
Claude and Obsidian: How I Built a Personal Knowledge Base Run by an AI
I keep my personal knowledge base in Obsidian and put an AI agent, Claude Code, on top of it. The agent lives inside the notes folder, knows my rules from a single config file, and handles the routine: sorting the inbox, running projects, building finance snapshots, syncing the calendar, producing an animated series, and writing up travel notes. Below is how it works technically, real cases, and a from-scratch setup guide with code.






