lives.

10 guides

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New to Moonstone? Read the quickstart first. It shows the shortest path to creating a vault, writing a note, and adding one useful link.

The shortest path from sign-up to a useful first note.

Quick start: write your first noteCreate a vault, write a note, link one idea, and know what to ignore at first.
Write comfortably in MarkdownUse Moonstone as a clean writing surface, with Markdown, preview, and toolbar help.
Connect notes with links, tags, and graph viewUse links for direct relationships, tags for loose groups, and graph view for perspective.
Find notes quicklyUse search, quick switching, the sidebar, starred notes, and recent notes to move around.

Use Moonstone Cloud for the easiest setup, or Pro provider connections for existing folders.

Store notes in Moonstone CloudStart quickly with Moonstone-hosted storage, then export your Markdown whenever you need it.
Use notes from Google Drive, OneDrive, or DropboxConnect an existing folder and edit those Markdown notes in Moonstone.
Add images and PDFs to notesKeep files beside your notes and insert them without turning the note into a mess.

Learn the optional workflows after the basics feel comfortable.

Use templates for repeated notesCreate reusable note shapes for meetings, reading notes, project logs, and other repeat work.
Use note propertiesAdd metadata like tags, aliases, and created dates without leaving Markdown.
Keyboard shortcutsUse Moonstone faster, change shortcuts, and understand browser shortcut collisions.

If you are stuck or unsure which storage option to choose, the contact page has the right inbox.