Backlinks

Wikilinks are one-directional — [[A]] in note B says "B mentions A", but A doesn't directly know about B. Backlinks flip that around: every note shows a panel of which other notes link to it.

The backlinks panel

Open any note and click the backlinks icon (or press Ctrl/Cmd + ⌥ + B). The panel has three tabs:

• Backlinks — notes that wikilink to this one
• Outgoing — notes this one wikilinks to
• Bidirectional — notes that link in both directions

Each entry includes the surrounding paragraph for context, so you can see how a note is referenced without opening it.

Unlinked mentions

A fourth section, Unlinked mentions, surfaces notes that contain the literal title of the current note as plain text but haven't been wikilinked yet. One click promotes a mention to a real wikilink.

This is the fastest way to retroactively link a vault you imported from Notion or plain Markdown.

Performance note

Oracle keeps the link graph in memory. On vaults of 5,000+ notes, the first build of the graph can take a few seconds — subsequent loads are instant. The graph rebuilds on file save.