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Copilot for Obsidian
The Ultimate AI Assistant for Your Second Brain
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Copilot for Obsidian is your ultimate in‑vault AI assistant with chat-based vault search, web and youtube support, powerful context processing and ever-expanding agentic capabilities—all within Obsidian’s highly customizable workspace.
- 🔒 Your data is 100% yours: Local search and storage, and full control of your data if you use self-hosted models.
- 🧠 Bring Your Own Model: Tap any OpenAI-compatible or local model to uncover insights, spark connections, and create content.
- 🖼️ Multimedia Understanding: Drop in webpages, YouTube videos, images, PDFs, EPUBS, or real-time web search for quick insights.
- 🔍 Smart Vault Search: Search your vault with chat, no setup required. Embeddings are optional. Copilot delivers results right away.
- ✍️ Composer and Quick Commands: Interact with your writing with chat, apply changes with 1 click.
- 🗂️ Project Mode: Create AI-ready context based on folders and tags. Think NotebookLM but inside your vault!
- 🤖 Agent Mode (Plus): Unlock an autonomous agent with built-in tool calling. No commands needed. Copilot automatically triggers vault, web searches or any other relevant tool when relevant.
Chat Mode
Vault QA
Agentic Mode
Copilot's Agent can call the proper tools on its own upon your request.
Copilot V3 is a New Era 🔥
After months of hard work, we have revamped the codebase and adopted a new paradigm for our agentic infrastructure. It opens the door for easier addition of agentic tools (MCP support coming). We will provide a new version of the documentation soon. Here is a couple of new things that you cannot miss!
- FOR ALL USERS: You can do vault search out-of-the-box without building an index first (Indexing is still available but optional behind the "Semantic Search" toggle in QA settings).
- FOR FREE USERS: Image support and chat context menu are available to all users starting from v3.0.0!
- FOR PLUS USERS: Autonomous agent is available with vault search, web search, youtube, composer and soon a lot other tools!
Read the Changelog.
Why People Love It ❤️
- "Copilot is the missing link that turns Obsidian into a true second brain. I use it to draft investment memos with text, code, and visuals—all in one place. It’s the first tool that truly unifies how I search, process, organize, and retrieve knowledge without ever leaving Obsidian. With AI-powered search, organization, and reasoning built into my notes, it unlocks insights I’d otherwise miss. My workflow is faster, deeper, and more connected than ever—I can’t imagine working without it." - @jasonzhangb, Investor & Research Analyst
- "Since discovering Copilot, my writing process has been completely transformed. Conversing with my own articles and thoughts is the most refreshing experience I’ve had in decades.” - Mat QV, Writer
- "Copilot has transformed our family—not just as a productivity assistant, but as a therapist. I introduced it to my non‑technical wife, Mania, who was stressed about our daughter’s upcoming exam; within an hour, she gained clarity on her mindset and next steps, finding calm and confidence." - @screenfluent, A Loving Husband
Get Started
Install Obsidian Copilot
- Open Obsidian → Settings → Community plugins.
- Turn off Safe mode (if enabled).
- Click Browse, search for “Copilot for Obsidian”.
- Click Install, then Enable.
Set API Keys
Free User
- Go to Obsidian → Settings → Copilot → Basic and click Set Keys.
- Choose your AI provider(s) (e.g., OpenRouter, Gemini, OpenAI, Anthropic, Cohere) and paste ****your ****API ****key(s). OpenRouter is recommended.
Copilot Plus/Believer
- Copy your license key at your dashboard. Don’t forget to join our wonderful Discord community!
- Go to Obsidian → Settings → Copilot → Basic and paste the key into in the Copilot Plus card.
Start Using Copilot
Chat with your notes. QA your vault. Rewrite, summarize, and more. For more details, check out documentation.
🙏 Thank You
If you share the vision of building the most powerful AI agent for our second brain, consider sponsoring this project or buying me a coffee. Help spread the word by sharing Copilot for Obsidian on Twitter/X, Reddit, or your favorite platform!
Acknowledgments
Special thanks to our top sponsors: @mikelaaron, @pedramamini, @Arlorean, @dashinja, @azagore, @MTGMAD, @gpythomas, @emaynard, @scmarinelli, @borthwick, @adamhill, @gluecode, @rusi, @timgrote, @JiaruiYu-Consilium, @ddocta, @AMOz1, @chchwy, @pborenstein, @GitTom, @kazukgw, @mjluser1, @joesfer, @rwaal, @turnoutnow-harpreet, @dreznicek, @xrise-informatik, @jeremygentles, @ZhengRui, @bfoujols, @jsmith0475, @pagiaddlemon, @sebbyyyywebbyyy, @royschwartz2, @vikram11, @amiable-dev, @khalidhalim, @DrJsPBs, @chishaku, @Andrea18500, @shayonpal, @rhm2k, @snorcup, @JohnBub, @obstinatelark, @jonashaefele, @vishnu2kmohan
Copilot Plus Disclosure
Copilot Plus is a premium product of Brevilabs LLC and it is not affiliated with Obsidian. It offers a powerful agentic AI integration into Obsidian. Please check out our website obsidiancopilot.com for more details!
- An account and payment are required for full access.
- Copilot Plus requires network use to faciliate the AI agent.
- Copilot Plus does not access your files without your consent.
- Copilot Plus collect server-side telemetry to improve the product. Please see the privacy policy on the website for more details.
- The frontend code of Copilot plugin is fully open-source. However, the backend code facilitating the AI agents is close-sourced and proprietary.
- We offer a full refund if you are not satisfied with the product within 14 days of your purchase, no questions asked.
Authors
Brevilabs Team | Email: logan@brevilabs.com | X/Twitter: @logancyang
