"MM" == Mario Martelli writes: MM> I tried your template once again. And it turned out that the file must be existent. MM> ("c" "capture CWN through org protocol" item (file "~/org/notes.org") MM> "- %?%:description\n %:link\n\n") MM> Does work for me. So giving a path to file might help. Thank you for testing. There is another thread where someone has the same problem. It seems that for item templates one has to give the full path. Alan -- OpenPGP Key ID : 040D0A3B4ED2E5C7 Monthly Athmospheric CO₂, Mauna Loa Obs. 2017-05: 409.65, 2016-05: 407.70