Read jekyll style Front Matter for titles and other metadata about deft HOT 2 OPEN

(defun my-strip-front-matter (contents)
  (replace-regexp-in-string "^---\\(?:\n.*\\)*---.*$" "" contents))

(defun my-deft-parse-title-wrapper (f file contents)
  (let ((new-contents (my-strip-front-matter contents)))
    (funcall f file new-contents)))

(defun my-deft-parse-summary-wrapper (f contents title)
  (let ((new-contents (my-strip-front-matter contents)))
    (funcall f new-contents title)))

(advice-add 'deft-parse-title :around 'my-deft-parse-title-wrapper)
(advice-add 'deft-parse-summary :around 'my-deft-parse-summary-wrapper)