Local LLM Power-Up & Self-Hosting Improvements

Local LLM Power-Up & Self-Hosting Improvements

This release supercharges Note Companion with local AI capabilities and smoother self-hosting! You can now use your own local LLM (Ollama) for file classification, tag, and folder suggestions—no external server required. Plus, self-hosted users enjoy a streamlined experience with license checks automatically bypassed. Enjoy a more private, flexible, and powerful Note Companion!

Technical Changes

• Added support for using local LLMs (Ollama) for file classification, tag, and folder suggestions when enabled in settings.
• Integrated local LLM logic into organizer and chat components, matching cloud/local model selection.
• Improved error handling for local LLM operations to ensure no fallback to external servers in local-only mode.
• License validation now automatically bypassed when self-hosting is enabled, making setup easier for self-hosted users.
• Massive CSS update: added modern utility classes for improved UI consistency and accessibility.
• Bumped plugin version to 3.5.2.

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Chat History & Context Sync

Chat History & Context Sync

This update brings a major upgrade to the Note Companion chat experience! You can now seamlessly switch between multiple chat sessions, with each session remembering its own messages and context. The chat sidebar features a new chat history dropdown, making it easy to revisit previous conversations. Context items (like files, folders, and tags) are now automatically saved and restored for each chat, so you can pick up right where you left off. Plus, improved authentication error handling and a more robust chat experience make organizing your notes with AI smoother than ever.

Technical Changes

• Added chat session management: users can switch between multiple chat sessions, each with its own message history and context.
• Introduced a chat history dropdown (combobox) in the chat sidebar for easy navigation between sessions.
• Context items (files, folders, tags, current file, etc.) are now saved and restored per chat session.
• Improved error handling for missing or invalid API keys, with clear user notifications.
• Enhanced chat reload and refresh logic to ensure context and messages are always in sync.
• Refactored chat component to support session-aware state management and context restoration.
• Significant expansion of the plugin's CSS for improved UI consistency and accessibility.

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Template Power-Up: Restore & Flashcards!

Template Power-Up: Restore & Flashcards!

This release supercharges your note-taking workflow with a brand new default Flash Cards template and a powerful Restore Default Templates feature. Now you can easily bring back the original plugin templates at any time—without affecting your custom templates. Plus, enjoy improved reliability when working with templates and a more accessible, streamlined sidebar experience.

Technical Changes

• Added a new default template: flash_cards.md, enabling users to generate interactive flashcard notes natively in Obsidian.
• Introduced a 'Restore Default Templates' command and settings button, allowing users to restore the five original plugin templates (meeting_note.md, youtube_video.md, enhance.md, research_paper.md, flash_cards.md) without affecting custom templates.
• Implemented confirmation modals for restoring templates, ensuring users don't accidentally overwrite their work.
• Improved template folder and file creation logic for greater reliability and fewer errors when accessing or listing templates.
• Enhanced template handling: ensures template folders and files are always created before use, with small delays to prevent race conditions.
• Updated backup and formatted file links to use Obsidian wikilinks without the .md extension for better compatibility.
• Accessibility and UI improvements in the sidebar, including a more intuitive context badge in the AI chat interface.

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A Fresh Coat: Enhanced Summaries & Modernized UI

A Fresh Coat: Enhanced Summaries & Modernized UI

This update brings a major visual refresh to Note Companion, making your note organization experience smoother and more visually appealing. Alongside a comprehensive style overhaul for a more modern and accessible interface, we've improved the YouTube video note feature to ensure your summaries are focused and distraction-free by automatically excluding sponsor and promotional content. Enjoy a cleaner, more focused workspace and smarter video note-taking!

Technical Changes

• Massive expansion and modernization of the plugin's CSS, introducing hundreds of new utility classes for layout, spacing, color, and accessibility, resulting in a more polished and consistent UI across all views.
• Added a new rule to the YouTube video note summarization logic: sponsor mentions, promotional content, and advertisements are now automatically excluded from generated summaries, ensuring only the main educational or informational content is included.
• Version bump from 3.4.3 to 3.4.4 in package.json.

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Smarter Tagging & Error Recovery

Smarter Tagging & Error Recovery

This update brings smarter tag handling, improved error feedback, and a new Recent Issues panel to help you quickly resolve file processing problems. Enjoy a more robust and user-friendly experience when organizing your notes and files!

Technical Changes

• Tags with spaces are now automatically converted to underscores and sanitized for Obsidian compatibility (e.g., social media becomes social_media).
• Improved error handling for API token limits: users now receive clear messages and upgrade prompts when limits are reached, instead of generic errors.
• A new Recent Issues panel in the Inbox tab shows files that failed processing or were bypassed, with details and a one-click retry button for each file.
• Organizer view now robustly detects file renames and updates the UI accordingly, ensuring a seamless experience when files are renamed.
• Enhanced error propagation and UI feedback for token limit errors across organizer and AI formatting components.

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Smarter API Key Validation & Enhanced User Feedback

Smarter API Key Validation & Enhanced User Feedback

This release brings smarter API key validation and improved user feedback throughout the Note Companion plugin. Users will now receive instant, clear guidance when entering or using their API key, helping prevent common mistakes and ensuring a smoother experience when topping up credits or minutes. The update also introduces more robust error handling and accessibility improvements, making the plugin easier and more reliable to use.

Technical Changes

• Added a new API key validation utility that checks key format and length before sending requests to the server.
• Integrated API key validation into all top-up and account management flows, providing immediate feedback if the key is missing, too short, or likely invalid.
• Settings UI now displays real-time validation errors and disables actions (like activation) when the key is invalid.
• Improved error and warning notices for top-up actions, including clear messages when a new anonymous account is created due to an invalid key.
• Enhanced CSS for accessibility and UI consistency, including new utility classes and improved focus/disabled states for buttons and inputs.
• Refactored markdown renderer to improve link handling and maintain context when opening internal links.

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Stay in the Loop: Real-Time Processing & Smarter Notifications

Stay in the Loop: Real-Time Processing & Smarter Notifications

This release brings a major boost to your workflow visibility and error handling! Note Companion now features a real-time processing status bar, so you always know what's happening with your files. Enhanced notifications keep you informed about processing progress, errors, and queue positions. Plus, enjoy improved AI chat alignment and more robust YouTube transcript handling. Organize and process your notes with more confidence and clarity than ever before!

Technical Changes

• Added a real-time processing status bar in the Obsidian status bar, showing current file, action, queue position, and progress percentage for inbox processing.
• Enhanced user notifications for file processing: now includes queue position, progress, and clearer error messages with file location and error type.
• Improved error handling: user-friendly error messages for bypassed and failed files, with destination folder info and error type.
• Inbox error and bypass notifications are now optional and respect user settings.
• YouTube transcript import is more robust: double-encoded HTML entities are now fully decoded, ensuring clean text from videos.
• AI chat interface: improved context handling for more accurate responses and better alignment with the current editor state.
• AI chat markdown rendering: normalized margins and padding for cleaner, more consistent message display.
• Massive CSS update: added utility classes for modern UI, improved accessibility, and better visual consistency across plugin components.

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Meetings Magic: Record, Transcribe, and Enhance Notes!

Meetings Magic: Record, Transcribe, and Enhance Notes!

This release introduces a powerful new Meetings tab, allowing you to record meetings directly in Obsidian, transcribe audio, and enhance your notes with AI-generated summaries and action items. Plus, enjoy improved file renaming and expanded folder management for a smoother, more organized workflow.

Technical Changes

• Added a new Meetings tab in the sidebar, featuring meeting recording, transcription, and note enhancement capabilities.
• Implemented MeetingMetadataManager for robust tracking and management of meeting recordings and metadata.
• Introduced Enhance Note functionality: attach recordings to notes, transcribe audio, and generate AI-powered summaries, discussion points, and action items.
• Added commands to open the Meetings tab and view meetings metadata for debugging.
• Improved file renaming handler: now sanitizes filenames, removes duplicate extensions, and auto-executes for single-file renames.
• Expanded folder management: plugin now ensures a dedicated 'Recordings' folder exists for meeting audio files.
• Updated styles with a comprehensive set of utility classes for a more modern, accessible, and visually consistent UI.

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Smarter Error Handling & Upgrade Experience

Smarter Error Handling & Upgrade Experience

This release brings a smoother, more informative experience to Note Companion users. Error messages are now clearer and more helpful, making it easier to understand and resolve issues. A new Upgrade button provides timely feedback about your token usage and plan limits, so you always know when it's time to upgrade. Plus, the plugin is more robust and reliable, with improved file reference handling and a more consistent inbox experience.

Technical Changes

• Added a new UpgradeButton component that visually indicates token usage and provides upgrade prompts based on usage thresholds.
• Improved error handling throughout the plugin: API errors now display user-friendly messages extracted from server responses, not just generic status codes.
• Inbox file reference management is more robust: after renaming or moving files, references are updated to ensure features like the undo button work reliably.
• RecordManager now refreshes file references for completed records, ensuring consistent UI behavior.
• Introduced a comprehensive ErrorService with severity levels, notification durations, and context-aware error logging (with tests).
• Enhanced CSS for a more modern, accessible, and visually consistent UI.
• Added extensive test coverage for error handling and API utilities.

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Audio Intelligence & Usage Insights

Audio Intelligence & Usage Insights

This release brings smarter audio file handling and new usage tracking to Note Companion. Audio files added to your inbox are now automatically embedded and transcribed with clear headers, making it easier to review and organize voice notes and recordings. Plus, you can now track your audio transcription quota in the settings, helping you manage your usage and plan upgrades. Several improvements ensure a smoother experience when working with YouTube and audio content.

Technical Changes

• Audio files dropped into the inbox are now automatically embedded at the top of the note, with a transcript header and the transcription content below.
• Audio attachments are no longer redundantly appended at the end of notes; they are now only embedded at the top for clarity.
• The YouTube service now removes both YouTube and audio transcript sections when extracting original content, ensuring cleaner note content.
• Settings now display audio transcription usage and quota, with a progress bar and warning when the quota is reached.
• Usage data structure updated to include audio transcription minutes and quota.
• Transcript header detection improved to use regex for more robust matching.
• Visual and accessibility improvements in the plugin's styles.

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