#pillar-tools-and-systems
The Best Obsidian Plugins for 2026
The must-have Obsidian plugins for 2026 - Dataview, Dataview Serializer, Templater, QuickAdd, TaskNotes, Tasks, Omnisearch, and Excalidraw, plus 75+ more I use daily.
Recently Updated 🔄
Evergreen guides I've refreshed most recently — kept current, not left to rot.
#pillar-tools-and-systems
Never Lose a Note Again — Time Machine Plugin for Obsidian
Obsidian has a built-in File Recovery plugin, but it's pretty basic. I built the Time Machine plugin to fix that. Here's what it does and why you'll want it.
#pillar-creator-systems
Analog Reading, Digital Knowledge: The Full Pipeline From Paper Notes to AI Skills
I read books on paper, take handwritten notes, and turn them into connected atomic notes and AI skills. Here's the full pipeline, and the thinking behind each step.
Your AI Doesn't Know You: Why PKM Is the Missing Foundation for AI Agents
Most AI agents are flying blind. They have no memory, no context, and no idea who you are. Here's why your knowledge base is the missing piece.
#pillar-creator-systems
Slopsquatting, Typosquatting, and the New Software Supply Chain Attacks: How AI and Vibe Coding Are Making Package Registries Even More Dangerous
AI coding tools hallucinate fake package names. Attackers register them. You install malware. Here's how slopsquatting works and what you can do about it.
#pillar-creator-systems
I Built an Obsidian Plugin to Convert Handwritten Notes to Markdown
Point any image in your Obsidian vault at a local AI model and get structured Markdown back. Headings, lists, quotes, even Mermaid diagrams. No data leaves your machine.
#pillar-creator-systems
4 Years, 20K Notes, and AI Agents: The Obsidian Starter Kit v4 Is Almost Here
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.
#pillar-creator-systems
Don't keep AI out of your vault. Put it in charge of the plumbing.
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.
#pillar-creator-systems
Where Your AI Prompts Really Go: A Practical Guide to AI Privacy
Most people send sensitive prompts to AI tools without knowing where that data ends up. Here's what really happens, why the rules differ wildly per tier, and what to pay attention to.
#pillar-creator-systems
How to Run Claude Code on Your GitHub Copilot Subscription
A 15-minute setup that wires Claude Code to GitHub Copilot's backend through a local LiteLLM proxy. No Anthropic plan needed.
#pillar-creator-systems
Obsidian Starter Kit v4 Is Here: Your Vault Is Now a Full AI Assistant
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.
#pillar-creator-systems
How I Build AI Skills That Actually Work
A 5-step recipe for turning any repeatable process into a reusable AI agent skill. Do, Codify, Run, Iterate, Skillify. The first four come from Evelyn Chapman. The fifth is what turns a process note into actual automation.