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Obsidian AI Project Management¶

Manage your projects by talking to AI, visualize them in Obsidian

A complete AI-native project management system that combines the power of AI assistants with visual project organization in Obsidian.

What is This?¶

This is a two-component system that lets you:

  1. Talk to AI to manage your project - Create milestones, stories, tasks, track dependencies, make decisions
  2. Visualize everything in Obsidian - See your project structure on a canvas, navigate relationships, review progress
graph LR
    A[You] -->|Natural Language| B[AI Assistant]
    B -->|MCP Server| C[Obsidian Vault]
    C -->|Plugin| D[Visual Canvas]
    D -->|Review| A

    style A fill:#e1f5ff
    style B fill:#fff3e0
    style C fill:#f3e5f5
    style D fill:#e8f5e9

Your Workflow¶

sequenceDiagram
    participant You
    participant AI
    participant Vault as Obsidian Vault
    participant Canvas as Visual Canvas

    You->>AI: "Create a milestone for Q1 launch"
    AI->>Vault: Creates M-001 with 3 stories
    AI-->>You: ✓ Created M-001

    You->>Canvas: Opens Obsidian
    Canvas->>Vault: Reads entities
    Canvas-->>You: Shows visual structure

    You->>AI: "What's blocking the launch?"
    AI->>Vault: Analyzes dependencies
    AI-->>You: Reports blockers

Components¶

1. Obsidian MCP Server¶

AI-native project management via Model Context Protocol

  • Create and update entities via natural language
  • Bulk operations and batch processing
  • Project analysis and insights
  • Dependency tracking and cycle detection
  • Search and filtering

📦 NPM Package: obsidian-accomplishments-mcp

2. Canvas Project Manager Plugin¶

Visual project management in Obsidian

  • Canvas-based visual organization
  • Hierarchical entity layout
  • Interactive navigation
  • Relationship visualization
  • Archive management

🔧 Status: Under review (install from source)
📂 Repository: obsidian_plugin

Key Features¶

🤖 AI-Powered Management¶

  • Natural language project creation
  • Intelligent dependency analysis
  • Automated relationship syncing
  • Bulk operations with dry-run preview

📊 Visual Organization¶

  • Hierarchical canvas layout
  • Workstream-based lanes
  • Entity type differentiation
  • Interactive navigation

🔗 Seamless Integration¶

  • Shared entity model
  • Bidirectional relationship sync
  • Real-time updates
  • Archive management

🎯 Smart Features¶

  • Workstream normalization
  • Transitive dependency removal
  • Cycle detection
  • Feature coverage tracking

Use Cases¶

  • Solo Development - Manage personal projects with AI assistance
  • Feature Planning - Design and track product features
  • Technical Decisions - Document and track architectural decisions
  • Spec-Driven Development - AI creates specs, another AI implements
  • Progress Tracking - Visual review of project status

Getting Started¶

Support¶

License¶

MIT License - See individual component repositories for details.