content-generator

NoteMD Pro - Generate Content from Title

Overview

This feature generates comprehensive content for a note based solely on its title. It can optionally perform web research first, then generates detailed documentation including explanations, tables, equations (LaTeX), and Mermaid diagrams.

When to Use

• Create new notes: Generate detailed content from a title
• Expand outlines: Turn brief titles into full documents
• Research summaries: Get comprehensive overviews with web context
• Technical docs: Generate scientific/technical documentation

Function Call Chain

generateContentForTitle (fileUtils.ts)
├── getProviderForTask('generateTitle', settings)
├── _performResearch(app, settings, title, reporter)  [IF enabled]
│   ├── SearchManager.getProvider
│   ├── provider.search(query)
│   └── fetchContentFromUrl(url)
├── call[Provider]API(prompt, title + researchContext)
├── cleanupLatexDelimiters(content)
├── refineMermaidBlocks(content)  ← AUTO-FIX
└── fixMermaidSyntaxInFile(outputPath, reporter)  ← AUTO-RUN AFTER LLM
    └── checkMermaidErrors(content)

Key Functions (from fileUtils.ts)

generateContentForTitle

Generates content for a note based on its title using LLM.

export async function generateContentForTitle(
  settings: NotemdSettings,
  inputPath: string,
  progressReporter: ProgressReporter,
);

batchGenerateContentForTitles

Batch generates content for all markdown files in a folder.

export async function batchGenerateContentForTitles(
  settings: NotemdSettings,
  folderPath: string,
  progressReporter: ProgressReporter,
);
// Flow:
// 1. Get all .md files in folder
// 2. Create "complete" output folder
// 3. Process files (serial or parallel based on settings)
// 4. Move processed files to complete folder

fixMermaidSyntaxInFile

Fixes Mermaid syntax in a file (auto-run after generation).

export async function fixMermaidSyntaxInFile(
  filePath: string,
  reporter: ProgressReporter,
): Promise<boolean>;