Meta pages are pages not core to your content, but function as a way to configure, or extend your space. You can think of them as “tooling” pages.

The most obvious examples are part of SilverBullet’s Std library and include generally useful Slash Templates.

If you use Space Lua or Space Style, you may want to put those on separate pages and tag them as #meta as well, so they don’t mingle with your main content.

How are meta pages identified?

Meta pages at a technical level are Pages like any other, the only technical difference is that they are tagged with any tag starting with #meta. This is picked up by the Page Picker and Meta Picker.

How do you link to meta pages?

You can link to a meta page like any other page, that is using the [[page name]] syntax. However, in the context of regular content, meta pages will not appear in auto complete. To get auto completion for meta pages, you can use the [[^page name]] caret syntax. More information: Links#Caret page links.