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Obsidian AI Copilot – Bring Claude Code, OpenCode, etc. into Obsidian

by mrxdev·Apr 9, 2026·1 point·0 comments
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AI Analysis

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Wraps Claude Code and Gemini CLI inside Obsidian instead of building separate LLM integration.

Strengths
  • •Auto-detects multiple agentic CLIs without duplicate auth or configuration
  • •Pulls vault tags, file references, and slash commands into agent context
  • •Zero-config orchestration layer rather than another AI plugin with locked-in providers
Weaknesses
  • •Desktop only, no mobile Obsidian support despite growing mobile usage
  • •Crowded AI-Obsidian space with Smart Connections, Copilot, and Text Generator plugins
Target Audience

Obsidian users who already use AI coding agents in their terminal

Similar To

Smart Connections · Obsidian Copilot · Text Generator

Post Description

For anyone using Obsidian, thought I'd share an Open Source plugin that I built to really streamline my workflow, and so far it has worked very well for me:

https://github.com/spencermarx/obsidian-ai

Yes, I'm the creator of this, so take all this with a grain of salt.

The plugin essentially allows you to run your AI Agent CLI of choice within the Obsidian UI. It detects whatever agentic CLIs you have available on your machine, gives you the ability to pick which one you want to work with, and wraps this up in a pretty standard little UI chat sidebar with all the standard AI chat features (pulls in your slash commands, your Vault's tags, as well as file references and allows for image drag-n-drop). Pretty straightforward, just rigged up to launch inside your Obsidian UI.

For me, it's been super convenient to have Claude Code available directly in Obsidian as it saves me from having to switch between the vault UI and a terminal/IDE for running Claude Code against the same vault files. This might not make a big difference to some people, but for me the context switching savings and ease of use have paid off.

The plugin is still awaiting approval to move into the Community Plugins directory, but in the meantime, the repo walks you through how to get set up on your own.

And of course, all of this is Open Source, FREE (no catches), and for the benefit of the builder community.

Would love feedback on this (good, bad, ugly) for those of you interested on trying it out! And if you do find it valuable, would appreciate a share/github star to increase visibility and accelerate feedback/refinement.

Thanks and happy building!

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