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Oh! I worked on this project. If anyone has questions, I'll do my best to answer them!

by kepano 8mo ago

Mountain_Skies 8mo ago
No questions, just thanks for helping with a great product.
8cvor6j844qw_d6 8mo ago
Are there plans to support scoped token permissions (specific folders or even specific notes)? I'd love to try setting up something that automatically updates a specific Obsidian note on a state change or cronjob, but I'd want to avoid giving access to the rest of the vault. also, thanks for the great product, bought the vip catalyst as a show of support.
- kepano 8mo ago
  Thanks for your support! Sync is end-to-end encrypted so the server doesn't know about specific paths in your vault. You would have to set those permissions at the filesystem level, or with the tool you're using.
  - radlad 8mo ago
    I'm not sure how to make it work but like others in this thread I have an interest in sharing some - but not all - of my notes with some AI agents. Would love a solution that is built in to Obsidian / Obsidian Sync.
- chrisweekly 8mo ago
  Related tangent: "Relay" (https://relay.md https://relay.md") lets you sync / share files based on directory (vs. the whole vault). That enables things like "my private vault contains a subdir for work, and my work machine syncs to only that child subdir".
surgical_fire 8mo ago
No question. Just wanted to drop by and say Obsidian is actually pretty cool. An absolute joy to use, and I only wish I learned about it earlier than I did.
Veen 8mo ago
It would be nice if one could sync dot files in the vault. For example, the .claude or .pi folder containing skills and whatnot.
- kepano 8mo ago
  Yes, we're looking into that!
lukasb 8mo ago
How are sync conflicts handled in the filesystem? Say I write to a file and another client's edit wins and mine is rejected.
- kepano 8mo ago
  The headless Obsidian Sync client works the same way as desktop and mobile clients, see: https://help.obsidian.md/sync/troubleshoot https://help.obsidian.md/sync/troubleshoot - Markdown files: Obsidian Sync merges the changes using Google's diff-match-patch algorithm. - Other file types: For all other files, including canvases, Obsidian uses a "last modified wins" approach. The most recently modified version replaces earlier versions. For conflicts in Obsidian settings, such as plugin settings, Obsidian Sync merges the JSON files. It applies keys from the local JSON on top of the remote JSON.
Langley 8mo ago
Wanted to say thanks. We were literally talking about the lack of a cli sync at work last week and I had moved to Syncthing because of that gap. Definitely will be looking at the official Obsidian sync plan now.
Vaslo 8mo ago
I’m using a couchdb instance to sync a bunch of local obsidian installs and use an obsidian plugin to keep them synced- would this change that or make it easier?
ewidar 8mo ago
Do you have a good starting point or explanation to share about using obsidian for a team, where we all change/sync files?
- kepano 8mo ago
  Depends on the size of the team and your requirements. The Obsidian team uses a shared Sync vault, which works well for us: https://help.obsidian.md/teams/sync https://help.obsidian.md/teams/sync If your team is more technical Git is an option. If you want completely control over permissions and configuration then a shared drive is probably better. https://help.obsidian.md/teams/deploy https://help.obsidian.md/teams/deploy
armsaw 8mo ago
Thank you for making Obsidian! I am wondering if you have any plans to package the headless sync client up for container use in Docker or Podman? Also, is the Obsidian CLI available when obsidian-headless is installed? Or is obsidian-headless only a sync client at this time?
- kepano 8mo ago
  Obsidian Headless and Obsidian CLI are two separate things. CLI requires running the full app, and lets you do anything Obsidian can do. Headless doesn't require the app but for now it is just a Sync client. https://help.obsidian.md/headless https://help.obsidian.md/headless https://help.obsidian.md/cli https://help.obsidian.md/cli
zoul 8mo ago
Is there or do you plan to add some kind of webhook to notify interested parties that a vault has changed? I think it would go together nicely with the headless sync.
theshrike79 8mo ago
Any plans of providing an official obsidian-cli Skill for LLMs? Because this is 99% going to be used by AI Agents =)
- kepano 8mo ago
  https://github.com/kepano/obsidian-skills https://github.com/kepano/obsidian-skills

Oh! I worked on this project. If anyone has questions, I'll do my best to answer them!

by kepano 8mo ago

Oh! I worked on this project. If anyone has questions, I'll do my best to answer them!

Mountain_Skies 8mo ago

No questions, just thanks for helping with a great product.

8cvor6j844qw_d6 8mo ago

Are there plans to support scoped token permissions (specific folders or even specific notes)? I'd love to try setting up something that automatically updates a specific Obsidian note on a state change or cronjob, but I'd want to avoid giving access to the rest of the vault. also, thanks for the great product, bought the vip catalyst as a show of support.

kepano 8mo ago
Thanks for your support! Sync is end-to-end encrypted so the server doesn't know about specific paths in your vault. You would have to set those permissions at the filesystem level, or with the tool you're using.
- radlad 8mo ago
  I'm not sure how to make it work but like others in this thread I have an interest in sharing some - but not all - of my notes with some AI agents. Would love a solution that is built in to Obsidian / Obsidian Sync.
chrisweekly 8mo ago
Related tangent: "Relay" (https://relay.md https://relay.md") lets you sync / share files based on directory (vs. the whole vault). That enables things like "my private vault contains a subdir for work, and my work machine syncs to only that child subdir".

surgical_fire 8mo ago

No question. Just wanted to drop by and say Obsidian is actually pretty cool. An absolute joy to use, and I only wish I learned about it earlier than I did.

Veen 8mo ago

It would be nice if one could sync dot files in the vault. For example, the .claude or .pi folder containing skills and whatnot.

kepano 8mo ago
Yes, we're looking into that!

lukasb 8mo ago

How are sync conflicts handled in the filesystem? Say I write to a file and another client's edit wins and mine is rejected.

kepano 8mo ago
The headless Obsidian Sync client works the same way as desktop and mobile clients, see: https://help.obsidian.md/sync/troubleshoot https://help.obsidian.md/sync/troubleshoot - Markdown files: Obsidian Sync merges the changes using Google's diff-match-patch algorithm. - Other file types: For all other files, including canvases, Obsidian uses a "last modified wins" approach. The most recently modified version replaces earlier versions. For conflicts in Obsidian settings, such as plugin settings, Obsidian Sync merges the JSON files. It applies keys from the local JSON on top of the remote JSON.

Langley 8mo ago

Wanted to say thanks. We were literally talking about the lack of a cli sync at work last week and I had moved to Syncthing because of that gap. Definitely will be looking at the official Obsidian sync plan now.

Vaslo 8mo ago

I’m using a couchdb instance to sync a bunch of local obsidian installs and use an obsidian plugin to keep them synced- would this change that or make it easier?

ewidar 8mo ago

Do you have a good starting point or explanation to share about using obsidian for a team, where we all change/sync files?

kepano 8mo ago
Depends on the size of the team and your requirements. The Obsidian team uses a shared Sync vault, which works well for us: https://help.obsidian.md/teams/sync https://help.obsidian.md/teams/sync If your team is more technical Git is an option. If you want completely control over permissions and configuration then a shared drive is probably better. https://help.obsidian.md/teams/deploy https://help.obsidian.md/teams/deploy

armsaw 8mo ago

Thank you for making Obsidian! I am wondering if you have any plans to package the headless sync client up for container use in Docker or Podman? Also, is the Obsidian CLI available when obsidian-headless is installed? Or is obsidian-headless only a sync client at this time?

kepano 8mo ago
Obsidian Headless and Obsidian CLI are two separate things. CLI requires running the full app, and lets you do anything Obsidian can do. Headless doesn't require the app but for now it is just a Sync client. https://help.obsidian.md/headless https://help.obsidian.md/headless https://help.obsidian.md/cli https://help.obsidian.md/cli

zoul 8mo ago

Is there or do you plan to add some kind of webhook to notify interested parties that a vault has changed? I think it would go together nicely with the headless sync.

theshrike79 8mo ago

Any plans of providing an official obsidian-cli Skill for LLMs? Because this is 99% going to be used by AI Agents =)

kepano 8mo ago
https://github.com/kepano/obsidian-skills https://github.com/kepano/obsidian-skills