This is what I have, it def could be improved: (defun capture-comment-line (&optional line) (let ((c (save-excursion (save-window-e

This is what I have, it def could be improved: (defun capture-comment-line (&optional line) (let ((c (save-excursion (save-window-excursion (switch-to-buffer (plist-get org-capture-plist :original-buffer)) comment-start) ))) (while (string-prefix-p c line) (setq line (string-remove-prefix c line))) (comment-string-strip line t t) )) (setq org-capture-templates '(("C" "TODO code comment" entry (file+headline "~/org/brain/code.org" "Tasks") "\* %(capture-comment-line \"%i\")\n %a" )))