Obsidian Second Brain
Persistent memory for Claude Code and six other CLI agents, stored as plain markdown in your Obsidian vault.
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Smart Connections
Find related notes while you write, using a local embedding model with no API key.
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What is Smart Connections?
Smart Connections shows notes and excerpts related to what you are writing in Obsidian, in graph and list views. A local embedding model powers semantic search with zero setup and no API key. A paid Pro tier adds more features.
Pros
- Surfaces related notes as you write
- Local model: private, no API key
- Works out of the box
Cons
- Licence is not a standard one GitHub recognises
- Some features are paid
Who should use Smart Connections
Obsidian users who want to rediscover and link related notes.
Who may not need it
People with small vaults.
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