Note Companion

Note Companion, formerly known as File Organizer 2000, is a sophisticated AI-powered plugin designed to revolutionize your knowledge management workflow within Obsidian. It acts as your personal file librarian, intelligently understanding the context of your notes to automate the tedious process of organization. By handling tasks like tagging, filing, and formatting, Note Companion allows you to focus solely on capturing and developing your ideas, transforming a messy vault into a structured and interconnected knowledge base.

How to use Note Companion

Getting started with Note Companion is a seamless process designed for maximum efficiency. First, you install the plugin from the Obsidian community plugins directory. Once installed, you can immediately begin using its features. For manual control, you can open any note and use the 'Organizer' panel, which provides AI-driven suggestions for titles, tags, and the optimal folder location. You can apply these suggestions with a single click. For a fully automated experience, you can set up a dedicated 'Inbox' folder. Any note created in or moved to this folder will be automatically analyzed, formatted, and filed by the AI according to your preferences. The AI Chat feature is accessible from a dedicated panel, allowing you to ask questions about your notes, summarize content, or even command the AI to perform actions like renaming files. For meeting notes, integrating with a tool like ScreenPipe allows you to capture audio, and with a click on 'Enhance Meeting Note', the plugin transcribes and integrates the recent discussion into your notes. The upcoming mobile app will further simplify capture, allowing you to photograph whiteboards or documents, with the OCR text sent directly to your Obsidian inbox.

Core Features of Note Companion

• Automated Organization: The AI analyzes note content to provide intelligent suggestions for folders, tags, filenames, and formatting. The 'Inbox' feature allows for a fully automated, 'set-it-and-forget-it' organization workflow.
• Powerful AI Chat: Powered by GPT-4o, the chat interface allows you to converse with your notes. You can ask for summaries, modify text, split notes, or even bring external documents and web pages into the conversation using a simple @-mention. It can also summarize YouTube videos and search the web.
• Meeting Supercharger: In combination with audio-recording tools like ScreenPipe, Note Companion can transcribe recent conversations and merge them with your meeting notes, ensuring they are perfectly contextualized and complete.
• AI Templates: Define custom templates for different note types, such as meetings or book reviews. The AI can automatically apply the correct template, structuring your content with clear headings, extracting action items, and adding relevant metadata.
• Atomic Notes: The plugin can analyze long documents and suggest splitting them into smaller, more focused 'atomic notes'. This aligns with knowledge management methodologies like Zettelkasten, making your ideas more modular and easier to connect.
• Mobile App with OCR: A forthcoming mobile app will feature best-in-class OCR technology to convert handwritten notes, whiteboards, and physical documents into searchable, formatted digital text that syncs directly with your Obsidian vault.

Use Cases for Note Companion

Note Companion is versatile and benefits a wide range of users. Students and researchers can automate the organization of lecture notes and research papers, using the chat to quickly summarize complex articles. Professionals can supercharge their productivity by creating perfectly structured meeting minutes with integrated audio context and action items. Writers and content creators can use the 'Atomic Notes' feature to break down large projects into manageable, interconnected pieces. For any long-time Obsidian user with a disorganized vault, Note Companion offers a powerful way to retroactively clean up and structure thousands of notes, unlocking hidden connections and insights within their knowledge base.

Advantages of Note Companion

The primary advantage of Note Companion is the significant amount of time and mental energy it saves. By automating busywork, it frees you to concentrate on high-value tasks like thinking and creating. Its deep integration with Obsidian creates a seamless user experience. The use of advanced AI like GPT-4o ensures high-quality, context-aware suggestions and interactions. The combination of desktop plugin and mobile app creates a comprehensive ecosystem for capturing and organizing knowledge from anywhere. Furthermore, testimonials suggest an appreciation for its open-source nature and self-hosting options, catering to privacy-conscious users.

Pricing and Plans

Note Companion operates on a freemium model, offering a free trial to get started. For full access to its advanced features, there are several paid options:

• Monthly Subscription: $15 per month. This plan typically includes processing for around 1000 files and 300 minutes of audio transcription per month.
• Yearly Subscription: A yearly plan is available, usually offering a discount over the monthly rate.
• Educator & Student Discount: A special rate of $9 per month is available for students and educators who apply with their education email.

A 30-day money-back guarantee is offered on all plans, ensuring a risk-free trial. Testimonials also mention a lifetime plan, which may be available as a special promotion.