Maintain SystemSculpt and its files
Updated for SystemSculpt 6.18 ·
SystemSculpt includes reviewed file cleanup, directory checks and settings-backup recovery. Use targeted maintenance when you need it. Ordinary note edits do not require rebuilding the semantic index, and a failed request is not a reason to reset all plugin settings.
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Review cleanup with Janitor
- Run Open janitor. It scans the vault and shows each category with its counts and sizes.
- Choose a category's Move … to Trash button. It covers everything in that category.
- Read the confirmation list and choose Move to Trash only if every item can go. Cancel leaves everything in place.
Janitor offers Empty content, Chat history (your whole chats folder), Document extractions and Audio recordings (the audio files in your recordings folder). Audio transcripts are kept. Notes containing frontmatter are not treated as empty. Files changed, moved, replaced or added after review are protected from that stale cleanup selection. Removed files go where Obsidian's own deleted-files setting sends them.
Check directory health
Open Workspace → Directory health and use Verify. Use Repair when the reported directory setup needs it, then restart Obsidian. Read the result rather than creating another unrelated folder structure by hand.
Restore plugin settings
When Automatic backups is on (the default), SystemSculpt saves a settings backup every 24 hours, leaving out secret keys and tokens. To restore one, choose Workspace → Restore from backup → Select backup, pick an automatic or manual backup, then confirm Restore. You can create a manual backup in the same window first, and your current license key is kept. This restores plugin configuration, not a backup of all vault content.
Update the plugin
Open Obsidian → Settings → Community plugins → Check for updates, then apply the available SystemSculpt update. Read the release notes (opens in a new tab) for material changes. Keep ordinary vault backups through your chosen vault backup process.
Index repair and Studio work
Use the Knowledge index checks before a rebuild. Studio is a project workflow surface, not a guarantee of durable background execution for every native step. Closing Obsidian does not make native CLI work run as a hosted job. Audio Processor's queued hosted behavior is documented separately.
Still need help? Contact SystemSculpt.