apps/api/src/public/public.e2e.db.test.ts

@@ -169,6 +169,28 @@ describe.skipIf(!hasTestDb)('public read access (e2e, issue #56)', () => {
     expect(html).toContain(`data-wikilink="ghost-${suffix}"`);
   });
 
+  it('expands a bare embed without frame or title (issue #146)', async () => {
+    const targetSlug = `bare-target-${suffix}`;
+    const hostSlug = `bare-host-${suffix}`;
+    await makePage(pondId, targetSlug, 'Bare Target', '<p>Bare body text.</p>');
+    await makePage(
+      pondId,
+      hostSlug,
+      'Bare Host',
+      `<p>Before.</p>` +
+        `<div class="dt-transclusion" data-transclusion="${targetSlug}"` +
+        ` data-transclusion-bare="1">Bare Target</div>`,
+    );
+
+    const res = await api().get(`/api/v1/public/${pondSlug}/${hostSlug}/content`).expect(200);
+    const html = (res.body as { html: string }).html;
+    // The target's body is spliced in verbatim — no dt-embed frame, no title.
+    expect(html).toContain('Bare body text.');
+    expect(html).not.toContain('dt-embed');
+    expect(html).not.toContain('Bare Target</a>');
+    expect(html).not.toContain('dt-transclusion');
+  });
+
   it('404s all public endpoints once the public grant is removed', async () => {
     await prisma.roleGrant.delete({ where: { id: publicGrantId } });
     // The API route invalidates on its own mutations; this test deletes

apps/api/src/public/public.service.ts

@@ -115,9 +115,11 @@ export class PublicService {
     depth: number,
     visited: Set<string>,
   ): Promise<string> {
-    const placeholder = /<div class="dt-transclusion" data-transclusion="([^"]+)">[^<]*<\/div>/g;
-    return replaceAsync(html, placeholder, async (_match, rawSlug) => {
+    const placeholder =
+      /<div class="dt-transclusion" data-transclusion="([^"]+)"( data-transclusion-bare="1")?>[^<]*<\/div>/g;
+    return replaceAsync(html, placeholder, async (_match, rawSlug, bareAttr) => {
       const slug = rawSlug as string;
+      const bare = Boolean(bareAttr);
       const target = await this.prisma.page.findFirst({
         where: { pondId, slug, deletedAt: null },
         select: { id: true, pondId: true, slug: true, title: true },
@@ -133,6 +135,9 @@ export class PublicService {
         depth + 1,
         new Set(visited).add(slug),
       );
+      // A bare embed (`$[[…]]`, #146) reads as part of the host page: no
+      // frame, no title — just the expanded content.
+      if (bare) return inner;
       return (
         `<div class="dt-embed"><div class="dt-embed__title">` +
         `<a class="wikilink" href="${escapeHtml(slug)}" data-wikilink="${escapeHtml(slug)}">` +

apps/web/src/editor/WikilinkAutocomplete.tsx

@@ -6,11 +6,13 @@ import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
 import { useWikilinks } from './wikilink-context';
 
 /** An open `[[` context: the query typed so far and where its `[[` began.
- * `embed` is true when it was opened as `![[` — a page embed (issue #135). */
+ * `embed` is true when it was opened as `![[` — a page embed (issue #135);
+ * `bare` when it was `$[[` — the frameless variant (issue #146). */
 interface QueryState {
   query: string;
   from: number;
   embed: boolean;
+  bare: boolean;
   coords: { left: number; bottom: number };
 }
 
@@ -18,21 +20,24 @@ interface QueryState {
 type Suggestion =
   { kind: 'page'; slug: string; label: string } | { kind: 'create'; slug: string; label: string };
 
-/** Detects a `[[query` (link) or `![[query` (embed, #135) immediately before a
- * collapsed cursor (issue #46). The optional leading `!` opens an embed. */
-function detectQuery(editor: Editor): { query: string; from: number; embed: boolean } | null {
+/** Detects a `[[query` (link), `![[query` (embed, #135) or `$[[query` (bare
+ * embed, #146) immediately before a collapsed cursor (issue #46). */
+function detectQuery(
+  editor: Editor,
+): { query: string; from: number; embed: boolean; bare: boolean } | null {
   const { selection } = editor.state;
   if (!selection.empty) return null;
   const $from = selection.$from;
   if (!$from.parent.isTextblock) return null;
   const start = Math.max(0, $from.parentOffset - 200);
   const before = $from.parent.textBetween(start, $from.parentOffset, undefined, '');
-  const match = /(!?)\[\[([^[\]\n]*)$/.exec(before);
+  const match = /([!$]?)\[\[([^[\]\n]*)$/.exec(before);
   if (!match) return null;
-  const embed = match[1] === '!';
+  const embed = match[1] === '!' || match[1] === '$';
+  const bare = match[1] === '$';
   const query = match[2] ?? '';
-  // `[[` is 2 chars; an embed's leading `!` is one more to swallow.
-  return { query, from: selection.from - query.length - 2 - (embed ? 1 : 0), embed };
+  // `[[` is 2 chars; an embed's leading `!`/`$` is one more to swallow.
+  return { query, from: selection.from - query.length - 2 - (embed ? 1 : 0), embed, bare };
 }
 
 /**
@@ -79,12 +84,13 @@ export function WikilinkAutocomplete({ editor }: { editor: Editor }): React.JSX.
     if (current.embed) {
       // A page embed is a block node (#135) — replace the typed `![[query` with
       // the transclusion block; ProseMirror lifts it out of the paragraph.
+      // `$[[` opens the frameless variant (#146).
       editor
         .chain()
         .focus()
         .insertContentAt(range, {
           type: 'transclusion',
-          attrs: { targetSlug: item.slug, displayText: null },
+          attrs: { targetSlug: item.slug, displayText: null, bare: current.bare },
         })
         .run();
     } else {

apps/web/src/editor/nodes/transclusion.tsx

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ function TransclusionView({ node, editor }: NodeViewProps): React.JSX.Element {
 
   const slug = node.attrs.targetSlug as string;
   const display = node.attrs.displayText as string | null;
+  const bare = node.attrs.bare as boolean;
   const { title, exists } = resolve(slug);
   const label = display ?? title ?? slug;
   const editable = editor.isEditable;
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ function TransclusionView({ node, editor }: NodeViewProps): React.JSX.Element {
           ⧉
         </span>
         <span className="dt-transclusion-card__label">
-          {t('transclusion.embedded', { title: label })}
+          {t(bare ? 'transclusion.embeddedBare' : 'transclusion.embedded', { title: label })}
         </span>
         <Link className="dt-transclusion-card__open" to={`/p/${pondSlug}/${slug}`}>
           {t('transclusion.open')}
@@ -54,6 +55,20 @@ function TransclusionView({ node, editor }: NodeViewProps): React.JSX.Element {
     );
   }
 
+  if (bare) {
+    // `$[[…]]` (#146): the embed reads as part of the host page — no frame,
+    // no title, just the target's rendered content.
+    return (
+      <NodeViewWrapper className="dt-embed-bare" contentEditable={false}>
+        {content.data ? (
+          <div dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: content.data.html }} />
+        ) : (
+          <div aria-busy="true" />
+        )}
+      </NodeViewWrapper>
+    );
+  }
+
   return (
     <NodeViewWrapper className="dt-embed" contentEditable={false}>
       <div className="dt-embed__title">

packages/shared/i18n/de/editor.json

@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@
   },
   "transclusion": {
     "embedded": "Eingebettet: {{title}}",
+    "embeddedBare": "Nahtlos eingebettet: {{title}}",
     "open": "Öffnen"
   },
   "notFound": {

packages/shared/i18n/en/editor.json

@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@
   },
   "transclusion": {
     "embedded": "Embedded: {{title}}",
+    "embeddedBare": "Embedded seamlessly: {{title}}",
     "open": "Open"
   },
   "notFound": {

packages/shared/src/editor-schema/html.ts

@@ -136,10 +136,12 @@ function renderBlock(node: Node): string {
       // A page embed (#135). The static HTML is a placeholder carrying the
       // target slug; the read view / public renderer expands it server-side to
       // the target page's rendered HTML (permission-checked, recursion limited).
-      // Left un-expanded (here) it degrades to a labelled block.
+      // Left un-expanded (here) it degrades to a labelled block. The `bare`
+      // flag (#146) rides along so the expansion can drop frame + title.
       const slug = escapeHtml(node.attrs.targetSlug as string);
       const display = node.attrs.displayText ? escapeHtml(node.attrs.displayText as string) : slug;
-      return `<div class="dt-transclusion" data-transclusion="${slug}">${display}</div>`;
+      const bare = node.attrs.bare ? ' data-transclusion-bare="1"' : '';
+      return `<div class="dt-transclusion" data-transclusion="${slug}"${bare}>${display}</div>`;
     }
     case 'code_block':
       return `<pre><code>${escapeHtml(node.textContent)}</code></pre>`;

packages/shared/src/editor-schema/markdown.ts

@@ -192,14 +192,16 @@ function wikilinkRule(state: StateInline, silent: boolean): boolean {
   return true;
 }
 
-/** A whole line that is only `![[slug]]` / `![[slug|display]]` embeds a page (#135). */
-const TRANSCLUSION_LINE = /^!\[\[([^[\]\n|]+)(?:\|([^[\]\n]+))?\]\]\s*$/;
+/** A whole line that is only `![[slug]]` / `![[slug|display]]` embeds a page
+ * (#135); the `$[[slug]]` prefix embeds without frame or title (#146). */
+const TRANSCLUSION_LINE = /^([!$])\[\[([^[\]\n|]+)(?:\|([^[\]\n]+))?\]\]\s*$/;
 
 /**
  * Block rule for page embeds (issue #135). A line consisting solely of
  * `![[slug]]` becomes a `transclusion` block node; anything else (including
  * `![[x]]` mid-paragraph) is left untouched. Registered before `paragraph` so
- * the lone-embed line is not swallowed as ordinary text.
+ * the lone-embed line is not swallowed as ordinary text. A `$` prefix marks
+ * the embed as `bare` (frameless/titleless, issue #146).
  */
 function transclusionRule(
   state: StateBlock,
@@ -213,9 +215,10 @@ function transclusionRule(
   if (!match) return false;
   if (silent) return true;
   const token = state.push('transclusion', '', 0);
-  token.attrSet('target', match[1]!.trim());
-  const display = match[2]?.trim();
+  token.attrSet('target', match[2]!.trim());
+  const display = match[3]?.trim();
   if (display) token.attrSet('display', display);
+  if (match[1] === '$') token.attrSet('bare', '1');
   token.map = [startLine, startLine + 1];
   state.line = startLine + 1;
   return true;
@@ -349,6 +352,7 @@ const markdownParser = new MarkdownParser(editorSchema, createTokenizer(), {
     getAttrs: (tok) => ({
       targetSlug: tok.attrGet('target') ?? '',
       displayText: tok.attrGet('display') || null,
+      bare: tok.attrGet('bare') === '1',
     }),
   },
   em: { mark: 'italic' },
@@ -477,7 +481,8 @@ const markdownSerializer = new MarkdownSerializer(
     transclusion(state, node) {
       const slug = node.attrs.targetSlug as string;
       const display = node.attrs.displayText as string | null;
-      state.write(display ? `![[${slug}|${display}]]` : `![[${slug}]]`);
+      const prefix = node.attrs.bare ? '$' : '!';
+      state.write(display ? `${prefix}[[${slug}|${display}]]` : `${prefix}[[${slug}]]`);
       state.closeBlock(node);
     },
     hard_break(state, node, parent, index) {

packages/shared/src/editor-schema/schema.ts

@@ -261,13 +261,16 @@ export const editorSchema = new Schema({
     // it to the target page's rendered HTML (permission-checked, recursion
     // limited), while the editor shows a placeholder card. Like `wikilink` it
     // stores slug + optional display text only — live resolution happens where
-    // the pond's pages are known.
+    // the pond's pages are known. The `$[[slug]]` variant (issue #146) sets
+    // `bare`: the expansion drops the frame and title, so the embedded content
+    // reads as part of the host page.
     transclusion: {
       group: 'block',
       atom: true,
       attrs: {
         targetSlug: { validate: 'string' },
         displayText: { default: null },
+        bare: { default: false },
       },
       parseDOM: [
         {
@@ -275,6 +278,7 @@ export const editorSchema = new Schema({
           getAttrs: (dom) => ({
             targetSlug: dom.getAttribute('data-transclusion'),
             displayText: dom.getAttribute('data-display') || null,
+            bare: dom.getAttribute('data-transclusion-bare') === '1',
           }),
         },
       ],
@@ -286,6 +290,7 @@ export const editorSchema = new Schema({
           class: 'dt-transclusion',
         };
         if (display) attrs['data-display'] = display;
+        if (node.attrs.bare) attrs['data-transclusion-bare'] = '1';
         return ['div', attrs, display ?? slug];
       },
     },

packages/shared/src/editor-schema/transclusion.test.ts

@@ -48,3 +48,44 @@ describe('page embed / transclusion (issue #135)', () => {
     expect(firstTransclusion(doc)).toBeNull();
   });
 });
+
+describe('bare page embed `$[[…]]` (issue #146)', () => {
+  it('parses a lone $[[slug]] line to a bare transclusion and round-trips', () => {
+    const doc = markdownToDoc('Intro\n\n$[[rennrad]]\n\nOutro');
+    const node = firstTransclusion(doc);
+    expect(node).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(node!.attrs.targetSlug).toBe('rennrad');
+    expect(node!.attrs.bare).toBe(true);
+    expect(docToMarkdown(doc)).toContain('$[[rennrad]]');
+  });
+
+  it('keeps `![[…]]` non-bare and round-trips both prefixes side by side', () => {
+    const doc = markdownToDoc('![[dota]]\n\n$[[rennrad]]');
+    const markdown = docToMarkdown(doc);
+    expect(markdown).toContain('![[dota]]');
+    expect(markdown).toContain('$[[rennrad]]');
+    let bares = 0;
+    doc.descendants((node) => {
+      if (node.type.name === 'transclusion' && node.attrs.bare) bares += 1;
+    });
+    expect(bares).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  it('marks the placeholder div so the server expansion can drop the frame', () => {
+    const html = docToHtml(markdownToDoc('$[[rennrad]]'));
+    expect(html).toContain('data-transclusion="rennrad"');
+    expect(html).toContain('data-transclusion-bare="1"');
+    // The framed variant must NOT carry the marker.
+    expect(docToHtml(markdownToDoc('![[rennrad]]'))).not.toContain('data-transclusion-bare');
+  });
+
+  it('registers the bare embed target as an outgoing link too', () => {
+    const doc = markdownToDoc('$[[rennrad]]');
+    expect(extractWikilinkSlugs(doc)).toEqual(['rennrad']);
+  });
+
+  it('does not treat mid-paragraph $[[x]] as a transclusion', () => {
+    const doc = markdownToDoc('costs $[[rennrad]] inline');
+    expect(firstTransclusion(doc)).toBeNull();
+  });
+});