SystemSculpt AI (Obsidian Plugin)

SystemSculpt AI adds AI chat, vault-aware tools, semantic note search, transcription, and workflow automations to Obsidian.

Current release facts

• Plugin version: 5.6.0
• Minimum Obsidian version: 1.4.0
• Platforms: desktop and mobile (manifest.json sets isDesktopOnly: false)
• License: MIT

What you can do

• Chat with your notes through SystemSculpt.
• Toggle agent mode on/off to switch between tool-assisted and pure reasoning chat.
• Select custom system prompts from vault markdown files per conversation.
• Use built-in vault tools to read, search, edit, move, and organize notes.
• Filter models by favorites in the model selection modal.
• Set up local Pi providers from the Providers tab, including clearer Ollama guidance.
• Use the redesigned Studio canvas foundation for much larger graph workspaces.
• Recover from streaming failures with clearer chat error notices and disconnect controls.
• Find semantically similar notes with embeddings.
• Record audio and transcribe notes.
• Run capture-folder workflow automations.
• Use CanvasFlow image generation in Obsidian Canvas (experimental).

Quick start

1. Install SystemSculpt AI from Obsidian Community Plugins (or use manual install below).
2. Open Settings -> SystemSculpt AI -> Account.
3. Activate your SystemSculpt license key.
4. Run the command Open SystemSculpt Chat.
5. Optional: enable embeddings in Knowledge for Similar Notes.

Installation

Community Plugins (recommended)

1. Open Obsidian Settings -> Community plugins.
2. Search for SystemSculpt AI.
3. Click Install, then Enable.

Manual install

cd /path/to/vault/.obsidian/plugins/
git clone https://github.com/systemsculpt/obsidian-systemsculpt-ai systemsculpt-ai
cd systemsculpt-ai
npm install
npm run build

Core docs

• Docs hub: docs/README.md
• Getting started: docs/user/getting-started.md
• Settings reference: docs/user/settings.md
• Commands: docs/user/commands.md
• Ribbon icons: docs/user/ribbon-icons.md
• Similar Notes: docs/user/similar-notes.md
• Audio & transcription: docs/user/audio-transcription.md
• Automations: docs/user/automations.md
• Troubleshooting: docs/user/troubleshooting.md

Development

Build and checks

npm run dev               # watch build
npm run build             # production build
npm run check:plugin      # typecheck + bundle resolution
npm run check:plugin:fast # faster local check
npm run check:all         # plugin check + Jest suite

If you keep a local-only systemsculpt-sync.config.json, the dev watcher now auto-syncs every successful rebuild into all configured pluginTargets plus any mirrorTargets, including remote Windows SSH mirrors declared as "type": "windows-ssh". ./run.sh --headless remains the canonical background entrypoint because it enables the same build-integrated sync path and also asks the already-open desktop vault to hot-reload the plugin after local sync succeeds.

Tests

npm test
npm run test:debug
npm run test:strict
npm run test:embeddings
npm run test:leaks
npm run test:native:desktop:extended
npm run test:native:android:extended
npm run check:pre-push              # full native gate (unit + build + Android + Windows)
npm run check:pre-push:quick        # fast gate (unit + build only)

Testing architecture docs:

• testing/README.md
• testing/native/README.md

Desktop validation is attach-only to an already-open Obsidian vault. Keep live sync running with ./run.sh --headless and use the desktop bridge runner when you need real chat/model verification without taking focus.

Local plugin release

npm run check:release:windows         # build + Windows 11 clean install + Windows baselines
npm run check:release:native          # required native release matrix
npm run check:release-surfaces -- --version <version> --require-notes
npm run release:plugin                  # auto bump (major/minor/patch from commits)
npm run release:plugin -- --dry-run    # preview next version + notes only
npm run release:plugin -- --bump patch # force a specific bump

Release automation now runs fully on your local machine: it validates the plugin, builds the release bundle, commits the version bump, pushes main and the tag, and creates a draft GitHub release with gh. Before it tags anything, the release script now runs a safety preflight that blocks tracked local-only files, unignored local-only files that should probably go into .gitignore, hardcoded local paths, hardcoded desktop vault selectors, and secret-looking tokens. If GITHUB_TOKEN or GH_TOKEN is present but weaker than your stored gh login, the release script now automatically falls back to the stored auth for push and draft-release steps. The native release matrix is now explicit instead of implicit: macOS desktop baselines, Windows clean-install parity, Windows desktop baselines, and Android runtime smoke must all pass before release creation can continue. iOS runtime smoke is included automatically when a paired physical device is available on the host and is otherwise skipped honestly. Use npm run check:release:windows when you want the fast Windows-only release gate on the configured Windows SSH host before running the full native matrix.

The old tag-triggered GitHub Actions release workflow is retired. Treat npm run release:plugin as the canonical publish path for this repo. That release path now packages the standard Obsidian plugin artifact set only: manifest.json, main.js, and styles.css. Before release, npm run check:release-surfaces -- --version <version> --require-notes verifies the exact version surfaces and release notes file. After a production build, add --check-artifacts to verify the release asset set too. Desktop validation is now bridge-based and no-focus by default; the old renderer-driving desktop lane is retired. When multiple synced desktop vaults exist, use --vault-name <vault-name> or --vault-path <absolute-path> to pin one explicitly. Otherwise the desktop runner prefers the latest live bridge target automatically.

Canonical source files for docs

These files define the user-facing surfaces and are the source of truth:

• Settings tabs: src/settings/SettingsTabRegistry.ts
• Commands: src/core/plugin/commands.ts, src/main.ts
• Ribbon icons: src/core/plugin/ribbons.ts
• Filesystem MCP tools: src/mcp-tools/filesystem/toolDefinitions/*.ts
• YouTube MCP tool: src/mcp-tools/youtube/MCPYouTubeServer.ts
• Web research tools: src/services/web/registerWebResearchTools.ts

Support

• Website: https://systemsculpt.com
• Repo: https://github.com/SystemSculpt/obsidian-systemsculpt-ai
• Discord: https://discord.gg/3gNUZJWxnJ
• Email: [email protected]

License

MIT. See LICENSE.