What’s new in SystemSculpt, the AI plugin for Obsidian

• Search previews end on a whole line with an ellipsis, never a line cut through the middle. Each result shows its folder and when it changed; a long folder shortens, the date never does.
• When an agent asks to move a note, the request says where it goes ("Move Launch plan.md to Press") and shows the full old and new paths, each on one line. In a narrow pane, approval buttons drop their keyboard shortcut glyphs.
• Studio's card labels, status words and selected modes keep strong contrast in dark themes. Prompt fields keep an even inset and open on whole lines.

• Search now highlights the words your question is about, at the start of a word. It no longer marks every "the", "is" or "at" in a result, or letters inside other words. A question whose words match no note waits for smart search before saying there are no matches.
• Clearing Search shows your recent notes at once, not the old results for a moment. In chat, the current-note chip fades as you start typing instead of vanishing and jumping the message box.
• Text cards in Studio show either Raw or Rendered again, not both at once, and note cards no longer show a mode switch they don't use.
• When a new image finishes loading on the canvas, its Outputs frame and label now grow to fit it, instead of the label landing on top of the image. The image appears in the same moment, not as a blank card first.
• On a phone or a narrow pane, Studio's nine drawing tools share one row instead of leaving the arrow alone on a row of its own.
• Search previews show a note's words, not its Markdown: no #, [[links]], task boxes or callout syntax, and an excerpt never cuts a word in half. The search box no longer draws a second box and focus ring inside the search bar, and the list fades at the bottom only while more results sit below.
• In a narrow chat pane, an edit's diff wraps long lines instead of hiding their ends behind a sideways scroll, and an added line's text lines up with the lines around it.
• A Studio card resized narrow puts its kind on its own line, so its name stays readable instead of shrinking to a sliver. A text card's text fills the card instead of stopping above a band of empty space, and the Run button's green meets text contrast.

• Fixed chat citations that did not open their source notes. Citation links now use Obsidian navigation in streamed answers and restored chats, including heading and block references. Standard modifier and middle-click behavior is preserved.

• Chat agents can make images and videos with SystemSculpt, whichever agent you chat with: SystemSculpt, Claude Code or Codex. Results show in the chat and save to SystemSculpt/Images and SystemSculpt/Videos.
• Chat agents can list, create, open, edit and run your SystemSculpt Studio workflows, and list their outputs.
• Image and video generation and Studio tools in chat come with a SystemSculpt subscription. Native Studio text generation with your own Claude Code or Codex remains available without a SystemSculpt plan.
• In Ask modes the chat asks before generating or changing and running a workflow; Stop also stops a running workflow.
• Citation links in chat replies open their source.

• Support us on Patreon from Account settings and plan prompts. Patreon support does not activate Pro.
• Use your own AI. Subscribe for image and video generation, smart search and Studio. Claude Code and Codex stay free on desktop.
• Also fixes settings contrast and the mobile settings header.

• After browser sign-in, the result notice names your connected account and stays until you return to Obsidian.
• Keep the credits summary and first-chat action in the sign-in result, with clearer button text contrast.

• In Search, the result count, note paths, update times and keyboard hints now meet text contrast in light and dark themes. In new Audio Processor notes, the Outcome, Source and transcript link titles are easier to read too.

• On phones and tablets, the Worked time under a reply now meets text contrast in light and dark themes. Times in Chat history are easier to read too.

• Chat now shows its title once, in Obsidian's own header. Chat history and New chat sit beside it, and the one More options menu holds Rename chat, Text size, Export and settings. On desktop and phone.
• In a sidebar, or with Obsidian's tab title bar turned off, Chat keeps its own compact title row so those controls stay one tap away.
• Primary buttons use a deeper accent, so their labels are easier to read in light themes.

• Inbox audio and video files now wait for stable size and modification time before automatic transcription. Further sync writes restart the wait. Bulk confirmation, Not now, Resume, and Stop remain intact.
• Transcription errors now explain when a file is incomplete or damaged, or has no audio track, instead of showing a generic HTTP 400 error.

• Free starter accounts now see Get Pro for $9/month above the hosted Chat composer, including with all 500 starter credits left. The link opens Monthly checkout directly. Your free credits remain usable; no upgrade is required to keep using them.
• The offer stays hidden for native Claude Code and Codex, paid plans, and unverified account status. Checkout checks your plan again before opening. Failed renewals still lead to Update your card, not a second subscription.

• If your plan's last payment failed, SystemSculpt now says so and links straight to your billing page to update your card. It no longer offers a new Monthly plan, so you can't end up paying for two.

• The You're in window after sign-in is now one compact block: the check sits beside the title, followed by your credits and the two buttons, with no empty band between them.

• After you sign in, Summarize my latest note runs on your free credits and opens the answer in a new chat. It uses the note you have open, or your most recently edited one. It skips SystemSculpt's own chats and recordings, templates, drawings, excluded files, and notes that are nearly empty or very large. A vault with no notes yet gets Start a chat instead.
• When your free credits run out, Subscribe in the chat and the Out of credits label below it open the $9 Monthly checkout directly. An empty chat no longer offers the free start you already used. Accounts with a paid plan still see their plans.

• The SystemSculpt settings page showed up blank on Obsidian 1.14. It now opens normally again with all of its tabs.

• Notes left waiting after an indexing conflict in older plugin versions now resume automatically on the next sync. The plugin reuses the note's content-derived request identity and follows the server's current response: completed work is recovered, ongoing work waits, and conflicts requiring attention remain paused rather than retrying repeatedly.
• Also preserves recovery when a note has changed since the original failure. No settings changes are required.

• Similar Notes now keeps unfinished indexing work queued after temporary service errors, connection interruptions, or a busy response, and resumes it with backoff.
• Retry timing survives an Obsidian restart. Unchanged notes retain the same request identity; the service protects completed batches from duplicate charges.
• Notes that previously stopped on a temporary error are reconsidered during the next indexing reconciliation, even if their modification time has not changed.

• Older saved chats whose answer has an image beside its reasoning and tool calls now show the reasoning and tool rows again, and saving the chat keeps them in the note instead of writing the answer alone.
• Chat history search finds the typed text of messages that carry an attached image or file.

• With semantic search on, notes that match both your words and their meaning rank above notes found only one way.
• Meaning results that take longer than 1.5 seconds are now blended in when they arrive instead of being dropped.
• Results reorder when meaning results arrive, unless you are already choosing one: a focused result, the pointer over the list, or a scrolled list keeps its rows in place.
• Searches no longer send stale or duplicate meaning queries while you type.
• Saved Claude Code and Codex chats write tool output, commands and errors with vault-relative paths and ~ for the home folder, so the file no longer holds your full vault path or user name.

• Malformed saved chats with legacy attachment metadata nested inside reasoning or another message block are rejected instead of loading altered content. The original note stays unchanged.
• Valid legacy chats with text and image attachments continue to open normally.
• Janitor's cleanup confirmation lines up with the dialog's edges and says what will move in one short line.

• Saved chats keep assistant prose readable as Markdown when a tool reads another chat. Existing encoded histories still open.
• Hidden ribbon actions keep their visibility and order across restart.
• Audio Processor notes no longer repeat their filename title or show internal navigation comments, fingerprints, and processing timestamps in the note body.
• Device transcription uses readable audio-based filenames with collision-safe suffixes, while preserving interrupted-operation recovery.

• Fixed: a Claude Code or Codex message that failed before sending could leave an extra failed reply in the chat.

Keep your agents working while you move between chats.

• Switch chats without stopping Claude Code or Codex. Open another chat, start a new one, or close the chat pane while a turn runs. The answer still saves to its original chat. Reopen it to see the live progress or answer an approval request. Stop still stops the turn.
• Failed turns stay marked as failed after you reopen a chat or restart Obsidian. Claude Code and Codex errors no longer look like successful replies after a reload.
• Obsidian's chat header follows the chat title. Renaming a chat updates the header without reopening it.
• Coming with the iPhone app: run approved handoffs in your vault. This release adds the desktop runner for iPhone handoffs, with progress and a link to the saved result in the chat. The iPhone app is not yet available.

Keep going when your agent runs out, and Claude Code and Codex start on more machines.

• Keep going when Claude Code or Codex hits its usage limit. The chat says the limit was reached, shows the reset time when the agent gives one, and offers Use SystemSculpt instead so you can carry on. Nothing is sent to SystemSculpt until you choose it.
• Claude Code and Codex are found when installed with nvm, Volta, asdf, fnm, bun or pnpm, even when Obsidian doesn't see your terminal's PATH. On Windows, agents installed with npm now start reliably. A slow sign-in check no longer hides an agent you've been using.
• Retry and edit work in long Claude Code and Codex chats. They no longer fail once a chat has read a lot of files.
• Codex uses your own default model and thinking level, shown as Codex default in the chat. You can still pick a specific one.
• A rejected license can be fixed from the chat. The failed message offers See plans, and when you're out of credits, what you typed stays in the box.
• The message box shows its focus once, as one outline around the box instead of a second ring inside it.
• Studio image generation is retired. Your saved images and projects stay, and video generation still works.

Fewer interruptions: SystemSculpt speaks up only when something needs you.

• Fewer pop-ups and success messages. When the result is already on screen, such as a changed setting, an opened note, a pinned file or a finished Studio run, no extra message appears. Copy buttons say Copied on the button itself.
• Errors show once, where they happen. A problem appears in the panel, dialog or settings row you were using, not again in a second pop-up.
• No welcome or update pop-up on its own. A fresh install opens nothing. A new release shows only a quiet Update SystemSculpt item in the desktop status bar, and Check for updates still tells you when a newer version is available. Signing in shows its result once, where you started it.
• Not now for bulk transcription. When several audio files arrive at once, Not now leaves them waiting, with nothing uploaded. Run Resume inbox transcription when you're ready.
• Long chat titles no longer clip. A long title shows its beginning and ends with an ellipsis.
• Less work when opening chats and Settings. Opening a chat creates one chat view, and Settings builds only the tab you open.

A redesigned chat, from the first prompt to the last change: clearer conversations, compact controls, and a keyboard-first composer.

• Read the answer, not the chrome. Your messages sit in compact bubbles; assistant replies use full-width Obsidian Markdown. Tool activity folds into readable lines you can expand for commands, results and diffs. Finished turns summarize the notes they changed. Declined actions are labeled Denied, not failed.
• Know what runs where. The run line below the message box shows your agent, permission mode and model—or your hosted credits. Change any part directly without opening a settings dialog. Auto mode and your own Claude Code or Codex continue to work as introduced in 6.14.0.
• Keep your conversations close. Search and resume chats inside the view with Cmd/Ctrl+K. Rename the title in place, favorite a chat, or open it in another tab. Switching agents starts a new chat, carries your draft and attachments, and leaves a link back to the previous conversation.
• Bring the right context. Type @ or [[ to attach a vault note, use the + menu, paste an image, or drop files into the chat. Attachment chips let you open, remove or pin context for every message. An active-note suggestion adds nothing until you choose it.

Chat now uses your own Claude Code or Codex automatically, with Auto mode and inline approvals

• Start with the agent you already use. On desktop, SystemSculpt finds an installed, signed-in Claude Code or Codex and opens chat on it. You don't need a SystemSculpt account for your own agents. If you have a paid hosted plan, or you already picked a provider, nothing changes.
• Auto mode by default. New chats start in Auto, so ordinary note edits just happen. Claude Code uses its own Auto safety checks; Codex uses its own review inside your vault's workspace. On SystemSculpt hosted chat, Auto edits notes without asking, and moves and deletions still ask first.
• Approve from the keyboard, right in the chat. When an agent needs your OK, the request appears inline with a diff. Press Enter to approve, Esc to deny, or Shift+Cmd/Ctrl+Enter to approve the same kind of request for the rest of this chat. Alt+Up jumps to a waiting request while you type.