See the right notes while you write

Connections Early adds inline and footer connections so you can stay in edit mode while your vault surfaces context for you.

Before you start

  • Smart Connections core installed and indexing your vault.
  • A recent Obsidian release.
  • Community supporter access for early features.

Install Connections Early

  • Sign in with your supporter key in Smart Connections settings.
  • Open Smart Plugins in the Obsidian settings.
  • Install and enable the Connections Early plugin.

Turn on early connections surfaces

  • Open Obsidian settings, then Smart Connections.
  • Toggle Inline connections and Footer connections.
  • Select a score algorithm and optional post processing.

Inline Connections

  • Hover the icon to reveal related blocks inline.
  • Early Release: available now for Community Supporters.

Inline Connections

  • Click a block to open its note in a new tab.
  • Early Release: available now for Community Supporters.

Inline Connections

  • Hold Cmd or Ctrl while hovering to preview block content.
  • Early Release: available now for Community Supporters.

Tune when decorators appear

  • Lower the inline score threshold to see more candidates.
  • Raise it when your vault is noisy and you want only strong matches.
  • Use include and exclude filters to scope results by folder paths.

Keep high value notes in view

Footer connections track the active note and update as you type so you can capture ideas before they drift.

  • Pin useful results to keep them visible.
  • Hide noisy notes to teach the ranking what to ignore.

Shape how results are ranked

  • Choose Smart Sources or Smart Blocks as the candidate pool.
  • Select a score algorithm that uses feedback or pure similarity.
  • Layer on optional reranking, such as Smart Rank, when configured.

Bring scores into Obsidian Bases

  • Add a Connections score column to compare notes row by row.
  • Use score_connection and list_connections inside Base formulas.
  • Let pinned and hidden feedback update scores on recalculation.

Ask questions with Smart Lookup

Pair inline and footer connections with a focused Smart Lookup surface for ad hoc questions.

  • Query concepts in natural language instead of raw keywords.
  • Review results, then drag notes into your editor or Bases views.

Ready to tune Connections Early?

Open the full getting started guide for deeper walkthroughs, settings, and workflows.

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