khoj/docs/obsidian.md
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<h1><img src="./assets/khoj-logo-sideways-500.png" width="200" alt="Khoj Logo">Obsidian</h1>
> An AI personal assistant for your Digital Brain in Obsidian
## Features
- **Search**
- **Natural**: Advanced natural language understanding using Transformer based ML Models
- **Local**: Your personal data stays local. All search and indexing is done on your machine. *Unlike chat which requires access to GPT.*
- **Incremental**: Incremental search for a fast, search-as-you-type experience
- **Chat**
- **Faster answers**: Find answers faster and with less effort than search
- **Iterative discovery**: Iteratively explore and (re-)discover your notes
- **Assisted creativity**: Smoothly weave across answers retrieval and content generation
## Interface
![](./assets/khoj_search_on_obsidian.png ':size=400px')
![](./assets/khoj_chat_on_obsidian.png ':size=400px')
## Setup
- *Make sure [python](https://realpython.com/installing-python/) and [pip](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/installation/) are installed on your machine*
- *Ensure you follow the ordering of the setup steps. Install the plugin after starting the khoj backend. This allows the plugin to configure the khoj backend*
### 1. Setup Backend
Open terminal/cmd and run below command to install and start the khoj backend
- On Linux/MacOS
```shell
python -m pip install khoj-assistant && khoj
```
- On Windows
```shell
py -m pip install khoj-assistant && khoj
```
### 2. Setup Plugin
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. [Optional] To enable Khoj Chat, set your [OpenAI API key](https://platform.openai.com/account/api-keys) in the Khoj plugin settings
See [official Obsidian plugin docs](https://help.obsidian.md/Extending+Obsidian/Community+plugins) for details
## Use
### Chat
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?"
Notes:
- *Using Khoj Chat will result in query relevant notes being shared with OpenAI for ChatGPT to respond.*
- *To use Khoj Chat, ensure you've set your [OpenAI API key](https://platform.openai.com/account/api-keys) in the Khoj plugin settings.*
See [Khoj Chat](/chat) for more details
### Search
Click the *Khoj search* icon 🔎 on the [Ribbon](https://help.obsidian.md/User+interface/Workspace/Ribbon) or run *Khoj: Search* from the [Command Palette](https://help.obsidian.md/Plugins/Command+palette)
*Note: Ensure the khoj server is running in the background before searching. Execute `khoj` in your terminal if it is not already running*
[search_demo](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/6413477/218801155-cd67e8b4-a770-404a-8179-d6b61caa0f93.mp4 ':include :type=mp4')
#### Query Filters
Use structured query syntax to filter the natural language search results
- **Word Filter**: Get entries that include/exclude a specified term
- Entries that contain term_to_include: `+"term_to_include"`
- Entries that contain term_to_exclude: `-"term_to_exclude"`
- **Date Filter**: Get entries containing dates in YYYY-MM-DD format from specified date (range)
- Entries from April 1st 1984: `dt:"1984-04-01"`
- Entries after March 31st 1984: `dt>="1984-04-01"`
- Entries before April 2nd 1984 : `dt<="1984-04-01"`
- **File Filter**: Get entries from a specified file
- Entries from incoming.org file: `file:"incoming.org"`
- Combined Example
- `what is the meaning of life? file:"1984.org" dt>="1984-01-01" dt<="1985-01-01" -"big" -"brother"`
- Adds all filters to the natural language query. It should return entries
- from the file *1984.org*
- containing dates from the year *1984*
- excluding words *"big"* and *"brother"*
- that best match the natural language query *"what is the meaning of life?"*
### 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)
## Upgrade
### 1. Upgrade Backend
```shell
pip install --upgrade khoj-assistant
```
### 2. Upgrade Plugin
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
## Demo
### Search Demo
[demo](https://github-production-user-asset-6210df.s3.amazonaws.com/6413477/240061700-3e33d8ea-25bb-46c8-a3bf-c92f78d0f56b.mp4 ':include :type=mp4')
#### Description
1. Install Khoj via `pip` and start Khoj backend
```shell
python -m pip install khoj-assistant && khoj
```
2. Install Khoj plugin via Community Plugins settings pane on Obsidian app
- Check the new Khoj plugin settings
- Wait for Khoj backend to index markdown, PDF files in the current Vault
- Open Khoj plugin on Obsidian via Search button on Left Pane
- Search \"*Announce plugin to folks*\" in the [Obsidian Plugin docs](https://marcus.se.net/obsidian-plugin-docs/)
- Jump to the [search result](https://marcus.se.net/obsidian-plugin-docs/publishing/submit-your-plugin)
## 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
## Current Limitations
- The plugin loads the index of only one vault at a time.<br/>
So notes across multiple vaults **cannot** be searched at the same time