Smart Chat

Chat with your notes without leaving the editor. Start with free chat codeblocks in your notes, then move up to the Smart Chat Pro workspace when you need deeper sessions.

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Chat codeblocks vs Smart Chat workspace

Chat codeblocks give you quick, inline conversations tied to specific notes. Smart Chat Pro adds a dedicated, full height workspace with shared models, richer context, and persistent threads.

Core chat surface

Chat codeblocks in notes

Free, note based chat powered by providers like ChatGPT and Claude in your browser.

✔ Drop a chat codeblock into any note so questions and answers live beside the work they reference.
✔ Automatically bookmark new threads back into the note so you can pick up where you left off.
✔ Mark threads as done to support asynchronous workflows and Dataview dashboards.
✔ Use your existing ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek, Grok, Perplexity, and other web UIs without extra API setup.

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Smart Chat Pro workspace

Full height chat with your vault, PDFs, and Smart Environment models.

✔ Dedicated Smart Chat view for long running conversations with your notes and research PDFs.
✔ Shared models and providers with Smart Connections and Smart Context via Smart Environment configuration.
✔ Per thread custom instructions layered on top of a default system prompt so each project can have its own voice.
✔ HyDE powered context lookup and review before sending, so you can see and edit exactly what goes to the model.
✔ Persistent, searchable threads stored in a Chat Threads collection, with history access from the toolbar.

Already a monthly, yearly, or Founding supporter? Smart Chat Pro is already part of your supporter perks, no extra subscription required.

Key features

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Drag and drop notes directly into the chat to build context from your vault.
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Trigger context lookups for the current note and related material so self referential prompts stay grounded in your vault.
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Optional context review before sending messages when paired with Context Pro workflows.
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Compatible with local and API models like Ollama, LM Studio, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, Open Router, and more via Smart Environment.
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Include images when supported by your chosen model, alongside text and notes.
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Shares embeddings and context with Smart Connections and Smart Context through the open source Smart Environment.

Coming soon

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Toggle which Smart Actions are available in a chat session.
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Actions added by Smart Plugins, like edit mode via Smart Editor.

See Smart Chat in action

Watch Smart Chat resolve self referential prompts, gather more context on demand, and keep you in flow.

Integrate conversational workflows directly into Obsidian. Start with free chat codeblocks, then add Smart Chat Pro when you want a full workspace for your vault and PDFs.

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