Welcome to Smart Connections

Notes everywhere. Progress nowhere?

Useful ideas hide behind folders, titles, and old wording Manual linking and rereading steals writing time Explore Connections

Start from the note in front of you

Open a project, meeting, draft, research, or decision note The note in view becomes the anchor No query or prior links required Start with a note

Open Connections

Run Open: Connections view for your installed edition Or click the connections icon Keep it open in the sidebar while you work Open Connections

Create your first related link

Preview one promising result Drag it into the note to create a link Keep only the relationship that helps the work Create a link

You know it worked when...

A related note changes what you write next The current note gains an insight, source, decision, or link Progress in the note is the value Explore useful results

"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 Try the quick start

The current note is the anchor

Results follow the active note while auto-refresh is running Score is a lead to inspect, not a grade Pause holds one anchor steady Understand the controls

Weak results? Use a richer note

Empty or tiny notes provide weak anchors Open a note with project, research, meeting, or decision text Try Connections again Fix missing results

Let preparation finish

Smart Environment prepares eligible notes for local retrieval No API key is needed for Core retrieval Readiness depends on vault size and device Check Environment status

Still empty? Inspect the note

Use the Smart Environment status menu Run: Inspect active note Review block coverage and the Needs embedding and Current states Inspect the active note

Check vault coverage

Run: Show stats Check that eligible Sources and Blocks have current embeddings If preparation appears stuck, select Open events feed Check vault coverage

Watch related notes appear

See a note become a stronger anchor as it gains meaning Notice how related notes change without a search query Getting started guide Watch segment

Full notes or precise excerpts?

Sources return whole notes for overview Blocks return smaller sections for precision Start broad, switch when the useful part is buried Sources or Blocks

Useful but noisy?

Lower result limit for clarity Move the sidebar where it fits your layout Tune after one useful result, not before Tune result settings

Finish notes with related links

Footer connections appear at the end of the note Useful on mobile and no-sidebar layouts Review related notes before leaving the page Footer connections

Starting from a question?

Ask in plain language Search by meaning, not exact keywords Use Lookup when the query is the anchor Get started with Lookup

Need paragraph-level context?

Inline connections appear beside specific blocks Hover to scan related matches in the editor Use after the whole-note workflow works Inline connections

Open the exact match

Click a block match to open the note Use this when a paragraph needs closer review Return to the current paragraph with the useful part Inline connections

Preview without leaving flow

Hold Cmd or Ctrl while hovering Inspect the related block before switching context Keep only the match that helps the sentence or paragraph Preview Inline results

Need relevance in a table?

Add a Connections score column to a Base Compare rows against a reference note Sort planning, research, or triage by relevance Add a Bases score column

Want link trails per row?

Use list_connections in a Bases column See related links beside each row Build review dashboards without leaving Bases Use Bases link lists

Recurring result problem?

Fix scope first Then tune scoring or ranking Change one layer at a time Tune scoring and ranking

Need the shape of a topic?

Use a graph when a list feels too flat Look for clusters, bridges, and neighborhoods Act on selected notes after the shape is useful Get started with Graph

Turning matches into AI context?

Use Connections to find strong candidates Review what belongs before packaging Send selected material when the next step needs AI Build reviewed context

Still blocked?

Check the FAQ before changing everything Use the page that matches your symptom Then return to one meaningful note Open FAQ

Get one useful related note today

Open a meaningful note Open Connections Preview and apply one result Learn Smart Loop Start with Connections

Watch Wanderloots' Walkthrough

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