Everything I write about Personal Knowledge Management, note-taking, Obsidian, Zettelkasten and journaling — combined from my articles and newsletter editions into a single feed.
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Obsidian automation is three layers stacked on one idea: your notes are plain files, so anything can operate on them. Here is the complete map, from your first template to an AI Operating System.
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Dataview turns your vault into a database you can query. But a result that only exists at render time is not knowledge you own. Here is everything Dataview can do, everything it cannot, and what I changed after 15,116 queries.
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The complete guide to the official Obsidian CLI. What it is, how to enable it on macOS, Windows, and Linux, all supported commands, the TUI, eval and the JavaScript API, the different ways to reach your vault from the terminal, and how AI agents drive it.
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Templates are how every Obsidian note is created with the right properties and structure already in place. The complete guide to templates and Templater: core vs community plugin, the interpolation vs execution model, choices, dynamic dates, auto-filing, JavaScript, and where AI fits in.
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Properties are the difference between a pile of Markdown files and a knowledge system you can query. In this article, I explain how to use Obsidian properties from your very first field to a full schema powering dashboards, Kanban boards, and AI agents across 20,000 notes.
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I built a plugin that turns any Obsidian Base into a Kanban board, a calendar, and a triage queue, with every change written straight back to your notes. Here's how I plan my whole vault with it.
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Obsidian Bases turn notes you already have into live dashboards from their properties - no spreadsheets, no data entry. A Base is a lens, only as sharp as the metadata underneath. Here's how I run it over 20,000 notes.
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After 4 years of building, Obsidian Starter Kit v4 is out and it's fully AI-enabled. Receptionist routing, dozens of specialized agents, hundreds of AI skills, LLM Wikis, the new Graph Explorer plugin, and an identity system that teaches AI who you are.
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The standard 'keep AI away from your vault' advice solves the wrong problem. AI doesn't belong outside your knowledge base; it belongs inside, in charge of the plumbing while you stay in charge of the thinking. Here's the mindset and the structure that make that work.
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Obsidian Starter Kit v4 is out. Hundreds of AI skills, dozens of agents, persistent memory, LLM Wikis, a CLI, an MCP server, and a brand-new plugin that powers it all.
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Book Exporter turns a structured Obsidian note tree into a real book; one manifest note, one command, EPUB and PDF out the other side via Pandoc.
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The Obsidian Starter Kit v4 is coming. AI handles the plumbing; you do the thinking. Full AI-enabled Knowledge Management with hundreds of skills, dozens of agents, a CLI, an MCP server, and more. Lock in the current price before it goes up.
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