Obsidian Configuration Tutorial

Data Settings → Obsidian Configuration

Cherry Studio supports integration with Obsidian, allowing you to export an entire conversation or a single message into an Obsidian vault.

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Compared with the old version of exporting to Obsidian, the new export-to-Obsidian feature can automatically select the vault path, so you no longer need to manually enter the vault name or folder name.

Step 1: Configure Cherry Studio

Open Cherry Studio'sSettingsData SettingsObsidian Configurationmenu. The dropdown will automatically show the names of Obsidian vaults that have been opened on this machine. Select your target Obsidian vault:

Step 2: Export Conversation

Export entire conversation

Return to the conversation interface in Cherry Studio, right-click the conversation, and chooseExport, then clickExport to Obsidian:

A window will pop up to adjust the Properties,thefolder location in Obsidian where it will be placedand thehandling method for exporting to Obsidian:

  • Vault: click the dropdown to select another Obsidian vault

  • Path: click the dropdown to select the folder to store the exported conversation note

  • As Obsidian note properties (Properties):

    • Tags

    • Created (creation time)

    • Source

  • Thehandling methodfor exporting to Obsidian has three options:

  • Thehandling methodfor exporting to Obsidian has three options:

    • Create new (overwrite if exists): in thePathfield atFolder a conversation note will be created; if a note with the same name exists it will overwrite the old note

    • Prepend: if a note with the same name already exists, the selected conversation content will be exported and added to the beginning of that note

    • Append: if a note with the same name already exists, the selected conversation content will be exported and added to the end of that note

Only the first method will include Properties; the latter two methods will not include Properties.

Configure note properties
Select path
Select handling method

After selecting all options, click OK to export the entire conversation to the corresponding folder in the selected Obsidian vault.

Export single message

To export a single message, click thethree-dots menu, then chooseExport, then clickExport to Obsidian:

Export single message

A window identical to the one for exporting entire conversations will pop up, asking you to configurenote propertiesandnote handling method, and follow thetutorial aboveto complete.

Export successful

🎉 At this point, congratulations on completing all Cherry Studio — Obsidian integration configurations and walking through the full export process. Enjoy yourselves!

Export to Obsidian
View export results

Old tutorial (for Cherry Studio < v1.1.13)

Step 1: Prepare Obsidian

Open your Obsidian vault and create a folder to save exported conversationsFolder(the image uses a Cherry Studio folder as an example):

Remember the text boxed in the lower-left corner; this is yourVaultname.

Step 2: Configure Cherry Studio

In Cherry Studio'sSettingsData SettingsObsidian Configurationmenu, enter theobtained in Stepthe name obtained inVaultand theFoldername:

Global tagsare optional and can set the tags that all exported conversations will have in Obsidian; fill them as needed.

Step 3: Export Conversation

Export entire conversation

Return to the conversation interface in Cherry Studio, right-click the conversation, and chooseExport, then clickExport to Obsidian.

Export entire conversation

A window will pop up to adjust the Properties, and thehandling methodto be exported to Obsidian. Thehandling methodfor exporting to Obsidian has three options:

  • Create new (overwrite if exists): in thefilled in Stepin StepFolder a conversation note will be created; if a note with the same name exists it will overwrite the old note

  • Prepend: if a note with the same name already exists, the selected conversation content will be exported and added to the beginning of that note

  • Append: if a note with the same name already exists, the selected conversation content will be exported and added to the end of that note

Configure note properties

Only the first method will include Properties; the latter two methods will not include Properties.

Export single message

To export a single message, click thethree-dots menu, then chooseExport, then clickExport to Obsidian.

Export single message

A window identical to the one for exporting entire conversations will pop up, asking you to configurenote propertiesandnote handling method, and follow thetutorial aboveto complete.

Export successful

🎉 At this point, congratulations on completing all Cherry Studio — Obsidian integration configurations and walking through the full export process. Enjoy yourselves!

Export to Obsidian
View export results

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