Obsidian + screenpipe
Stop manually taking notes. screenpipe watches your screen and creates searchable, linkable notes in your Obsidian vault automatically.
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Quick answer
Connect screenpipe to Obsidian for automatic knowledge capture. Turn screen recordings into searchable notes. Build your second brain without manual note-taking.
See it in action
The note-taking bottleneck
Manual note-taking can't keep up with how much you consume.
You read 50 articles a day but capture maybe 2 in Obsidian
Insights from videos and tutorials get lost
Switching to take notes breaks your flow
Your vault only contains what you remembered to write down
Meeting notes are incomplete because you were listening
Automatic capture, perfect recall
screenpipe records what you see and hear, then syncs with Obsidian. Your vault becomes a complete record of your digital life.
Auto-generated daily notes
Summary of yesterday's activities added to your daily note automatically.
Meeting transcripts
Every call transcribed and saved as a note with timestamps.
Link everything
Screen content gets tagged and linked to relevant notes automatically.
Search across both
Query your Obsidian vault and screen history in one search.
How it works
Connect via MCP or API
Use the MCP integration or call the screenpipe API directly from Obsidian plugins.
Configure what to capture
Choose what gets synced: meetings, browser content, specific apps, or everything.
Let it build your vault
Your Obsidian vault grows automatically. Search, link, discover connections.
Key benefits
Frequently asked questions
You can integrate via the screenpipe API or MCP. The community has built several approaches including scripts that sync daily summaries to your vault, and plugins that query screenpipe from within Obsidian.
You control what gets synced. Most users create a dedicated folder for screenpipe content and configure filters for specific apps or time periods. The integration is customizable to your workflow.
Yes, using the API or MCP integration. You can create notes with embedded screenpipe queries, or use community plugins that provide search interfaces within Obsidian.
The screenpipe data stays local, but any notes created in your vault sync normally via Obsidian Sync. This keeps your screen recordings private while syncing the extracted knowledge.