SANE - Smart AI Note Evolution

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An Obsidian plugin that automatically enhances your notes using AI. When you add or edit a note, SANE finds the most relevant notes in your vault and enriches them with tags, keywords, links, and summaries via YAML frontmatter.

Features

• Multiple AI providers — OpenAI, Google AI, Grok, Azure OpenAI, and local LLMs (Ollama)
• Semantic similarity — finds related notes using embeddings, not keyword matching
• Related notes panel — browse similar notes and likely duplicates from an Obsidian sidebar
• Flexible triggers — process immediately, after a delay, on a schedule, or manually
• Targeted scope — limit processing to a specific folder
• Cost controls — daily budget limits and real-time cost tracking
• Reversible — all generated fields are prefixed with sane_ and can be removed at any time

Quick Start

1. Install — search for "SANE" in Obsidian Community Plugins (or install manually from GitHub releases)
2. Configure — choose an AI provider and add your API key in Settings > SANE
3. Set scope — specify a target folder to limit which notes are processed (recommended)
4. Initialize — run "Initialize all notes" to process your existing notes
5. Write — SANE processes notes automatically as you add or edit them

Example Output

SANE adds frontmatter to the top of processed notes:

sane_tags: ["machine-learning", "neural-networks"]
sane_keywords: ["backpropagation", "training data"]
sane_links: ["[[Introduction to AI]]", "[[Neural Network Basics]]"]
sane_summary: "A guide to understanding neural networks and their applications."
sane_version: "1.0"
sane_created_at: "2025-05-05T11:59:11.000Z"
sane_modified_at: "2025-06-29T04:15:12.000Z"

Your original note content is never modified.

Documentation

Full usage documentation, configuration reference, and local LLM setup guide are available at the project documentation site.

Support

• GitHub repository
• Report a bug
• Suggest a feature
• Buy me a coffee

License

MIT