--- sidebar_position: 3 --- # Obsidian > Query your Second Brain from Obsidian ![demo](https://assets.khoj.dev/obsidian_khoj_side_panel_pak_telemedicine.gif) ## Features - **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 - **Search** - **Natural**: Advanced natural language understanding using Transformer based ML Models - **Incremental**: Incremental search for a fast, search-as-you-type experience - **Similar** - **Discover**: Find similar notes to the current one ## Setup :::info[Self Hosting] If you are self-hosting the Khoj server, update the Khoj Obsidian plugin settings step below: - Set the `Khoj URL` field to your Khoj server URL. By default, use `http://127.0.0.1:42110`. - Do not set the `Khoj API Key` field if your Khoj server runs in anonymous mode. For example, `khoj --anonymous-mode` ::: 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 3. Generate an API key on the [Khoj Web App](https://app.khoj.dev/settings#clients) 4. Set your Khoj API Key in the Khoj plugin settings on Obsidian 5. (Optional) Click `Force Sync` in the Khoj plugin settings on Obsidian to immediately sync your Obsidian vault. <br />By default, your Obsidian vault is automatically synced periodically. See the official [Obsidian Plugin Docs](https://help.obsidian.md/Extending+Obsidian/Community+plugins) for more details on installing Obsidian plugins. ## Use ### Chat 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 /> E.g. *"When did I file my taxes last year?"* See [Khoj Chat](/features/chat) for more details ### 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) ### Search Run *Khoj: Search* from the [Command Palette](https://help.obsidian.md/Plugins/Command+palette) See [Khoj Search](/features/search) for more details. Use [query filters](/miscellaneous/advanced#query-filters) to limit entries to search [search_demo](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/6413477/218801155-cd67e8b4-a770-404a-8179-d6b61caa0f93.mp4 ':include :type=mp4') ## 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 - 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