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| 2026-03-20T13:02:00.000Z | Memex Chat - Obsidian Plugin I built for myself | Memex Chat is an Obsidian plugin enabling vault conversations through Claude AI, leveraging proper context retrieval instead of simple keyword matching. |
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Memex Chat is an Obsidian plugin enabling vault conversations through Claude AI, leveraging proper context retrieval instead of simple keyword matching.
Capabilities
The plugin provides these key features:
- Semantic vault search: TF-IDF indexing across all notes without external APIs
- Local embeddings: Optional offline semantic search using BGE Micro v2 (~22 MB model)
- Hybrid search: When embeddings are enabled, TF-IDF keyword ranking and local semantic embeddings are combined via Reciprocal Rank Fusion (RRF) — neither score space needs normalization, and results are better than either engine alone. Falls back to TF-IDF-only while embeddings are still indexing.
- Automatic context: Relevant notes automatically attached to queries before reaching Claude
- @ mentions: Direct note references with autocomplete support
- Active note command: "Memex Chat: Aktive Notiz als Kontext" opens a new thread pre-filled with the current note as explicit context, asking Claude to explain and connect it with other vault concepts
- Context preview: View and edit included notes before sending
- Related notes sidebar: Always-visible panel showing semantically similar notes, ranked by similarity, frontmatter links, and shared tags
- Thread history: Chats saved as Markdown in your vault with inline renaming
- Message actions: Copy assistant replies or save them as new notes
- Source links: Answers display which notes provided context
- Prompt buttons: Configurable header buttons extending Claude's system prompt (e.g., draft checking, monthly reviews); date-mode buttons retrieve notes by date range
- System context file: Pin vault notes to the system prompt for persistent personal context
- Manual installation: Download main.js, manifest.json, and styles.css from releases into
.obsidian/plugins/memex-chat/, enable in Community Plugins, add Anthropic API key
Resources
Repository: https://github.com/svemagie/obsidian-memex-chat
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