Smart Context Plugin for Obsidian

Smart Context is an Obsidian plugin that helps you copy contents from folders, open files, and linked notes, with advanced configuration like excluding specific heading sections. This is particularly useful when working with AI tools like ChatGPT, letting you feed large sets of project notes, research, or documentation as 'context' to improve AI responses and accuracy.

Features

• Copy Folder Contents
  Copy all Markdown (and Canvas) files from a selected folder to your clipboard, optionally including the folder tree. Perfect for quickly giving AI models an entire project's context.

• Copy Visible Open Files
  Copy content from only the currently visible open files, so you can provide precisely the subset of notes you are focusing on to ChatGPT or other tools.

• Copy All Open Files
  Gather content from every open file in the workspace (regardless of visibility) at once.

• Exclude Sections by Heading
  Configure specific headings (glob patterns) to exclude. For example, headings named 'Secret' or 'Confidential' can automatically be removed before the content is copied.

• Copy folder contents to clipboard
  Right-click a folder in Obsidian's File Explorer and select 'Copy folder contents to clipboard' to quickly gather the folder's files.

Getting Started

Read the Getting Started Guide for more information.

Real-World Use Case

A developer wants to paste relevant code files, readme content, and design docs into ChatGPT for help. They do not want to manually open and copy each file, nor reveal sensitive or excluded headings. Smart Context solves it in a few clicks.

Settings

In Settings → Community Plugins → Smart Context, you can configure:

• Excluded Headings
  Array of headings (supports glob patterns, e.g. 'Secret') to remove from the copied text.

• In-links
  Whether to include notes that link into your selected file(s).

• Before / After Context
  Custom text inserted at the very beginning or end of the final copied content. Supports placeholders like '{{FILE_TREE}}'.

• Before / After Each Item
  Text inserted before/after each primary file's content. Useful placeholders include:

  • '{{ITEM_PATH}}'
  • '{{ITEM_NAME}}'
  • '{{ITEM_EXT}}'
  • '{{ITEM_DEPTH}}'

Formatting

When you copy folder contents, open files, or build a custom set of notes, the output might look like:

Folder Structure:
├── example-folder/
│   └── example-file.md
└── example-folder-2/
    └── example-file-2.md
## File Contents:
example-folder/example-file.md
\`\`\`md
# Example File

This is an example file.
\`\`\`

example-folder-2/example-file-2.md
\`\`\`md
# Example File 2

This is another example file.
\`\`\`

If you set 'Secret' as an excluded heading, the 'Secret' section will not appear when you copy this file's content.

Contributing

Feel free to open issues or submit pull requests. This plugin uses the MIT License.