README.md

Obsidian AI Canvas

AI workspace for Obsidian Canvas. Chat with notes, use MCP tools, connect any LLM.

Features

• Ask AI - Right-click note → AI responds in new connected note
• Conversation threads - Note links = chat history
• MCP tools - Web scraping, APIs, custom tools via MCP servers
• Any provider - Gemini, OpenAI, Claude, Ollama, OpenRouter, etc.
• Image generation - Create images from prompts
• Flashcards - Generate cards for Spaced Repetition plugin

Supported Providers

Google (Gemini) · OpenAI · Anthropic · Vertex AI · OpenRouter · Groq · Ollama · Any OpenAI-compatible API

Install

Community Plugins: Settings → Community Plugins → Search "AI Canvas"

Manual: Download main.js + manifest.json from releases → .obsidian/plugins/obsidian-ai-canvas/

Setup

1. Settings → AI Canvas → Providers → Add API key
2. Settings → AI Canvas → Models → Enable models
3. (Optional) Settings → AI Canvas → MCP → Add server URLs

Usage

1. Open Canvas
2. Add note with prompt
3. Right-click → "Ask AI"
4. Response appears in connected note

Credits

Based on MetaCorp/obsidian-augmented-canvas

MIT License