Move attachments with a note

When you move a note into a new folder, its attachments are left behind in the original location. With Folderer you can automate this: the moment a note lands in a monitored folder, all its embedded files are moved into an Attachments subfolder right next to it.

Example setup

Say your vault looks like this:

Inbox/
  note.md          ← embeds photo.png and diagram.pdf
  Attachments/
    photo.png
    diagram.pdf
Literature/

When you move note.md into Literature/, you want the result to be:

Literature/
  note.md
  Attachments/
    photo.png
    diagram.pdf

Setup

1. Add Literature as a monitored folder

Open Settings → Folderer and click the add-folder button. Type Literature and confirm.

2. Add a rule

Inside the Literature section, click Add rule and fill in the fields:

Field	Value
Name	Carry over attachments (or any label you like)
Trigger	File moved
Conditions	(leave empty — applies to every note)

3. Add the action

Click Add action and choose Move Attachments. Set the Attachments folder to Attachments (or whatever subfolder name you use for attachments in your vault).

The action moves all embedded files to a subfolder of that name relative to the note's current location — so a note that just landed at Literature/note.md will have its attachments placed in Literature/Attachments/.

4. Save

Click Save. The rule is now active.

Result

From this point on, any note moved into Literature will have its embedded attachments automatically relocated next to it. Using the example above:

Literature/
  note.md
  Attachments/
    photo.png
    diagram.pdf

Folderer creates the Attachments subfolder automatically if it does not exist yet.

Things to keep in mind

Only embedded files are moved. Folderer reads Obsidian's embed list, which means only files referenced with ![[file]] syntax are picked up. Plain wikilinks ([[file]]) and markdown links ([label](file)) are ignored.

Conflicts are skipped, not overwritten. If a file with the same name already exists in Literature/Attachments/, Folderer shows a notice and leaves the original untouched.

The attachment folder name should match across your vault. If some notes use Assets and others use Attachments, set the action's folder name to match the convention you actually use, or add separate rules for each name.