diff --git a/content/articles/memex-chat-obsidian-plugin-i.md b/content/articles/memex-chat-obsidian-plugin-i.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0bcffa9 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/articles/memex-chat-obsidian-plugin-i.md @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +--- +date: 2026-03-20T13:02:00.000Z +title: Memex Chat - Obsidian Plugin I built for myself +summary: Memex Chat is an Obsidian plugin that lets you chat with your vault using Claude AI with proper context retrieval, not just keyword search. +category: + - dev + - indieweb + - on/memex +gardenStage: revisit +visibility: Public +aiTextLevel: "1" +aiCodeLevel: "2" +aiTools: Claude +mpUrl: https://blog.giersig.eu/articles/memex-chat-obsidian-plugin-i/ +permalink: /articles/memex-chat-obsidian-plugin-i/ +--- + +Memex Chat is an Obsidian plugin that lets you chat with your vault using Claude AI with proper context retrieval, not just keyword search. + +* * * + +What it does: + +* Semantic vault search: a TF-IDF index over all your notes, no external API needed for retrieval +* Local embeddings: optional on-device semantic search using BGE Micro v2, fully offline after one model download (~22 MB) +* Auto context: relevant notes are automatically found and attached to your query before it even reaches Claude +* @ mentions: reference specific notes directly in your message with autocomplete +* Context preview: see and edit which notes are included before sending +* Related notes sidebar: always-on panel showing the most similar notes to whatever you have open, ranked by semantic similarity, frontmatter links, and shared tags +* Thread history: chats saved as Markdown in your vault, so nothing disappears +* Source links: every answer shows which notes were used as context +* Prompt buttons: configurable header buttons that extend Claude’s system prompt (e.g. draft check, monthly review) +* Installation is manual for now: download main.js, manifest.json, and styles.css from the latest release, drop them into .obsidian/plugins/memex-chat/, enable in Community Plugins, and add your Anthropic API key. + +→ https://github.com/svemagie/obsidian-memex-chat