Contexts & references

Beyond its single spatial anchor, a Kard can carry any number of references — typed links to engine objects you can navigate back to. References live alongside the anchor in the Kard’s Contexts panel, but they’re a separate list and never draw a viewport badge — only the spatial anchor does.

This page covers linking a Kard to an Asset in the content browser, Blueprint node, level, asset, or optional plugin object from the right-click menu.

Contexts

Attaching a context to a Kard never checks out the asset. Kard never mutates or changes any of your assets! Kard keeps track of all asset contexts. You never have to check an asset out or save it afterwards!

Link a Kard to an engine object

Beyond a spatial spot, you can attach a Kard to a specific engine object so the Kard carries a typed reference you can navigate back to. Right-click the object and use the Kard section:

• Create Task — a new task linked to that object.
• Create Note — a new note linked to that object.
• Copy Markdown Link — copies a link you can paste into any Kard description to reference that object.

Supported objects:

Object	How you reach it	Module
Actor	Right-click an actor in the viewport	Built in
Blueprint	Right-click a Blueprint asset or graph node	Built in
Level / world	Drag a level asset into a card description, or anchor in the level	Built in
Content Browser asset	Right-click an asset	Built in
PCG graph / node / volume	Right-click in a PCG graph or on a PCG actor	Optional — needs the PCG plugin
Niagara node	Right-click a Niagara graph node	Optional — needs the Niagara plugin
Sequencer frame	Right-click in a Level Sequence	Optional — needs the Level Sequence plugin

Note

The PCG, Niagara, and Level Sequence entries are optional integrations. Kard loads each one only when that engine plugin is enabled; if it’s off, the rest of Kard still works — you just don’t get that object’s right-click entries.

Asset contexts

Right-Click any asset in the engine to create Task or Note for it.

Tip

You can even drag and drop any asset into Description (Markdown Editor). It will turn into a clickable link.

Any asset mentioned in a Kard will be marked in the content browser.

Blueprint contexts

Blueprints are everywhere in Unreal, that is why you can link to any Blueprint Graph Node in Unreal. Simply right-click any node and look for the Kard menu.

Copy Markdown Link

One of the most powerful tools in Kard is the ability to copy a Markdown link and paste it into any description. See the following video in Sequencer. You can copy the Markdown link for a specifc frame. Paste it into the description. Then it becomes a clickable link that opens the sequence at the exact frame you copied.

Customizing Contexts

Kard ships with a lot of contexts but we can’t cover everything. Every game is different. You might have your own tools. That is why Kard ships with customizable contexts. You can simply create a new Blueprint and implement them yourself!

Level Contexts

One of the most common need is to customize how Kards are anchored. Kard exposes the DefaultLevelContext in the Kard settings.

Note

You will need C++ for complex custom contexts and access to the source code.

For what to do with a linked Kard — typed relations and [[wikilinks]] between Kards — see Relate & link Kards.

Related Reads

• Anchor Kards in your level — pin a Kard to a 3D spot and see it as a badge.
• Relate & link Kards — typed relations and [[wikilinks]] between Kards.
• Create & edit Kards — fields, descriptions, attachments, and comments.