Portable notes
Export bookmarks to Obsidian without losing sources
LinkWise is the capture and enrichment layer; Obsidian (or any Markdown vault) can stay the long-term home. Export should carry article text, transcripts, summaries, notes, and stable IDs—without pretending tool sites are full articles.
What you should expect in the ZIP
Each processed article or video becomes one Markdown note. YAML can include title, source, tags, type, and linkwise_id. Video notes can include timestamped transcripts when public captions existed.
Website/tool cards are skipped from Markdown on purpose—use HTML, CSV, or JSON when you need every URL. See import & export.
A clean handoff workflow
- Capture and confirm keywords while browsing.
- Finish reading or transcript processing for items you will export.
- Optionally Ask with citations on Pro, then keep only notes worth vaulting.
- Export Markdown ZIP (or single note), open in Obsidian, and review before replacing files you edited by hand.
Identity, re-export, and sync honesty
Filenames and linkwise_id reduce silent collisions when you export again. A ZIP does not automatically merge into an existing vault.
Automatic incremental LinkWise → Obsidian sync is not available yet. Today, Markdown export is the supported path. Researchers who live in Obsidian: bookmarks for researchers.
How this differs from generic AI vaults
Every note starts as a public URL you chose to save—not an unbounded chat corpus. For positioning versus Recall-style products, see Recall alternative.
FAQ
- Is Markdown export Free?
- Yes for standard Obsidian-ready Markdown. Pro unlocks custom filename, YAML, and section templates.
- Why are some bookmarks missing from the ZIP?
- Website resource cards are excluded from Markdown by design. Use HTML/CSV/JSON for a complete URL backup.
- Will export overwrite my Obsidian edits?
- A ZIP download does not merge automatically. Review before replacing notes you changed in Obsidian.