NoteParcel

Copy notes across vaults, with attachments and links intact. Repair pasted math and tables.

跨库复制，附件随行、链接保留；粘贴公式与表格，自动修复。

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NoteParcel helps you reuse your research in Obsidian: copy selected notes and their attachments to another vault, update links between copied files, and turn math and tables from ChatGPT or the web into readable Markdown. Copy a local file path whenever you need to reference a note in another app.

NoteParcel 让研究资料更方便地复用：将选中的笔记连同附件复制到另一个 Vault，自动更新已复制文件之间的链接；把 ChatGPT 或网页中的公式、表格转为可读的 Markdown；需要在其他应用引用文件时，右键即可复制本地路径。

Desktop only · Obsidian 1.7.2+ · Chinese interface · All processing stays local. No API key, account, telemetry, or uploads.

仅桌面端 · Obsidian 1.7.2 及以上 · 中文界面 · 全部在本地处理。 无需 API 密钥或账号，不采集遥测、不上传内容。

Features / 主要功能

• Copy notes with attachments / 笔记与附件一起复制 — Select notes or folders, choose a registered vault and destination folder, then copy. 选择笔记或文件夹，选好已登记的目标库和目录，即可携带附件一起复制。
• Keep links and existing files safe / 保留链接，避免覆盖 — Update links between copied files, copy shared attachments once, and number conflicting filenames. 自动更新已复制文件间的链接，共享附件仅复制一次，重名文件自动编号；源文件和目标已有文件保持原样。
• Repair math and tables / 修复公式与表格 — Convert supported LaTeX delimiters and HTML tables during paste, or repair a selection or the current note with undo support. 粘贴时转换支持的 LaTeX 分隔符和 HTML 表格，也可修复选区或当前笔记，支持撤销；保护代码、笔记属性及已有公式。
• Copy local paths / 复制本地路径 — Right-click a file or folder to copy its absolute path, or use the command for the active note. 右键文件或文件夹复制绝对路径，也可通过命令复制当前笔记路径。

Cross-window drag-and-drop is experimental. Use the context-menu copy workflow if it does not work in your setup.

跨窗口拖拽仍为实验性功能；如无法正常工作，请使用右键菜单复制。

Installation / 安装

Install NoteParcel from Settings → Community plugins → Browse, or open the community listing and select Add to Obsidian.

在“设置 → 第三方插件 → 浏览”中搜索 NoteParcel 并安装，或打开社区插件页面，点击 Add to Obsidian。详细中文操作步骤请见完整中文指南。

For manual installation from GitHub / 从 GitHub 手动安装：

1. Download vault-bridge-toolkit-0.2.4.zip from Releases. Do not use the automatically generated Source code archive.
2. Extract the vault-bridge-toolkit folder into your vault's .obsidian/plugins/ directory.
3. Verify that main.js, manifest.json, and styles.css are directly inside .obsidian/plugins/vault-bridge-toolkit/.
4. Restart Obsidian and enable NoteParcel in Settings → Community plugins.

To upgrade, replace the plugin files and keep your existing data.json. Reload the plugin or restart Obsidian. Upgrading does not modify existing notes.

Name change / 更名说明: Formerly VaultBridge Toolkit, renamed in 0.2.3. The plugin ID vault-bridge-toolkit, installation folder, saved settings, command IDs, and GitHub repository remain the same; 0.2.2 users can update in place. 本项目原名“库桥工具箱”，现为“笔记包裹”；插件标识及安装目录保持不变，0.2.2 用户可直接升级并保留设置和快捷键。

Upgrading from 0.2.1 or earlier: the old vault-bridge ID belongs to a different author's community plugin. This project now uses vault-bridge-toolkit; its GitHub repository stays the same. Disable this project's old installation, install the new folder, and optionally copy your own old data.json into the new folder before enabling it. Do not enable both copies. Reassign custom hotkeys to the new plugin commands. Do not install the unrelated community entry named “Vault Bridge” as an update to this project. Existing note and attachment paths are unchanged.

Copy a file path

Right-click a file or folder and choose 复制本地绝对路径 (Copy local absolute path). For the active note, use 复制当前文件本地路径 in the command palette. The copied path includes the file extension and uses your operating system's native format.

Copy to another vault

1. Save your edits. Select notes or a folder in the file explorer, then choose 复制到其他 Vault… (Copy to another vault) from the context menu.
2. Click the destination vault. Registered vaults appear automatically, including closed vaults that are available on disk.
3. Use 选择文件夹… (Choose folder) to browse the destination, or keep the vault root. The last vault and folder are remembered.
4. Click 复制到… (Copy to). 查看明细 (View details) is an optional preview. Any unresolved attachment or uncopied note links are reported.

If a vault is missing, open it once with Obsidian or expand the manual-add section. Destination vaults must have a default .obsidian configuration folder.

Attachment and link rules

Copying a folder preserves its name, hierarchy, internal attachments, and empty folders. Local attachments referenced outside the selected content are collected into _attachments/vault-bridge/ under the destination folder. Shared attachments are copied once. Conflicts become name (1).ext, name (2).ext, and so on.

Wiki links, embeds, aliases, image widths, heading/block references, PDF page fragments, and ordinary/reference-style Markdown links are supported. Copied wiki links use full paths within the destination vault; Markdown links use relative paths. Links to other notes are not followed recursively. Uncopied links are left intact and reported; they may resolve to a different same-named note in the target vault.

The source is never deleted or changed. Existing destination files are never overwritten. A failed copy attempts to remove only the files and empty folders created by that operation. Forced termination or disk errors can prevent complete rollback.

Drag between vault windows (experimental)

Enable NoteParcel in both vaults (drag support was introduced in VaultBridge 0.2.0). Drag notes, a folder, or multiple selected items from the source file explorer into the destination vault's file explorer:

• Drop on a folder to copy into it.
• Drop on a note to copy into that note's parent folder.
• Drop on the root area to copy into the vault root.

Only dropping into the other vault's file explorer triggers copying. Merely leaving the source window does not. Same-vault dragging keeps Obsidian's normal behavior. Disable cross-vault dragging in settings if needed.

This feature depends on Obsidian's file explorer structure and desktop drag behavior. Simulated events have been tested; real cross-window operation has not been verified. Use the context-menu workflow if dragging does not work.

Repair pasted math and tables

Normal editor paste automatically recognizes:

• \(x^2\) → $x^2$.
• \[...\] → a display-math block with standalone $$ delimiters.
• Lost delimiter backslashes, such as [ \boxed{...} ], (P(\theta)), or (P(D)), when balanced brackets contain clear mathematical syntax.
• Ordinary HTML tables, including cell formulas, escaped pipes, and line breaks.
• KaTeX/MathJax HTML containing LaTeX annotations, without duplicating visible and hidden math layers.

For content already in a note, run 修复当前笔记的公式 (Repair math in current note). For selected text, run 修复选中的公式和表格 (Repair selected math and tables). Each conversion uses one editor change and can be undone once. Automatic conversion can be disabled in settings.

Code blocks, inline code, frontmatter, and existing dollar-delimited math are protected. File/image pastes and paste events already handled by another plugin are left alone.

Privacy and filesystem access

No network requests, payments, accounts, or API keys are required by the plugin. It has no telemetry.

To discover your vaults, NoteParcel reads Obsidian's application-level obsidian.json registry outside the current vault. It does not scan your disk. It also reads the selected source files and attachments, lists folders in the chosen destination vault, and writes copies there. Personal paths and destination preferences are saved only in the plugin's local data.json, which is excluded from this repository.

The registry is an internal Obsidian format; if it changes, use manual entry. Source files outside the source vault, symbolic links, configuration folders, .git, and .trash are excluded from copying.

Limitations and verification

• Desktop only. Automated checks run on Windows and Linux; macOS and real Obsidian UI acceptance testing remain outstanding.
• Copies use saved files. Save edits before copying or dragging.
• No dependency parsing inside frontmatter, raw HTML, Canvas, or third-party plugin files. Such files are copied as ordinary files where applicable.
• Remote attachments are not downloaded. Source and destination vaults cannot be identical or nested.
• Math images and visual-only formulas without LaTeX source are not reconstructed. Merged or nested HTML tables retain normal paste behavior with a notice. The first table row becomes the Markdown header.
• Plain text that has lost its table structure cannot reliably be restored.
• Automated tests cover representative clipboard HTML and simulated UI events; they do not substitute for real ChatGPT clipboard or Obsidian rendering/drag tests. See TESTING.md.

Development

Use Node.js 22 and the pnpm version specified in package.json:

corepack enable
pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
pnpm check
pnpm package

pnpm dev watches source changes. pnpm check runs TypeScript checking, tests, and a build. pnpm package creates the installable ZIP in dist/.

Source modules separate event integration, UI, vault discovery, dragging, copy planning/execution, and content conversion. File-copy tests use temporary vaults, not personal notes.

Links and license

Created by Yanlu Wang / FrankWangTHU.

• Project: FrankWangTHU/vault-bridge
• Downloads and release notes
• Bug reports and feature requests

MIT License. Bundled dependency licenses are included in THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md and the built JavaScript.