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Genuinely curious, maybe I'm missing something. What makes this more "agent-ready" than Obsidian .md files on disk or even something like .org files? I can let

Genuinely curious, maybe I'm missing something. What makes this more "agent-ready" than Obsidian .md files on disk or even something like .org files? I can let my agent edit those files all the same + there's better integrations and knowledge readily available on these. I can tell my agent to edit the Obsidian Markdown just like that, but I can also tell it to create a full-on notebook with backlinks and DataView queries. I can tell my agent to create logically complex .org notes with code blocks and references. To me, Hubble just seems like a Markdown editor, based on the premise that agents are able to edit local files.

chaidhat 2mo ago
Usually, I have vscode/Claude Cowork up on one side and on the other is Obsidian. I made a plugin[1] that converts emails to `.md` so they can also be in Obsidian folder -- so Claude can query those emails the same way it does my notes. Works beautifully. [1] https://github.com/chaidhat/inbox-to-md https://github.com/chaidhat/inbox-to-md
bholmesdev 2mo ago
Fair comment. Hubble and Obsidian both use Markdown on-disk, so they're equally agent-friendly. There's a few reasons I built it instead of continuing to use Obsidian (which I've used for years): - I wanted something closer to Apple Notes or Notion for simpler editing. Hyperlinks are popups instead of in-line strings. Formatting is WYSIWYG, without *_ characters in-line. There's a / menu to discover formatting options. etc. - I wanted an app that could display HTML pages alongside Markdown. And more interestingly, I wanted to give those HTML pages access to Markdown files in the folder, using Markdown as a mini-database to build apps on top of. This is likely possible with Obsidian plugins (everything is) but I wanted something first-class. The hubble.md homepage tries to communicate this, but I could likely do a better job :) - More recently, I've wanted markdown -> agent handoff to be better. We've added an embedded terminal to chat with agents alongside notes directly, and we've just added a first-party commenting system similar to commenting in a Google doc (agent accessible with in-file metadata). All of these features have been community-led. I'm very grateful for our repeat contributors. If any of that sounds interesting, give it a try! Otherwise, feel free to give feedback on the app itself or the homepage on GitHub. All of that is open-source: https://github.com/bholmesdev/hubble.md https://github.com/bholmesdev/hubble.md

chaidhat 2mo ago

Usually, I have vscode/Claude Cowork up on one side and on the other is Obsidian. I made a plugin[1] that converts emails to `.md` so they can also be in Obsidian folder -- so Claude can query those emails the same way it does my notes. Works beautifully. [1] https://github.com/chaidhat/inbox-to-md https://github.com/chaidhat/inbox-to-md

bholmesdev 2mo ago

Fair comment. Hubble and Obsidian both use Markdown on-disk, so they're equally agent-friendly. There's a few reasons I built it instead of continuing to use Obsidian (which I've used for years): - I wanted something closer to Apple Notes or Notion for simpler editing. Hyperlinks are popups instead of in-line strings. Formatting is WYSIWYG, without *_ characters in-line. There's a / menu to discover formatting options. etc. - I wanted an app that could display HTML pages alongside Markdown. And more interestingly, I wanted to give those HTML pages access to Markdown files in the folder, using Markdown as a mini-database to build apps on top of. This is likely possible with Obsidian plugins (everything is) but I wanted something first-class. The hubble.md homepage tries to communicate this, but I could likely do a better job :) - More recently, I've wanted markdown -> agent handoff to be better. We've added an embedded terminal to chat with agents alongside notes directly, and we've just added a first-party commenting system similar to commenting in a Google doc (agent accessible with in-file metadata). All of these features have been community-led. I'm very grateful for our repeat contributors. If any of that sounds interesting, give it a try! Otherwise, feel free to give feedback on the app itself or the homepage on GitHub. All of that is open-source: https://github.com/bholmesdev/hubble.md https://github.com/bholmesdev/hubble.md