I have finally unlocked the power of AI in @obsdmd.

I've created a custom tool that can
- use prompt templates
- chain prompts 🤯
- use plugins like Dataview
- can easily be injected into any of my existing workflows, e.g. summarize book notes

Let me show you 👇 Prompt templates work like any Obsidian template.

Write a template note in your templates folder, and use it to structure the prompt.

Integrated with QuickAdd, so you can use powerful templating syntax.

This template summarizes the text I've selected / enter when prompting.

Learn Dataview for @obsdmd in 3 minutes. Your notes have metadata.

🤖 Some of is implicit.
Like the file name, link, creation time, modified time, tags, incoming links, outgoing links, and tasks, etc.

🧑‍🦲 Some of is explicit.
You define this yourself, either in the YAML frontmatter or in Dataview's inline fields 👇

Do you listen to podcasts, but find it hard to get the most of them?

PodNotes for @obsdmd will help you write notes on podcasts, so you can capture all the golden nuggets you hear!

It's a podcast player & note-writing assistant in one.

Here's how it can help you 👇 🎧 The built-in podcast player

Save & listen to any podcast.
Even premium feeds.

PodNotes will help create notes that have all the episode info, so you can focus on creating insights.

1-click timestamp creation that links to the time in the episode.

Creating your personal, digital forest of notes is a powerful method for thinking & creating better outputs.

But what does it actually mean?

Here's my take. 🧵 A forest is an ecosystem, each element connected: both visibly and in invisible, yet emergent ways.

I distinguish between three types of notes:
- The Tree 🌲
- The Sapling 🪴
- The Seed 🌱

Let's dig in.

I keep a collection of my favorite quotes in Obsidian.

Every time I stumble upon one in a book, article, or wherever, I add it to my vault.

That way, they're always close by when I need reminding.

Here's how. What you see above leverages the Dataview plugin to show the quote.

I want the metadata so the quote and its author is query-able... but hidden away with comments.

Dataview inline queries are used to display the metadata: `=this.quote` for you, as I don't use default settings.

Using Obsidian for creative work is amazing.

I write my weekly newsletter in Obsidian. Every week, I write about new, interesting topics, concepts, or frameworks. I also send out the best of what I've found: quotes, tools, you name it.

Here's how I keep track of it all. 👇 In the image above, you can see what I wrote about each week.

This helps me keep an overview of the themes I write about.
Do I continue the trend? Or do I write about something else entirely?

I make the view using the Dataview query below + the Minimal theme cards feature.

A Simple Habit Tracker for Obsidian.

Guide 👇 for creating it with the Dataview plugin. I keep my habits in my daily note. By writing them as Dataview fields (or in the YAML frontmatter), you can create a habit tracker.

If you don't fill anything in for the habit, it'll assume you didn't do it.

You can do simple checks, e.g., "slept for more than 7 hours" as well.

Do you use Obsidian and miss the card view from Notion?

I know I did. Luckily, it's now easier than ever. Let me show you how you can get it for yourself.

🧵👇 This is all thanks to the Minimal theme by @kepano and the Dataview plugin. Both are absolutely amazing.

You can find Minimal in the appearance store in Obsidian, and likewise, you can find the Dataview plugin in the plugin store.

Once they're installed, let's move on👇

👨‍🎓 Learn more with less effort. 🔥

Let's talk about learning. How do we learn effectively?
Hint: It's not 'studying hard'.

Let's talk about it!

THREAD 👇 Marty Lobdell gave a speech to a group of students about this exact topic.

In this thread, I'll summarize his points such that they are easier to take action on.

What I learned from The War of Art by Steven Pressfield.

THREAD 📚 PART ONE: Resistance

1) Writing is not the hard part. Sitting down to write is.