Notes Everywhere, Connections Nowhere?

  • Ideas sink in deep folder trees
  • Manual linking breaks your focus
  • Keyword search misses intent and context

Stop Losing Ideas.
Start Connecting Them.

Smart Connections surfaces related notes, forms links, and lets you chat with your knowledge. Runs locally, works offline, needs zero setup.
"I moved my entire workflow to Obsidian because of this plugin."— Community member
"Tamed decades of scattered research in one evening."— Ronny
"Cuts case‑law summarizing time in half."— Carey

Welcome to
Smart Connections

Your AI co‑pilot for focused, frictionless note‑taking.

Effortless Setup

Open Obsidian › Community Plugins › search "Smart Connections". Click Install, then Enable.

Automatic Indexing

The plugin privately embeds your vault with on‑device AI. No extra installs, no API keys.

Find Related Notes

Click the connections icon or run "Open Smart Connections view" from the command palette.

Understanding Connections

  • Current Note: Title of the file you are viewing.

Understanding Connections

  • Score: Higher means closer semantic match to the current note.

Understanding Connections

  • Expand or Collapse: Toggle a preview of each result.

Understanding Connections

  • Refresh: Re‑embed this note and rerank results.

Understanding Connections

  • Semantic Search: Open Lookup to query concepts, not keywords.

Interacting with Connections

  • Drag a result into any note to create an instant link.

Interacting with Connections

  • Hold Cmd/Ctrl while hovering to open Obsidian’s preview.

Interacting with Connections

  • Click a preview to open the note for editing.

Create Link in One Swipe

Drag any result directly into your notes to forge instant connections.

Hide Connections

  • Right‑click a result to hide it from future suggestions.

Unhide Connections

  • Right‑click any result and choose "Unhide all" to restore hidden items.

Chat With Your Notes

Click the chat icon or run "Open Smart Chat" from the command palette.

Chat Interface Explained

  • New Chat: All open notes are added as context automatically.

Chat Interface Explained

  • History & Names: Rename chats and revisit any conversation.

Chat Interface Explained

  • System Prompt: Set the AI’s role or style before sending.

Building Chat Context

  • Context Builder: Click "Edit context" to add or remove items.

Building Chat Context

  • Show Connections: Pull in semantically related notes.

Building Chat Context

  • Show Links: Add notes linked to the selected item.

Building Chat Context

  • Remove: Click x to drop an item or use "New" to clear all.

AI‑Powered Retrieval

  • Use "my notes …" to trigger AI retrieval of relevant blocks.

AI‑Powered Retrieval

  • Review the fetched context, then hit Send to complete the prompt.

Drag & Drop Context

  • Drag any file into the chat to include its content as context.

Stay Informed and In Control

Watch progress, pause embedding, or mute notices at any time. Fine‑tune every feature under Settings › Smart Connections.

Understanding Notifications

  • Pause: Temporarily stop embedding without closing Obsidian.

Understanding Notifications

  • Mute: Silence this notice type; unmute later in settings.

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

Install Smart Connections

Add the plugin from Community Plugins and enable it in one click.

 Install Now

Report an Issue

Spotted a bug or have a request? Open an issue on GitHub.

 Report Issue

Start a Discussion

Share ideas and workflows with the community on GitHub Discussions.

 Join Discussion

Our Mission

We build tools that turn raw notes into living knowledge.

 The Mission

Principled

Transparency, user ownership, and offline‑first design guide every release.

 Our Principles

Smart Guide GPT

Chat with our GPT assistant for tailored tips and advanced workflows.

 Meet Smart Guide

Have a Question?

Submit your toughest use case and we may record a demo just for you.

 Ask a Question

Ready to Dive Deeper?

Join a community devoted to smarter knowledge management.

Become a Supporter

Help shape the future of Smart Connections.

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