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English Write Checker

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This plugin has not been manually reviewed by Obsidian staff. Real-time English writing suggestions powered by a local LLM (Ollama) to reach C1-C2 level.

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English Write Checker

An Obsidian plugin that analyzes your English writing in real time using a local LLM via Ollama. It highlights grammar errors and style suggestions directly in the editor, with inline replacements you can accept with a single click.

Features

  • Red underline — grammar mistakes (wrong tense, missing article, subject-verb disagreement, etc.)
  • Blue underline — style improvements to reach C1-C2 level vocabulary and register
  • Inline suggestion chips shown next to each flagged phrase
  • Click any suggestion to instantly accept it
  • Tooltip with explanation on hover
  • Fully local — no data leaves your machine

Screenshots

Suggestions displayed inline

Inline suggestions

Hover to see the explanation

Hover tooltip

Click to accept a suggestion

Accept suggestion

Requirements

  • Obsidian 0.15.0 or higher
  • Ollama running locally
  • Model pulled: gemma3:4b (or gemma3:12b for better quality)

Installation

  1. Clone or download this repository
  2. Copy the folder into your vault's plugin directory: 
    <your-vault>/.obsidian/plugins/english-write-checker/
    The folder must contain only: main.js, manifest.json, styles.css
  3. Open Obsidian → Settings → Community plugins → enable English Write Checker
  4. Make sure Ollama is running: 
    ollama serve
ollama pull gemma3:4b

Usage

  1. Open a note and write or paste English text
  2. Select the paragraph you want to analyze
  3. Open the Command Palette (Cmd+P) → English Write Checker: Analyze selected text
  4. Click any suggestion chip to accept it, or hover to read the explanation
  5. To clear all suggestions: English Write Checker: Clear all suggestions

Tip: assign a hotkey to "Analyze selected text" in Settings → Hotkeys for faster access.

Settings

Setting Default Description
Ollama endpoint http://localhost:11434 URL where Ollama is running
Model gemma3:4b Change to gemma3:12b for higher quality
Target level C1 B2, C1, or C2 proficiency target

License

MIT © Julio Gonzales

Based on write-good-obsidian by Mark Hesketh (MIT).

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