Specs

Commands

Clear cache removes all stored cached star counts.
Refresh for current note fetches fresh GitHub star counts for repositories in the active note, updates the cache, and may also update already-embedded star text depending on the refresh setting.
Embed star counts in current note writes star counts into the active note as embedded ⭐ ... text.
Remove embedded star counts from current note removes embedded ⭐ ... text from the active note.

Cache expiry controls how long cached star counts remain fresh.
Number format controls whether star counts are displayed as full numbers or abbreviated values.
GitHub API token (optional) allows authenticated GitHub API requests for higher rate limits.
Update embedded stars on refresh controls whether refreshes update embedded ⭐ ... text in the active note.
Show token warnings on refresh controls whether manual refresh warns when the GitHub token is missing or invalid.

Refresh for current note only applies to the active note.
Refresh for current note fetches fresh star counts from GitHub for repositories in the active note even if their cache entries are still valid.
When Update embedded stars on refresh is enabled, refresh updates only links that already have embedded ⭐ ... text in the active note and then rerenders the note.
When Update embedded stars on refresh is enabled, Reading View and Live Preview refresh paths also update existing embedded ⭐ ... text for repositories whose star counts were refreshed.
If the same repository appears multiple times in the active note, refresh fetches it once and applies the result to all matching occurrences.
When Update embedded stars on refresh is disabled, refresh rerenders the note without changing embedded ⭐ ... text.
If a refresh fetch fails for a repository, existing embedded star text for that repository is left unchanged.
If one or more repository refreshes fail during a manual refresh, the plugin shows a single failure notice for that refresh attempt.

Reading View injects star counts into rendered HTML after GitHub repository links.
Live Preview injects star counts as CodeMirror widgets after visible GitHub repository links.
Embedded star text in the markdown file is distinct from transient rendered star counts.

The plugin detects existing embedded ⭐ ... text and skips adding duplicate stars during normal rendering.
Refresh never embeds stars for plain links. It only updates embedded ⭐ ... text that already exists when the refresh setting is enabled.
Embed star counts in current note writes or updates embedded ⭐ ... text directly in the markdown file.
Remove embedded star counts from current note removes embedded ⭐ ... text while leaving the GitHub links intact.

If no GitHub API token is configured, requests use the lower unauthenticated GitHub API rate limit.
During a manual refresh of a note, token warnings are shown at most once even if the refresh processes multiple GitHub links.
If GitHub rejects the configured token, the plugin logs a warning, shows a notice, and retries public repositories without authentication.

GitHub star counts are cached per repository using owner/repo as the cache key.
Each cache entry stores the fetched star count and a timestamp.
Cache expiry is lazy, not proactive. When an entry expires, the plugin does not schedule or run a background refresh automatically.
A fresh API request only happens the next time the plugin tries to resolve stars for that repository and sees that the cached entry is missing or expired.
Star lookups can be triggered by rendering a note in Reading View, rendering visible GitHub links in Live Preview, running Refresh for current note, or running Embed star counts in current note.
If a cached entry is still within the configured expiry window, the cached value is used and no network request is made.
If a request fails and a stale cache entry exists for the same repository, the stale cached value may still be returned.
Clearing the cache removes stored cache entries but does not remove star text that is already rendered in the current UI.

The plugin only processes GitHub repository URLs.
Repository parsing extracts owner/repo from standard GitHub URLs and strips a trailing .git suffix from the repository name.
Non-repository GitHub URLs and malformed links are ignored.