From 07a0a752127a32edff392ac8a57dc1c92b97400e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: celeste <80304394+cosmicoptima@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2023 16:02:59 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] add more detailed instructions

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 README.md | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c2e30f3..389587f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,3 +14,11 @@ to install, clone this repository into a directory in `[vault]/.obsidian/plugins
 in the plugin directory, run `npm i` and `npm run build`. you will need node.js 14 or higher.
 enable the plugin and set the openai api key in the `Loom` settings tab
 
+**for those new to obsidian:** the loom ui, containing a tree of the selected note's nodes,
+is not open by default. to open it, you can either:
+
+1. open the command palette with `Ctrl+P`, then search for and run the "open loom pane" command
+2. open the right sidebar -- there is a toggle in the top right of the screen -- and switch to
+the loom tab*
+
+*the tab looks like this: