Smart Connections Release Notes
- Added: "Pin" and "Hide" events/milestones
All Smart Plugins:
- Fixed: verified Pro plugins login should work on mobile
- Fixed: settings groups now re-render when a dropdown changes (prevents stale dependent settings)
- Improved: notifications modal includes a "Load more" button (beyond the default 100)
- Added: Links to docs from [milestones](https://smartconnections.app/smart-environment/milestones/?utm_source=release-notes)
- Added: Include active source item in context created from the connections view
- Fixed: replaced model source for multilingual E5 Small embedding model to ensure quantized variations available
- Added: milestones feature with modal and checklist components
- Added: connections view menu option to copy results as links
- Added: multilingual-e5-small embedding model support
- Improved: settings tab with added "learn more" and "help" buttons to settings groups
- Fixed: markdown parser should handle frontmatter correctly (prevent false-positive frontmatter detection)
- Added fallback for opening Pro login in case the button doesn't automatically open the browser as expected
- Added link to documentation in settings for easier access
- Fixed highlight "Reset data" after embedding model change
- Improved model configuration UX
- Added "Delete" functionality to better manage models
- Enhanced UI for settings and improved styling
- Pro: Updated score algorithm settings to clarify descriptions
- Connections codeblock view should render as expected without errors
Smart Connections `v4`
What's new in v4
Smart Connections v4 focuses the core plugin on a simple promise: install, enable, and AI-powered connections just work. Advanced configuration and power-user workflows now live in Pro plugins. Read [Introducing Pro Plugins](https://smartconnections.app/introducing-pro-plugins/?utm_source=connections-release-notes) to learn more.
Pause connections
Use the new Connections "pause" button to freeze the connections results. This allows you to move through your vault while keeping the connections to a specific note visible while you work.
Copy connections as list of links
Right-click the connections results to *copy all links* to clipboard.
Copy all connections content (Context Engineering)
Click the connections view menu button and "Send to Smart Context" (briefcase icon) option. This allows you to quickly copy *all content from the connections* to clipboard for use as context with any AI chat! The Smart Context view also lets you add or remove items before copying all to the clipboard in one-click!
Pinned connections
In addition to "hiding" connections, you can now "Pin" connections. This ensures the pinned connections are always visible in the connections view. **Connections Pro:** *Hidden and pinned connections are used by new connections algorithms (available in Pro) to improve results!*
Events and notifications
Important events are now surfaced in a dedicated notifications modal:
- On desktop, click the Smart Env item in the status bar to open the notifications modal.
- On mobile, a Smart Environment notice appears at the bottom of the Connections view; tap it to review events.
Examples of events you might see:
- Initial indexing complete for your vault
- Sources reimported after model changes
- Warnings when exclusions block indexing on specific folders or files
Objectives of the new Events system:
- make the environment inspectable and understandable
- reduce the number of Obsidian native notifications
Connections Pro
Connections Pro builds on the core plugin and Smart Environment to give power users more control.
Examples of Pro features:
- **Inline connections**
Small badges in the editor that show how many strong matches a block has, with a pop-over of related blocks and notes.
- **Footer connections**
A persistent panel that updates as you type so high value connections stay visible while you write.
- **Configurable scoring and ranking**
Choose different algorithms for how results are scored and optionally add a rerank stage.
- **Connections in Bases**
Use `score_connection` and `list_connections` in Obsidian Bases to show similarity columns and related note lists in tables.
- **Advanced filters and models**
Extra Smart Environment controls for embeddings, collections, and include or exclude rules.
- **Early release experiments**
New ideas launch in Early channels first so supporters can shape how they evolve.
Connections Pro is part of the [Pro plugins](https://smartconnections.app/pro-plugins/?utm_source=connections-release-notes) family and is available to active project supporters. It is still built on the same open Smart Environment. Supporting Pro helps fund development of all Smart Plugins and the free core.