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Obsidian 1.13 is now available on desktop and mobile, adding search and keyboard navigation in settings, easier image resizing/zoom, an iOS share sheet, and various bug fixes and performance improvements.
obsidian-second-brain is an open-source tool that uses seven AI agents to automatically organize notes, wikilink them into a graph, and generate topic pages overnight from a single markdown source, with no cloud dependencies.
DeepPaperNote is an open-source tool that automatically converts papers (via title, link, or PDF) into structured Obsidian notes, bridging Zotero reference management and Obsidian knowledge base. It supports multiple AI agents (Claude Code / Codex), automatically identifies paper types, and extracts key information such as formulas, experimental data, and figures.
A user describes using GPT-Live as a reading companion for enhanced book interaction, including asking questions and taking notes.
Readwise launches version 2.0, a major rebuild of its app for revisiting and learning from highlights, featuring a fresh design, faster performance, better search, new capture methods, and integrated AI chat.
A developer built a system that connects Claude to Obsidian to turn cloned GitHub repos into a searchable vault that identifies duplicates, tracks actual usage, and flags abandoned dependencies.
A user shares how his CLAUDE.md file for Claude AI is not a bio but a single instruction to never ask for organization before helping, allowing Claude to read raw Obsidian notes as-is and surface hidden connections, preventing perfectionist procrastination.
The CEO of Obsidian has open-sourced his personal Obsidian vault template on GitHub, designed to enhance AI productivity and note-taking.
Speech To Markdown is a product that converts speech into markdown format using local AI, designed for note-taking.
The article highlights the growing ubiquity of AI note-taking apps that automatically record meetings and conversations, leading to pushback such as a VC changing his Zoom name to explicitly deny consent. It explores the social, legal, and practical implications of always-on recording.
Combining a neural network (Claude Code), Obsidian, and Karpathy's single-file note method creates a self-organizing second brain that recalls past thoughts via AI queries, replacing manual review and traditional folder-based systems.
A 58-year-old machinist digitized 24 years of paper notebooks into Obsidian over a weekend, creating a powerful personal knowledge graph that impressed his daughter and enabled instant retrieval of past repair solutions. The article covers 12 Obsidian tricks for effortless organization.
A tool that enables users to chat with their Obsidian notes using local AI models, ensuring privacy.
Cangjie Skill is a tool that distills methodologies from books, long-form videos, and podcasts into AI-directly-invokable skills, allowing you to take away actionable methodologies after reading or watching.
A Twitter thread argues that the key to powerful AI agents is not better prompts but accumulated personal context and memory systems, highlighting Obsidian as a tool for compounding knowledge. The author predicts a widening gap between those using AI alone and those combining it with personal context.
Reflect Open is an open-source Markdown note-taking app that supports instant local search, AI note Q&A (requires own API key), automatic backlinks, and syncs via iCloud or Git. Works on Mac, iPhone, and Chrome browser.
User shares the WorkBuddy tool, which automatically extracts highlighted content from WeChat Reading and writes it into Markdown documents, eliminating the manual copy-paste steps into Obsidian.
Obsidian 1.13.2 early access adds image zoom on desktop and fixes bugs on iOS and Android, available to Catalyst members.
Reflect is releasing Reflect Open, a complete rewrite of the note-taking app for the AI age, now open-source and local-first with Markdown files.
OpenKnowledge is an open-source knowledge base tool that combines the note-taking experience of Obsidian with the philosophy of LLM Wiki. It comes with built-in MCP, Skills, Chat, and TUI features, supports Git sync, and can complement Obsidian for efficiently organizing personal knowledge.