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.

Two fast paths

A. 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.

B. 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 Connections icon to see top semantic matches for any selected item.
• Results include a similarity score from 0 to 1.
• Use Add all to bulk import the suggestions.

Add linked notes by path depth

• Click the Link icon to expand notes connected by links.
• Choose a link depth to follow first order links, then second order, and so on.
• Use Add all by depth to import in one step.

Tip: start with depth 1. Increase only when you need more context.

One click exports from the active note

Run commands to copy without opening the selector:

• Copy the current note.
• Copy all visible notes.
• Copy all open notes.

Include linked notes on export

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

Make the output yours with templates and settings

Inclusion

• Toggle in links on or off.
• Exclude specific headings and their sections from the copy.
• Decide whether links inside excluded sections should still be followed.

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.