Blip Capture Plugin for Obsidian

Quickly capture short notes ("Blips") and save them to a central Blips.md file in your vault's root directory. Perfect for capturing fleeting thoughts, ideas, and quick notes without interrupting your workflow.

Features

• Capture Blips: Quickly jot down thoughts, ideas, or notes via a popup modal
• Manage Blips: View, reorder (drag and drop), and delete blips
• Random Blip: Display a random blip from your collection for inspiration or review
• Ribbon Icons: Three icons in the left sidebar for quick access
• Hotkey Support: Assign custom hotkeys to all functions
• Keyboard Shortcuts:
  • Ctrl/Cmd + Enter to save
  • Escape to cancel

Installation

From Obsidian Community Plugins

1. Open Obsidian and go to Settings → Community Plugins
2. Click Browse and search for "Blip Capture"
3. Click Install, then Enable

Manual Installation

1. Create a folder called blip-capture in your vault's .obsidian/plugins/ directory
2. Copy these three files into that folder:
   • main.js
   • manifest.json
   • styles.css
3. Reload Obsidian (Cmd/Ctrl + R)
4. Go to Settings → Community Plugins and enable "Blip Capture"

Usage

Ribbon Icons

• ⚡ Capture Blip — Open the capture modal to add a new blip
• 📋 Manage Blips — View, reorder, and delete blips
• 🎲 Random Blip — Display a random blip from your collection

Capturing a Blip

1. Click the ⚡ Capture Blip icon or use your assigned hotkey
2. Type your blip in the text area
3. Click Save or press Ctrl/Cmd + Enter
4. Your blip is instantly saved to Blips.md

Managing Blips

1. Click the 📋 Manage Blips icon or use your assigned hotkey
2. Reorder: Drag blips using the handle (⋮⋮) to change their order
3. Delete: Click the × button to remove a blip
4. Changes are saved automatically

Viewing a Random Blip

1. Click the 🎲 Random Blip icon or use your assigned hotkey
2. View a random blip from your collection
3. Click Another to see a different random blip
4. Click Close when done

Setting Custom Hotkeys

1. Go to Settings → Hotkeys
2. Search for "Blip" to find the commands:
   • Capture a new Blip
   • Manage Blips (view and delete)
   • Show a random Blip
3. Click the + button to assign your preferred key combinations

Blip File Format

Blips are stored in Blips.md in your vault's root directory as a bulleted list. Each blip shows bold text followed by a date stamp:

- **My first blip content here** 02/04/26
- **Another thought I captured** 02/03/26
- **An older blip** 01/28/26

The file always begins with a blank line. In Obsidian's preview mode, blips display as a clean bulleted list with bold content.

File Structure

• main.js — Compiled plugin code
• manifest.json — Plugin metadata
• styles.css — Modal styling
• README.md — Plugin documentation

License

MIT

Support

If you encounter any issues or have feature requests, please visit the plugin repository.