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

Hover to see the explanation

Click to accept a 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

License

MIT © Julio Gonzales

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