Drop files into content/.files/My-Book.pdf — auto-discovered with thumbnail, page count, and file size. No other config needed. To add tags, use a pdf-local block.
Tag a local PDF
slug: .files/My-Book.pdftags: Category One, Category Two
External PDF (opens in viewer)
title: Book Titleurl: https://example.com/file.pdfdescription: Optional notetags: Category
Web Link (opens in new tab)
title: Link Titleurl: https://example.com/pagedescription: Optional notetags: Category
Group (multiple versions in one card, with dropdown)
name: Group Nametags: Category- .files/local.pdf | Local Label | hidden- https://example.com/online.pdf | Online PDF- https://example.com/page | Reference Page
Items: path-or-url | Label | hidden
Add hidden to suppress that item as a standalone card — it still appears in the group dropdown.
Items starting with http that end in .pdf open in the viewer; other URLs open in a new tab.
Summary
Type
Block
Standalone card?
Local PDF
auto (any .pdf in content/)
yes, unless hidden in group
External PDF
pdf-external
yes, unless hidden in group
Web link
pdf-link
yes
Group
pdf-group
yes (group card with dropdown)
slug: .files/Dead-Sea-Scrolls.pdftags: Dead Sea Scrolls
slug: .files/Epistle-of-Barnabas.pdftags: Early Church
title: De Solstitiis et Aequinoctiisurl: https://www.roger-pearse.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/De-Solstitiis-et-Aequinoctiis-Image-2022.pdfdescription: Early church text on the solstices and equinoxestags: Early Church
title: Book of Jubileesurl: https://www.pseudepigrapha.com/jubilees/index.htmdescription: Online text at pseudepigrapha.comtags: Apocrypha
title: Book of Enochurl: https://sacred-texts.com/bib/boe/index.htmdescription: Full text at sacred-texts.comtags: Apocrypha
title: Christmas Originsurl: https://godmadeus.com/Holiday/Christmas/ch2.phpdescription: Article on the origins of Christmas traditionstags: Holidays, Christmas