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Smart Plugins Pro
Choose the contribution your work needs: inline discovery, dynamic context rules, external or media sources, configured API chat, semantic maps, or enabled vault tools for an AI app.
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Open a real draft and Core Connections. Read a related passage, then decide whether it helps the draft. The related-note list, result actions, and mini graph are complete free features.
Try the free Connections workflowUse Connect Pro to read the current sources in a supported AI app, produce a contribution, and review it for the project. Compare the complete route with your current approach, including setup and review. You can evaluate this Pro job directly.
Check the Connect Pro requirements and workflowConnections Pro
See related material at a paragraph or section and configure the result set for your task.
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Paragraph-level connections beside the draft. Earlier v4.8.1 example.
Who this is for: writers, researchers, and Obsidian power users with large vaults.
Inspect a related passage where you draft.
Smart Graph
Explore how notes and blocks relate, then move from map-level insight back into writing, lookup, or cleanup.
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Explore the whole-vault map as connected source clusters with sparse bridges.
Who this is for: visual thinkers, researchers, and power users mapping large vaults.
Follow a relationship back to its source.
Context Pro
Core already names and reuses text context. Pro adds dynamic selection rules and richer inputs when the assignment needs them.
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Exclude an unwanted heading from the context bundle before using it.
Shown: 0 include rules, 1 exclusion and an approximately 660-token estimate. This example demonstrates exclusion controls.
Who this is for: developers, analysts, and researchers shipping with AI.
Review what the next assignment needs.
Connect Pro
Expose enabled tools from your running desktop vault. The AI app produces the analysis or draft; you decide what belongs in the work.
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Review the source and proposed correction before applying this Inbox item.
Dedicated proposal tools create Inbox items for review. Other enabled write tools can change data directly.
Who this is for: operators and builders who want chat to do real vault work.
Inspect enabled tools before connecting.
Chat Pro
Keep long-running conversations organized inside Obsidian.
Who this is for: builders who return to the same projects daily.
Return to the thread that serves the project.
Pricing
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Configurable workflows, richer inputs, and enabled integrations across the Smart Plugins suite. No charge today. Cancel before trial renewal to avoid charges.
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Connect Pro requires a running Obsidian Desktop vault on 1.12.2 or later. Obsidian CLI is required for Smart CLI and native CLI operations, not every Local MCP Smart action.
Those options are in active roadmap planning and are not available for purchase yet.
If you want an update when they launch, join the waitlist:
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Pro adds a local performance index for compatible semantic workflows. Its effect depends on the task, vault, and machine; a note-count threshold alone does not establish a speed improvement.
Compare the same representative task with and without the Pro index on the same vault snapshot and machine, after each index is ready. Repeat the comparison and include preparation and review effort when judging whether it helps.
Connections and Lookup
Use the local performance index for compatible related-note and query workflows.
Inline connections
Reuse the same local performance layer for paragraph and section-level relationships.
Smart Graph
Calculation-heavy graph workflows use the same local performance layer.
Dedupe scanner
Compatible duplicate-candidate workflows use the local index; review each pair before acting.
The local index does not require a third-party vector database. Check index readiness before comparing results.
Smart Plugins
Complete its required setup and inspect a useful result.
Choose Core or a relevant Pro contribution by the task.
Check access, models, sources, and connection requirements.
Evaluate: local performance
Compare a repeated task after index readiness on the same vault and machine.
Evaluate: inline discovery
Connections Pro adds paragraph and section relationships plus configurable scoring and ranking.
Evaluate: richer AI inputs
Core reuses named text context. Context Pro adds dynamic rules, external files, and media; Chat Pro adds configured API threads.
Evaluate: connected source access
Connect Pro exposes enabled reads, dedicated review proposals, and direct actions to the route you configure.
Core stays free and product-specific. Pro adds advanced control across the Smart Plugins suite.
Core provides complete free workflows. Pro adds specific controls, richer inputs, configured API chat, local indexing, and enabled vault integrations when a recurring task needs them.
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Stay in flow while writing |
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Evaluate semantic workflow performance |
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Reuse grounded context for AI work |
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Keep project chat organized |
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Turn chat into vault actions |
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Want the full breakdown? Expand the detailed feature tables by plugin below.
Core Smart Connections includes related-note results and the mini graph. Connections Pro adds inline discovery, advanced controls, semantic neighborhoods, and a local performance index whose benefit you can test on your task.
| Feature | Core | Pro |
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| Core features (included in both) | ||
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Bundled local embeddings |
Included in Core | Included in Pro |
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Real-time connections |
Included in Core | Included in Pro |
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Footer connections view (great for mobile!) |
Included in Core | Included in Pro |
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Actions for utilizing connections results |
Included in Core | Included in Pro |
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Mobile compatible |
Included in Core | Included in Pro |
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Smart Lookup (separate Core Store plugin) |
Included in Core | Included in Pro |
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Connections mini graph and random walk |
Included in Core | Included in Pro |
| Pro-only additions | ||
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Semantic neighborhoods and Graph + List controls |
Not in Core | Included in Pro |
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Large-vault performance index |
Not in Core | Included in Pro |
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Granular inline connections |
Not in Core | Included in Pro |
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Smart Dedupe (separate Pro Store product) |
Not in Core | Included in Pro |
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Bases Connections functions (score and list) |
Not in Core | Included in Pro |
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Advanced control over connections algorithms |
Not in Core | Included in Pro |
Smart Lookup, Smart Graph, and Smart Dedupe are separate Store products. Check their guides and required setup for the workflow you need. Learn more about Smart Connections
Core Smart Context assembles, names, and reuses text bundles with size estimates. Context Pro adds dynamic rules, exclusions, external files and repositories, and supported media exports.
| Feature | Core | Pro |
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Efficient context building |
Included in Core | Included in Pro |
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Copy reviewed text context |
Included in Core | Included in Pro |
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Name contexts to save and reuse them |
Included in Core | Included in Pro |
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Copy from file navigator |
Included in Core | Included in Pro |
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Dynamic rules and external context |
Not in Core | Included in Pro |
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Let AI see media in your context |
Not in Core | Included in Pro |
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Embedded bases rendering |
Not in Core | Included in Pro |
Core Smart Chat uses provider web codeblocks and saves provider links with Active/Done state in Markdown, not full transcripts. Pro adds the universal codeblock and Smart Chat API Extension for configured models.
| Feature | Core | Pro |
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| Core chat in your editor | ||
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Inline chat in your notes. |
Included in Core Chat | Available alongside Smart Chat |
| Pro-only Smart Chat API Extension and universal codeblock | ||
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Universal codeblock and local/cloud API Extension |
Not in Core Chat | Included in Smart Chat |
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Per-thread custom instructions |
Not in Core Chat | Included in Smart Chat |
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AI-assisted context retrieval |
Not in Core Chat | Included in Smart Chat |
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Drag notes and files into chat |
Not in Core Chat | Included in Smart Chat |
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Saved API threads and bounded search |
Not in Core Chat | Included in Smart Chat |
Connect Pro exposes enabled tools from your running desktop vault through Local MCP, Smart CLI, or the separate Remote GPT connection. Local transport does not mean the AI app's model processes content locally.
| Feature | Core | Pro |
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| Pro-only bridge to vault actions | ||
| Independent Local MCP and separate Remote GPT connections | Not in Core | Included in Pro |
| Enabled Smart CLI and native CLI operations when host CLI support is configured | Not in Core | Included in Pro |
| Enabled source reads and dedicated correction, move, or merge proposals for Inbox review | Not in Core | Included in Pro |
| Other enabled tools can change vault or Context data directly | Not in Core | Included in Pro |
| Explicit connect/disconnect control and status visibility in the plugin | Not in Core | Included in Pro |
Requires a running Obsidian Desktop vault on 1.12.2 or later, active Pro access, and a supported client. Obsidian CLI is required for Smart CLI and native CLI operations, not every Local MCP Smart action. Only dedicated proposal tools hold their source changes for Inbox review. Inspect the enabled tools and permissions.
Core Smart Plugins remain free and source-available. Pro plugins exist to fund ongoing development.
Quick answers about setup, privacy, trial control, large-vault performance, Connect Pro requirements, and supporter access.
Pro subscribers get priority email support, just reply to your welcome email. Please include any screenshots that help show the issue.
Use this manage your subscription link. Cancel before the end of the 14-day free trial to prevent charges. Your welcome email also includes this link.
Your Pro plugins license key and manage-subscription link are in your welcome email. If it did not arrive, email brian@smartconnections.app and we will resend access details.
Yes. Student discounts are currently reviewed manually. Sign up for a free trial and reply to your welcome requesting the student discount. Please include a screenshot of your student ID or other proof of enrollment.
Setup depends on the job and plugin. Choose a complete free workflow or go directly to the relevant Pro contribution. Configure only its required index, provider, source, or connection, then inspect the result.
Pro adds a local performance index for compatible semantic workflows. The effect depends on the task, vault, and machine. Compare the same representative task with and without the Pro index after each index is ready, on the same vault snapshot and machine. Repeat the comparison and include preparation and review effort.
No. Core Smart Plugins remain free and source-available. Pro plans fund development while keeping the free experience strong.
Pro access does not upload notes by itself. A configured cloud embedding or ranking provider can receive eligible source text for that operation. Chat and connected AI apps may send prompts and returned sources to their provider. Review the selected sources and provider; Local MCP is local transport, not a local-model guarantee.
Connect Pro makes enabled vault tools available to a supported AI app through Local MCP, through Smart CLI, or through the separate Remote GPT route. Read sources, inspect context, or request dedicated proposals for Inbox review. Other enabled write tools can change data directly; Inbox does not intercept every write.
Keep the intended vault running in Obsidian Desktop 1.12.2 or later with Connect Pro enabled and Pro access active. Local MCP needs a supported client on the same computer; Remote GPT has its own connection. Obsidian CLI is needed for Smart CLI and native CLI operations, not every Local MCP Smart action.
No. Start with one workflow that already matters in your day-to-day vault work. All-access includes every Pro plugin, but you can keep your focus narrow and only expand when you actually need the next workflow.
Yes. During the 14-day All-access trial you can test the Pro plugins available to your account in the live Store. Complete one relevant result before switching so you can identify what helped or failed.
Choose one real task during the 14-day trial. Compare its result, setup, preparation, review, and repair with your current approach, including AI tools you already use. A genuine later occasion of use helps assess whether the contribution repeats.
No. Pro is built for anyone shipping meaningful work in Obsidian. Developers, writers, researchers, and operators use it to keep context organized and workflows in one place.
Everyone that supported the project prior to 2026 is automatically grandfathered in to the All-access plan. Use your existing supporter key to log in and gain access to Pro plugins.
