How I Use Obsidian + Claude Code to Run My Life
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Tutorial / How-ToHow I Use Obsidian + Claude Code to Run My Life • Greg Isenberg
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Obsidian, a markdown-based note-taking tool, combined with Claude Code creates a powerful "second brain" system where an AI agent can read your entire vault of interconnected notes, surface hidden patterns in your thinking, and generate highly contextual ideas, recommendations, and actionable outputs (0:00). The thesis is that the quality of what AI can do for you is entirely determined by the quality of structured personal context you feed it, and Obsidian's interlinked markdown files serve as the ideal "oxygen" for LLMs (2:35). Vin demonstrates custom slash commands—like /trace, /connect, /ideas, and /ghost—that leverage vault context to produce breakthroughs in self-understanding, idea generation, and delegation to autonomous agents like OpenClaw.
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Imagine you have a big box of drawings and notes about everything you like—dinosaurs, your best friend, your favorite food. Now imagine a really smart robot friend who can look at ALL your drawings at once and say, 'Hey! Did you know you draw volcanoes in almost every picture? Maybe you really love volcanoes!' That's what this is—a special notebook app called Obsidian where you write down your ideas, and then a computer helper called Claude reads everything and finds cool patterns and gives you great ideas you never thought of!
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- !Download Obsidian (free) and create your first vault - a folder of interlinked markdown files
- !Install Claude Code and Obsidian CLI to connect your vault to an AI agent that understands file inter-relationships
- !Create detailed context files for each major project including current state, team, hypotheses, and goals
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