Smart Connections

brianpetro/obsidian-smart-connections

Indexes your notes with a local embedding model and surfaces semantically related notes and passages as you write, helping you build links.

Why pick itZero setup by default, no API key, vectors computed locally. Good for privacy-minded users who want old notes to resurface.

Install

InstallObsidian Settings → Community plugins → search “Smart Connections”

In Obsidian, go to Settings → Community plugins, search for "Smart Connections", install and enable it
Let the bundled local embedding model index your notes
Open the Connections view, or read the Getting Started guide from the plugin settings

Private and offline by default with no API key needed; inline suggestions while writing and Bases integration are Pro features.

Summarized by AI from the project docs; check the official docs before relying on it.

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