Pairing Obsidian and Claude was the best thing that happened to my note-taking

Pairing Obsidian and Claude was the best thing that happened to my note-taking Saikat Basu/MakeUseOf By  Saikat Basu Published May 31, 2026, 7:01 AM EDT After removing the grime of an MBA and a ten-year long marketing career, Saikat dabbled in web development, networking, and SAP. He was an editor of several MakeUseOf sections from 2008 to 2024, having special interests in AI, productivity methods, and iOS. He has formerly contributed to top web publications like Lifehacker , OnlineTechTips , GuidingTech , and GoSkills . You will find his complete portfolio on Authory . Sign in to your MakeUseOf account Add Us On Summary Generate a summary of this story follow Follow followed Followed Like Like Thread Log in Here is a fact-based summary of the story contents: Try something different: Show me the facts Explain it like I’m 5 Give me a lighthearted recap The problem with notetaking isn't collecting information. It's not even organizing it in neat folders. The crux of taking notes and extracting value comes down to making sense of everything jotted down. I have combined Deep Research with Obsidian to dive deeper into my notes. That has now set me on other experiments, like pairing my Obsidian vault with Claude. Obsidian's openness allows us to plug the Claude chatbot with the notes and see if we can build something coherent from the pile. I don't want to use Claude as a search engine but as a connective tissue between my existing notes. So far, the experiment has helped me think through projects and understand my own ideas better. Related I paired Claude Code with Obsidian CLI and it finally organized five years of notes An AI tool and Obsidian CLI combine forces to rescue a writer's overwhelmed vault. Posts 1 By  Bryan M. Wolfe Connecting Obsidian and Claude Pick the method that matches your comfort level You can connect Obsidian and Claude in three main ways. The simplest is the no-setup approach : copy notes from Obsidian and paste them directly into Claude