Obsidian ai refers to using AI-powered plugins inside Obsidian (like Copilot, Smart Connections, or Text Generator) to search, summarize, and generate notes. screenpipe adds screen memory by writing daily summaries and durable work context into your vault as markdown, so your Obsidian AI can draw on what you actually did, not just notes you entered manually.

How do I add AI to Obsidian?

Install an Obsidian AI plugin, then enable screenpipe's Obsidian sync so it writes your work history into your vault as markdown. The plugin can index those files like any other note. Obsidian Copilot v4 prerelease builds also add MCP support, but vault sync is the stable integration path today.

Does screenpipe work with Obsidian?

Yes. screenpipe can write daily summaries and durable memories into your vault as markdown via its Obsidian sync pipes, so any vault-indexing plugin can use them. Obsidian Copilot v4 prerelease builds can also connect to screenpipe through MCP; that is not yet the stable Copilot release path.

Is my Obsidian vault sent to the cloud?

screenpipe does not upload your Obsidian vault. In local-only mode, captured data and generated markdown stay on your device. An Obsidian AI plugin may send selected note context to its configured model provider, so review that plugin's privacy and provider settings separately.

Can screenpipe replace manual note-taking in Obsidian?

screenpipe automates the capture layer. Instead of manually copying terminal output, pasting from the browser, or transcribing meetings into Obsidian, screenpipe does it continuously in the background and writes useful context into your vault for your Obsidian AI to read.

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Obsidian AI with Screen Memory

screenpipe is a local-first AI memory layer that captures everything you see, hear, and do, then writes useful work context into your Obsidian vault as markdown for AI plugins to search. No manual note-taking required. In local-only mode, your history stays on your device.

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How obsidian ai screen memory works

screenpipe captures screen and audio continuously and stores everything in SQLite on your device. screenpipe writes your history into your vault as markdown for Obsidian and its AI plugins to index. In local-only mode, captured data stays on the device.

1. Capture runs in the background

screenpipe records your screen and audio 24/7, locally. OCR extracts text from every window: terminal output, docs, browser tabs, Slack, Zoom, and stores it in a local SQLite database on your machine.

2. Expose it to Obsidian

Enable screenpipe's Obsidian sync pipe to write your work history into your vault as markdown. Obsidian and its AI plugins can index those files like any other note.

3. Obsidian AI uses your history

Your configured AI plugin searches the notes screenpipe wrote for recent terminal output, code context, meeting notes, or research. Your second brain draws on your full local history, not just what you wrote down.

Quick setup

Adding screen memory to your Obsidian AI takes under five minutes. Install screenpipe, connect it to Obsidian with the vault sync pipe, and your second brain can use your captured work history in the next session.

1
Install screenpipe
Download for macOS, Windows, or Linux at screenpipe.com/onboarding. Capture starts automatically.
2
Connect screenpipe to Obsidian
Enable screenpipe's Obsidian sync pipe and choose your vault. Full instructions in the docs.
3
Your Obsidian AI can now use your full work history
Open Obsidian and ask about your recent work. Your configured AI plugin searches the notes screenpipe wrote into the vault.

What your Obsidian second brain can remember with screenpipe

Once connected, screenpipe surfaces any context your Obsidian AI needs: what you built yesterday, which error blocked you, what you read and decided. Context persists across sessions because it lives in a local database, not in your note history alone.

Meeting notes auto-captured

Decisions made on Zoom, Slack, voice calls: captured by screenpipe and searchable by your Obsidian AI without you lifting a finger.

Research you browsed

Docs, Stack Overflow, GitHub issues: captured by OCR even if you closed the tab, available to your second brain.

Terminal and code context

Error messages, build output, test results, even from yesterday's session. Your Obsidian AI sees what you ran and what failed.

Cross-session continuity

Last week's architecture discussion, yesterday's debugging session. Context that survives closing your editor.

Give your Obsidian second brain screen memory

Free to start. Local-first. Works on macOS, Windows, and Linux.