AI Rewrite

Line-level AI rewriting for Obsidian — proofread, translate, or run your own modes. Tuned to run well on small, local models (Ollama by default), so it stays fast, private, and easy on your machine. ✨

• ✍️ Rewrites the current line or selection on demand — not next-word autocomplete.
• 👻 Shows the result as a ghost preview below the line. Tab applies, Esc dismisses.
• 🎛️ Ships with Proofread and Translate modes — add your own.
• 🔌 Works with any OpenAI-compatible server: Ollama, LM Studio, OpenAI, OpenRouter…

[!TIP] Why line-level? Correcting one line is easy work for a small model like gemma3, and triggering on demand keeps your machine cool — that's the whole design.

🚀 Quick start

1. Install Ollama and pull a model: ollama pull gemma3
2. Make sure Ollama is running (ollama serve — usually automatic).
3. Install and enable AI Rewrite. It defaults to http://localhost:11434/v1 with model gemma3.
4. Put the cursor on a line, run Correct current line or selection from the command palette, and press Tab to accept.

[!NOTE] Using a different model? Set it under Settings → AI Rewrite → Model.

⚙️ How it works

i beleive their going too the meeting     ← your line (typos)
        ↓  trigger (hotkey · on leave · while typing)
I believe they're going to the meeting    ← ghost preview  ·  Tab applies  ·  Esc dismisses

• Reads the current line (or your selection) and shows the model's reply as a ghost preview.
• Markdown prefixes are preserved — indentation, - , > , # , 1. , - [ ] — so the model only sees the prose.
• Blank lines are skipped. With a selection, the whole selection (multiple lines) is rewritten and replaced on accept.

🎛️ Modes

A mode is just an editable instruction sent to the model. Two ship by default:

Switch modes

• Click the active mode in the status bar and pick from the menu.
• Run Cycle mode to jump to the next one (bind it to a hotkey).
• Each mode also gets an Apply … command — bind it in Settings → Hotkeys to switch mode and rewrite in one press.

Add your own Create modes under Settings → Modes (name + prompt). Put {targetLang} in a prompt to fill in the Target language setting. Adding or removing a mode takes effect after a reload.

⚡ Triggers

Set under Settings → Trigger:

🔗 Auto-link existing notes

Off by default. When enabled, the plugin wraps text matching an existing note title or alias in [[wiki links]] after a rewrite.

• Case-insensitive; links the first occurrence per note.
• Skips code, URLs, and existing links.
• Leaves ambiguous names (claimed by more than one note) alone.

Turn it on under Settings → Auto-link existing notes.

⌨️ Keys

Keys only intercept while a preview is showing; otherwise they behave normally. Change them under Settings → Accept keys / Dismiss keys (space-separated CodeMirror key names).

🌐 Other servers

AI Rewrite talks to any OpenAI-compatible endpoint — set the Base URL under Settings → Connection.

[!WARNING] Pointing the Base URL at a remote service sends your note content to that service — it's no longer local-only. The API key is sent as a Bearer token.

[!NOTE] A ⟳ shows in the status bar while a request runs. Each request gives up after the Request timeout (default 30s) so a stalled model can't jam later suggestions — raise it if a slow model's first response gets cut off.

<Vault>/.obsidian/plugins/ai-rewrite/

Key name reference

Accept/dismiss keys use CodeMirror key names:

• Key name = the value of event.key for that key — look it up by pressing the key on keycode.info (e.g. Tab, Enter, Escape, ArrowRight, a, 1). The space bar is written Space.
• Modifiers prefix the key, joined with -: Mod- (Cmd on macOS, Ctrl elsewhere — best for cross-platform), Ctrl-, Shift-, Alt-, Cmd- / Meta-.
• Multiple bindings are separated by spaces.

Examples: Tab ArrowRight · Escape · Ctrl-Space · Mod-Enter · Shift-Tab

[!NOTE] Full format: CodeMirror key bindings.

🛠️ Development

This project uses pnpm.

pnpm install   # install dependencies
pnpm dev       # development build (non-minified, inline sourcemaps)
pnpm build     # production build -> main.js (minified)

📄 License

MIT