In order to link to an internal link, what I used to do was use the aliases property.

I append the timestamp to each note title (available as the core plugin - unique note creator). But that plugin does not allow you to insert a template to it.

Most of my notes are created on mobile, using Apple shortcuts to fill out the basic template metadata.

I would add an alias to all the notes I created, which in most cases was the title. But in order to reference that note elsewhere in a different note, I would add a different alias each time.

This was not ideal.

TIL that I could just provide whatever I want as the display text and it works. The format is this - [ display text](#).

Works great!