Getting Started with Smart Context

Smart Context removes the friction of building prompts and assembling context inside Obsidian. Copy entire folders, drag in related notes, and export a clean, templated bundle to your clipboard in seconds.

Who this helps

• Researchers and writers who copy multiple notes for each prompt.
• Anyone who needs consistent, templated context with minimum clicks.
• Power users who want to grow context by semantic matches and link paths.

Quick start

Copy a folder's notes to your clipboard

Use this when you already keep project notes in a single folder.

• Right click any folder, then choose Copy contents.
• Or run the command Select folder to copy contents from the command palette and assign a hotkey for one touch export.

Paste directly into your doc or chat.

Build a custom context set

Use this when the notes you need are spread across folders or open panes.

Open Context Selector. Then add notes in any mix:

• Visible notes adds every pane you can see.
• Open notes adds all tabs, even those behind other panes.
• Search filters by folder or file name as you type.

Manage the selection with simple controls:

• Remove any item with the x icon.
• Use Clear to reset selection.
• Hit Copy to send the current set to your clipboard.

Grow the set with relevance and links

Add semantically related notes

• Click the Send results to Smart Context option in Smart Connections to create a new context using the current Connections.

Include linked notes on export

When exporting, choose a link depth to automatically pull in cited sources and related topics with the bundle.

Settings

Control the output of contexts.

Context templates

• Add global before and after blocks that wrap the entire export.
• Insert {{FILE_TREE}} anywhere to include an outline of the copied set.

Item templates

• Wrap each primary note with your own header or separators.
• Use variables like {{ITEM_PATH}} and {{ITEM_TIME_AGO}} to show where the note lives and how fresh it is.