## for Obsidian
Add Memory to Obsidian
See your AI's knowledge the way you see your own.
Every session starts from zero
Without memory, Obsidian forgets everything between sessions.
- —AI tools can only grep your vault — they don't understand your links, tags, or graph structure.
- —Every AI session starts from zero. You re-explain your projects and conventions each time.
- —Pasting AI output into notes creates dead text — no backlinks, no graph connections.
- —There's no way to separate project context. Everything bleeds together.
Basic Memory changes that
Give Obsidian a persistent, searchable knowledge base it can read and write to.
Graph view of AI knowledge
Every note your AI creates appears in Obsidian's graph view. Watch connections form between ideas, projects, and conversations in real time.
Backlinks and wiki-links
AI-created [[wiki-links]] are clickable in Obsidian. Navigate your knowledge graph the same way you navigate your own vault.
Live sync
Notes created by your AI appear instantly in Obsidian. Edit them yourself and your AI sees the changes on its next turn.
Canvas visualization
Basic Memory can generate Obsidian canvas files — visual maps of projects, concepts, and relationships you can rearrange and annotate.
One command to get started
Quick Setup
bm project add my-vault --local-path ~/path/to/obsidian-vaultThen open the folder as a vault in Obsidian — AI edits appear instantly, and your edits sync back. Full setup guide →
What users are saying
“The Obsidian integration is the killer feature. I can see my knowledge graph growing in real time as I talk to Claude. It's like watching my brain build itself.”
Community member
Discord
“I don't code without Basic Memory anymore. It's such a time saver to be able to refer to projects I don't currently have active and keep a running log of all of my learnings and ProTips. Absolutely love it.”
@groksrc
Developer
Start building with Obsidian
Try Basic Memory free for 7 days. Your notes stay yours either way.
7-Day Free Trial
$15/seat/month
Graduated team pricing- AI collaboration via MCP
- Shared workspaces for teams and agents
- Team member management and audit logs
- Full-text search across notes and projects
- Desktop, mobile, and web access
- Private, exportable Markdown files
- 50,000 notes per seat
- 1,000 note updates per seat per day
- Cancel anytime, your data stays yours
Open source available for power users
View on GitHubFrequently asked questions
- Does Basic Memory work with my existing Obsidian vault?
- Yes. Basic Memory stores knowledge as plain Markdown with standard wiki-links, so it can point at a folder inside your vault (or become one). Your notes stay yours; Basic Memory adds the semantic index and MCP access that lets AI tools read and write them.
- Will AI edits mess up my vault?
- Notes written by AI are ordinary Markdown files — readable, diffable, and editable like everything else in your vault. Many users version their vault with git for an extra safety net, and Basic Memory Cloud adds per-note file history and snapshots.
- What does Basic Memory add over Obsidian alone?
- AI access and a semantic layer. Obsidian gives you the editor and graph view for humans; Basic Memory gives Claude, ChatGPT, and other MCP clients structured access to the same notes — search, retrieval, and the ability to write new knowledge from your conversations.
