Smart Graph FAQs

Smart Graph maps indexed notes into semantic regions so you can review related sources and act on a deliberate selection.

The Whole vault view shows the current cluster landscape before you narrow, select, or act. Cluster position and score are current exploration signals, not permanent metadata.

Use this sequence:

1. Open a meaningful indexed note.
2. Run Smart Graph Pro: Create graph from current note.
3. Make sure that the title reads Smart Graph - Neighborhood of note name.
4. Select one related note.
5. Choose Open.
6. Inspect the opened note.

Run Smart Graph Pro: Open: Smart Graph view or use the Open Smart Graph ribbon action. Run Smart Graph Pro: Refresh Smart Graph when the current view needs to be rebuilt from the index.

Graph needs eligible Smart Sources and current embeddings. A current-note Neighborhood also requires the active note to be indexed. Use Inspect active note or Environment stats when Graph reports that sources are missing.

Use Smart Connections for a ranked list around the active note. Use Graph when spatial regions, a wider scope, or a multi-source action makes the relationship easier to inspect.

Use Smart Lookup when you start with a phrase or question. Use Graph when you want to explore a semantic area and choose sources visually.

Obsidian's native graph centers authored links. Smart Graph starts from semantic similarity. It can also overlay authored links when Show links is active.

Subdued semantic bridges connect current cluster representatives. They are generated exploration signals. Show links adds authored source-link edges with arrowheads for direction. Use Hide links to remove that overlay.

Source nodes represent indexed notes or other supported sources. Select a node. Confirm its title in the Notes panel. Choose Open. Inspect the source. Cluster regions are computed groupings for exploration. They are not files or permanent folders.

Yes. Smart Graph maps semantic similarity, so it can reveal neighborhoods even when authored links are sparse.

After you find a useful cluster, you can:

• Open sources.
• Use Copy selection links or Copy scope links.
• Create a note or synthesis note.
• Create a Canvas.
• Create a Smart Context.
• Change scope.
• Save a graph image.

Check the opened, pasted, or created destination before you call the action complete.

With one selected source the note action reads Create note. With two or more it reads Create synthesis note.

Focus cluster renders one semantic region. Neighborhood renders a local graph around a source or region. Focus nodes renders an explicit selected-source scope and requires at least three selected sources when invoked manually.

Read the view title and Notes panel after changing scope.

No. Search changes visual emphasis, Select matches changes the selection, and Scope actions change the rendered source set. These states are independent.

The note may be excluded, too short under the current source policy, not imported yet, or missing current embeddings. Use this sequence:

1. Choose Inspect active note.
2. Resolve the reported source state.
3. Re-import the note.
4. Refresh Graph.

Graph is recomputed from the current index, embedding model, scope, and note content. Preserve durable conclusions in normal note links or metadata, not cluster numbers or positions.

• Prepare indexed Smart Sources when Graph says it needs them.
• Choose Reset scope when the current scope returned no cluster data.
• Clear Search when nonmatches are only dimmed.
• Run Smart Graph Pro: Refresh Smart Graph after source or embedding changes.
• Reopen the Graph tab after a canvas-rendering failure.

Smart Graph is a Pro plugin. Use this sequence:

1. Open the live Smart Plugins Store.
2. Check Smart Graph availability for your account.
3. Follow the visible Install or Enable action.
4. If Enable appears after installation, choose it.
5. Open the Graph workflow with one of the commands above.

The current Store lists Smart Graph in the main Pro catalog, not under Experimental. The live Store is the authority if that grouping changes. Rows under Experimental carry the notice that they are available to Pro subscribers and may change quickly.