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# Obsidian
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> Query your Second Brain from Obsidian
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![demo ](https://assets.khoj.dev/obsidian_khoj_side_panel_pak_telemedicine.gif )
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## Features
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- **Chat**
- **Faster answers**: Find answers quickly, from your private notes or the public internet
- **Assisted creativity**: Smoothly weave across retrieving answers and generating content
- **Iterative discovery**: Iteratively explore and re-discover your notes
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- **Search**
- **Natural**: Advanced natural language understanding using Transformer based ML Models
- **Incremental**: Incremental search for a fast, search-as-you-type experience
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- **Similar**
- **Discover**: Find similar notes to the current one
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## Setup
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1. Open [Khoj ](https://obsidian.md/plugins?id=khoj ) from the *Community plugins* tab in Obsidian settings panel
2. Click *Install* , then *Enable* on the Khoj plugin page in Obsidian
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3. Generate an API key on the [Khoj Web App ](https://app.khoj.dev/config#clients )
4. Set your Khoj API Key in the Khoj plugin settings in Obsidian
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See the official [Obsidian Plugin Docs ](https://help.obsidian.md/Extending+Obsidian/Community+plugins ) for more details on installing Obsidian plugins.
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## Use
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### Chat
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Click the *Khoj chat* icon 💬 on the [Ribbon ](https://help.obsidian.md/User+interface/Workspace/Ribbon ) or run *Khoj: Chat* from the [Command Palette ](https://help.obsidian.md/Plugins/Command+palette ) and ask questions in a natural, conversational style.< br />
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E.g. *"When did I file my taxes last year?"*
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See [Khoj Chat ](/features/chat ) for more details
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### Find Similar Notes
To see other notes similar to the current one, run *Khoj: Find Similar Notes* from the [Command Palette ](https://help.obsidian.md/Plugins/Command+palette )
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### Search
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Run *Khoj: Search* from the [Command Palette ](https://help.obsidian.md/Plugins/Command+palette )
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See [Khoj Search ](/features/search ) for more details. Use [query filters ](/miscellaneous/advanced#query-filters ) to limit entries to search
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[search_demo ](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/6413477/218801155-cd67e8b4-a770-404a-8179-d6b61caa0f93.mp4 ':include :type=mp4' )
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## Upgrade
1. Open *Community plugins* tab in Obsidian settings
2. Click the *Check for updates* button
3. Click the *Update* button next to Khoj, if available
## Troubleshooting
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- Open the Khoj plugin settings pane, to configure Khoj
- Toggle Enable/Disable Khoj, if setting changes have not applied
- Click *Update* button to force index to refresh, if results are failing or stale