Brief

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Features

• Client spaces — switch the active client from the status bar, ribbon, or command palette; each client gets its own accent color
• Smart note creator — choose a note type, fill in metadata, and Brief creates the note with the right frontmatter and folder
• Client dashboards — auto-generated overview of all notes in a client folder, grouped by type with relevant columns
• Brief panel — a sidebar with quick access to every action; all buttons are context-aware and disable when no editor is active
• Frontmatter repair — scan the current note for missing or malformed frontmatter fields and fix them in one step
• Template application — merge a note-type template into an existing note without touching its content

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Client Context Switcher

Switch the active client space at any time. The current client is shown in the status bar and highlighted in the ribbon icon. Each client can have an accent color — used as a colored dot in the status bar and as the banner accent in modals.

Commands:

Command	Description
Switch client space	Open the fuzzy switcher to change the active client
Open client dashboard	Open the dashboard note for the active client
Create new client	Create a client folder, index note, and set it as active
Set color for active client	Assign an accent color to the current client

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Smart Note Creator

Open the note creator modal from the panel or command palette. Choose a note type, fill in a title, tags, and optional metadata — Brief creates the note in the right folder with consistent frontmatter.

Supported note types:

Type	Extra fields
Meeting	Attendees
Project	Status, Deadline
Brief	—
Research	Topic
Reference	—
Quick note	—

Commands:

Command	Description
New note	Open the note creator modal
Apply template to current note	Merge a template's frontmatter into the current note
Scan and repair frontmatter	Check and fix frontmatter on the current note

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Client Dashboard

Each client has a dashboard note — a single file that gives an overview of all notes in the client folder. Brief generates a structured block inside the file, grouped by note type, with type-specific columns.

Click Create dashboard in the Brief panel to generate the initial file, or Update dashboard to regenerate the block after adding new notes. Content you write outside the generated block is never touched.

Example output:

## Meetings (3)

| Note | Date | Attendees |
|------|------|-----------|
| [[Kick-off]] | 2026-04-01 | Alice, Bob |
...

## Projects (2)

| Note | Date | Status | Deadline |
|------|------|--------|----------|
| [[Website redesign]] | 2026-03-15 | In progress | 2026-06-01 |
...

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Brief Panel

Open the sidebar panel from the ribbon or with the Open panel command. The panel gives quick access to every action in one place.

• Active client — shows the current client with its accent color, a Switch button, Set color, and dashboard controls
• Note Creator — New note button and secondary actions for template and frontmatter repair

All buttons that require an active editor are automatically disabled when no note is open.

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Installation

Manual

1. Download main.js, manifest.json, and styles.css from the latest release
2. Copy them into <vault>/.obsidian/plugins/brief/
3. Reload Obsidian and enable the plugin under Settings → Community plugins

Via BRAT

1. Install the BRAT plugin
2. Open BRAT settings → Add Beta Plugin
3. Enter stephanteig/obsidian-brief

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Settings

Setting	Default	Description
Clients folder	Clients	Root folder where client folders are created
Notes folder	Notes	Default folder for new notes
Templates folder	Templates	Folder Brief looks in for note templates
Enable Client Context	On	Toggle the client switcher module
Enable Note Creator	On	Toggle the note creator module

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License

MIT © Stephan Teig