IStart-Note-AI

Turn your Obsidian vault into a knowledge-to-action system.

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IStart-Note-AI is an Obsidian plugin built around three modules — Knowledge, Execution, and Auxiliary — that help you turn scattered notes into a searchable, interlinked, and actionable personal knowledge system.

One unified AI entry point connects all three: ask questions, generate structured notes, build execution plans, and keep everything synced — all through natural language.

[!warning] Beta v2.0.0 introduces significant architectural changes. The frontmatter schema and scheduled-task model are not yet stable. Back up your vault before upgrading.

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Core Modules

1. Knowledge

Build and maintain a structured knowledge base.

• Ask questions and generate Q&A notes with automatic concept extraction.
• Classify questions into new / refinement / expansion and maintain a question evolution graph.
• Create and complete concept pages with definitions, examples, relations, and domain MOC indexes.
• Build reading projects — generate a book skeleton, chapter pre-reading questions, summaries, and Feynman tests.
• Search your vault and get answers with [[source]] references (metadata-based index, no embeddings).
• Detect knowledge debt — empty concepts, orphan questions, unfinished readings, stale drafts.

2. Execution

Turn knowledge into reviewable actions.

• Generate execution plans from notes — preview all vault modifications before applying.
• Record execution logs under Knowledge/_Executions/ with full operation details.
• Scheduled tasks (MVP) — periodic knowledge-debt scans and backup jobs.
• Safety by default — AI-generated writes require confirmation; batch ops capped; high-risk plans force double-confirm.
• Future: diff preview, rollback, task-plugin integrations.

3. Auxiliary

Keep the system usable across devices and providers.

• OpenAI-compatible LLM provider — DeepSeek default; change Base URL for others.
• Configurable output styles — knowledge-base, technical, minimal, product, academic, story, dashboard.
• Optional Baidu Cloud sync — incremental backup, bidirectional sync, plugin and Obsidian config backup.
• Diagnostics — privacy overview, config export, index rebuild, log cleanup.

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Status

Module	Feature	Status	Notes
Knowledge	AI Assistant	Stable	Insert / replace / append / show via unified entry
Knowledge	Reading Projects	Stable	Skeleton, chapter questions, summaries, Feynman
Knowledge	Concept Completion	Experimental	Exposed in command panel, preview before write
Knowledge	Question Graph	Experimental	Classification + index + Mermaid evolution graph
Knowledge	Vault QA	Experimental	Metadata-index retrieval, cited answers, no embeddings
Knowledge	Knowledge Debt	Experimental	Dashboard with empty/orphan/unfinished/stale stats
Execution	Execution Plan	Experimental	PlanBuilder + PlanExecutor, no rollback yet
Execution	Scheduled Tasks	Planned	Scheduler types defined, runner in progress
Auxiliary	Baidu Sync	Stable	Manual/auto backup and config sync
Auxiliary	Multi-provider LLM	Partial	OpenAI-compatible base URL supported

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Quick Start

1. Install the plugin (see Installation).
2. Go to Settings → IStart-Note-AI → Auxiliary → AI Service and enter your API key.
3. Click the 🧠 ribbon icon or press the command palette → IStart-Note-AI: AI 助手.
4. Type a request in natural language.

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Installation

From community plugins (once available)

1. Settings → Community plugins → Browse.
2. Search IStart-Note-AI.
3. Install → Enable.

Manual (recommended during beta)

Download main.js, manifest.json, styles.css from a GitHub Release and place them in <vault>/.obsidian/plugins/istart-note-ai/.

Don't clone the source repo — the bundle lives in dist/ and is not committed. Use release assets.

Build from source

npm ci
npm run build
# → dist/main.js, dist/manifest.json, dist/styles.css

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Configuration

Settings are organized into three tabs:

Tab	Key settings
Knowledge	Q&A path, Concepts path, Questions index path, Reading path, auto-classify, concept depth, vault QA source limit
Execution	Require preview, log path, scheduled tasks, safety policy
Auxiliary	API key, Base URL, model, output style, Baidu sync, UI preferences

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Usage

Desktop

• 🧠 Ribbon icon → command panel (Knowledge / Execution / Auxiliary).
• Right-click in editor → IStart-Note-AI: AI 助手 or 知识库问答.
• Right-click file → IStart-Note-AI: AI 助手.

Mobile

• 🧠 Ribbon icon → command panel.
• Add commands to the mobile toolbar for one-tap access.

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Architecture

src/
  core/
    llm/              Unified LLM client + JSON extractor
    knowledge/        KnowledgeIndexService (metadata index)
    execution/        ExecutionPlan, PlanBuilder, PlanExecutor
    scheduler/        ScheduledTask types + runner (WIP)
    schema.ts         SCHEMA_VERSION + helpers
  ai/                 AI feature modules (assistant, classifier, planner, ...)
  features/
    assistant/        AI assistant modals
    concept/          Concept completion + page manager
    question/         Question classify + graph manager
    reading/          Reading project manager
    dashboard/        Knowledge debt modal
    sync/             Baidu sync
    command-panel/    Unified command panel
  vault/              Vault writer (conflict-safe)
  settings/           Settings tab (tabbed layout)
  actions/            Action registry + definitions
  main.ts

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Privacy

AI features send your selection and partial note context to the configured chat-completions endpoint. Sync features upload to your own Baidu Pan. No telemetry. No plugin-operated servers. Full details in PRIVACY.md.

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Roadmap

v2.0 — Knowledge System Foundation (current)

• Three-module product structure: Knowledge / Execution / Auxiliary.
• Vault-wide lightweight knowledge index.
• Concept completion and question graph in command panel.
• Knowledge debt dashboard.
• Basic execution plan and execution logs.
• Settings page with tabbed navigation.
• Open-source governance and privacy docs.

v2.1 — Execution MVP

• Scheduled tasks runtime (knowledge-debt scan, auto-backup).
• Execution plan preview modal with diff.
• Safer policy: AI writes always produce plan-only by default.
• Execution history view.

v2.2 — Trust & Control

• Rollback for recent executions.
• More granular privacy controls.
• Optional local vector index for richer vault QA.

v3.0 — Integrations

• Tasks plugin / Periodic Notes integration.
• GitHub Issues / Linear / Todoist export.
• Multi-vault support.

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Contributing

PRs and issues welcome. See CONTRIBUTING.md. Security issues: SECURITY.md.

License

MIT. See LICENSE.