Aide

AI writing assistant for Obsidian. OpenAI-compatible, streaming, tool calling.

Features

• Slash trigger — type / (or \) to open a floating prompt
• Inline actions — improve, shorten, summarize, translate, fix grammar, and more
• Custom prompt — type any question or instruction in the input bar
• Streaming — response appears character by character in real-time
• Web search — AI can search Google, Brave, or a custom API for current info
• Web fetch — AI can read any URL and summarize its content
• SVG generation — AI can create diagrams and charts, save to assets/, and insert ![](...) into your note
• Reasoning effort — supports OpenAI o-series reasoning_effort (low/medium/high)
• Multi-provider — works with any OpenAI-compatible API (OpenAI, Anthropic via proxy, local Ollama, etc.)

Installation

From Obsidian Community Plugins

Search Aide in Settings → Community plugins → Browse.

Manual

1. Download main.js, manifest.json, styles.css from releases
2. Copy to <vault>/.obsidian/plugins/aide/
3. Enable in Settings → Community plugins

Usage

1. Open any note and type / (or backslash, configurable)
2. Select an action from the list, or type a custom prompt and press Enter
3. Watch the AI generate or edit your text in real-time

Configuration

Setting	Description
API Base URL	OpenAI-compatible endpoint
Model	Model identifier (e.g. gpt-4o-mini, o3-mini, claude-3-opus)
Max tokens	Response length limit
Temperature	Randomness (0 = deterministic, 2 = very random)
Reasoning effort	o-series only — how long the model thinks
Web search	Enable Google/Brave/Custom search via tool calling
SVG assets folder	Folder (relative to vault root) for generated SVGs

Development

git clone https://github.com/doko89/obsidian-aide.git
cd obsidian-aide
npm install
npm run dev    # watch mode
npm run build  # production build

License

MIT