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obsidian-mind

A self-organizing Obsidian vault that gives AI coding agents persistent memory.

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What is obsidian-mind?

obsidian-mind turns an Obsidian vault into a self-organizing memory layer for AI coding agents like Claude Code, Codex CLI and Gemini CLI. Agents read and write structured notes so context survives across sessions.

Pros

  • Free and open source
  • Gives coding agents durable, human-readable memory

Cons

  • Requires Obsidian
  • Setup aimed at technical users

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MARM Memory

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Free alternatives to obsidian-mind

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hypernovum

Agent Ops for your second brain — a 3D IDE for Obsidian built on Three.js.

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