brianpetro/obsidian-smart-connections

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5401 stars · 341 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Smart Connections is an Obsidian plugin that surfaces semantically related notes and excerpts while you write, using a locally-run embedding model with no API key or setup required. It displays relevant content in list and graph views, keeping link building, tagging, and retrieval private and offline by default.

Use cases

• find related notes while writing in obsidian
• semantic search across my vault without an api key
• resurface forgotten notes automatically
• build links between hundreds of markdown notes
• run embeddings locally for private note search
• discover connections in a large personal knowledge base
• avoid re-reading old docs to find past research

When to choose

• you use Obsidian with hundreds or thousands of notes and want automatic related-note suggestions
• you need private, offline semantic search with zero setup and no API key
• you want a lightweight, auditable plugin that also works on mobile

When to avoid

• you don't use Obsidian as your note-taking tool
• you need cloud-scale AI features, model routing, or advanced retrieval workflows beyond the free core
• your vault is tiny and Obsidian's built-in search is sufficient

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search-engine machine-learning rag chatbot developer-tools text-editors cross-platform obsidian-plugin semantic-search embeddings local-first note-taking second-brain related-notes privacy natural-language-processing desktop mobile

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