diff --git a/src/components/scripts/currentSlug.ts b/src/components/scripts/currentSlug.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e0d8ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/scripts/currentSlug.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { getBasePath, getFullSlugFromUrl, simplifySlug } from "@quartz-community/utils";
+
+export interface GraphSlugInput {
+  canonicalSlug?: string;
+  urlSlug: string;
+  basePath: string;
+}
+
+export function getCurrentGraphSlug(): string {
+  const canonicalSlug = document.body?.dataset?.slug;
+  return resolveGraphSlug({
+    canonicalSlug,
+    urlSlug: canonicalSlug ? "" : getFullSlugFromUrl(),
+    basePath: canonicalSlug ? "" : getBasePath(),
+  });
+}
+
+export function resolveGraphSlug({ canonicalSlug, urlSlug, basePath }: GraphSlugInput): string {
+  let slug = canonicalSlug || urlSlug;
+
+  if (!canonicalSlug) {
+    const base = basePath.replace(/^\//, "").replace(/\/$/, "");
+    if (base && (slug === base || slug.startsWith(`${base}/`))) {
+      slug = slug.slice(base.length);
+      if (slug.startsWith("/")) slug = slug.slice(1);
+    }
+  }
+
+  const simplified = simplifySlug(slug);
+  return simplified === "" ? "index" : simplified;
+}
diff --git a/src/components/scripts/graph.inline.ts b/src/components/scripts/graph.inline.ts
index 3b2773e..f221bc0 100644
--- a/src/components/scripts/graph.inline.ts
+++ b/src/components/scripts/graph.inline.ts
@@ -1,21 +1,10 @@
 // @ts-nocheck
-import {
-  removeAllChildren,
-  getBasePath,
-  getFullSlugFromUrl,
-  simplifySlug,
-  resolveBasePath,
-} from "@quartz-community/utils";
+import { removeAllChildren, simplifySlug, resolveBasePath } from "@quartz-community/utils";
+import { getCurrentGraphSlug } from "./currentSlug";
 
 (function () {
   function getSlugFromUrl() {
-    var slug = getFullSlugFromUrl();
-    var base = getBasePath();
-    if (base && slug.startsWith(base.replace(/^\//, ""))) {
-      slug = slug.slice(base.replace(/^\//, "").length);
-      if (slug.startsWith("/")) slug = slug.slice(1);
-    }
-    return slug;
+    return getCurrentGraphSlug();
   }
 
   function loadScript(src) {
diff --git a/test/currentSlug.test.ts b/test/currentSlug.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..feb8347
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/currentSlug.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { getCurrentGraphSlug, resolveGraphSlug } from "../src/components/scripts/currentSlug";
+
+describe("resolveGraphSlug", () => {
+  it("canonicalizes a Quartz folder-page body slug to the graph index key", () => {
+    expect(
+      resolveGraphSlug({
+        canonicalSlug: "projects/example/index",
+        urlSlug: "projects/example",
+        basePath: "",
+      }),
+    ).toBe("projects/example/");
+  });
+
+  it("preserves a trailing-slash folder URL when body metadata is unavailable", () => {
+    expect(
+      resolveGraphSlug({
+        canonicalSlug: undefined,
+        urlSlug: "projects/example/",
+        basePath: "",
+      }),
+    ).toBe("projects/example/");
+  });
+
+  it("preserves an ordinary page slug from body metadata", () => {
+    expect(
+      resolveGraphSlug({
+        canonicalSlug: "hermes/overview",
+        urlSlug: "hermes/overview",
+        basePath: "",
+      }),
+    ).toBe("hermes/overview");
+  });
+
+  it("preserves an ordinary page slug through the URL fallback", () => {
+    expect(
+      resolveGraphSlug({
+        canonicalSlug: undefined,
+        urlSlug: "hermes/overview",
+        basePath: "",
+      }),
+    ).toBe("hermes/overview");
+  });
+
+  it("strips the configured base path from the URL fallback", () => {
+    expect(
+      resolveGraphSlug({
+        canonicalSlug: undefined,
+        urlSlug: "archive/projects/example/",
+        basePath: "/archive",
+      }),
+    ).toBe("projects/example/");
+  });
+
+  it("does not strip a similar URL path segment", () => {
+    expect(
+      resolveGraphSlug({
+        canonicalSlug: undefined,
+        urlSlug: "archives/projects/example/",
+        basePath: "/archive",
+      }),
+    ).toBe("archives/projects/example/");
+  });
+
+  it("uses Quartz's browser URL and base-path utilities for the fallback", () => {
+    const previousWindow = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(globalThis, "window");
+    const previousDocument = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(globalThis, "document");
+
+    Object.defineProperty(globalThis, "window", {
+      configurable: true,
+      value: { location: { pathname: "/archive/hermes/overview/" } },
+    });
+    Object.defineProperty(globalThis, "document", {
+      configurable: true,
+      value: { body: { dataset: { basepath: "/archive" } } },
+    });
+
+    try {
+      expect(getCurrentGraphSlug()).toBe("hermes/overview");
+    } finally {
+      if (previousWindow) Object.defineProperty(globalThis, "window", previousWindow);
+      else Reflect.deleteProperty(globalThis, "window");
+      if (previousDocument) Object.defineProperty(globalThis, "document", previousDocument);
+      else Reflect.deleteProperty(globalThis, "document");
+    }
+  });
+});