Discussing Hook on the Hook Productivity Forum However, it’s best if users don’t need to install a plugin to get the benefits of linking. (Someone on the forum might point us to some info?). It may be that some of what we need is already in the Obsidian plugins, we’ll have a look. And Notion.so is apparently working on an AppleScript API. Roam Research already includes some support (though not an app yet), as mentioned on the Hook Productivity Forum. This would break down the ‘walled garden’, and truly deliver on Douglas Englebart’s vision which we are pursuing. Hook, and other apps, would then use that API to bridge Obsidian resources to anything.įor instance, one could then link a file in Obsidian to an email, a task, a DEVONthink:// item, etc. E.g., x-callback-url is fine, JavaScript/ AppleScript better. get the current resource’s (i.e., file’s) name and URL, and.All you need to do is provide an API for user to be able programmatically (with JavaScript, AppleScript, or whatever) to Making an app’s (like Obsidian)'s resources programmatically linkable (and hence compatible with Hook) is very simple. In other cases, CogSci Apps adds some scripts into Hook that are automatically available to Hook users. Many of those apps above worked “out of the box” with no customization required by CogSci Apps. You’ll see that Obsidian would be in great company if had linking automation. (E.g., nvUltra, nvALT, Bear app, Drafts, OmniOutliner, BBEdit, Marked2, Tinderbox, DEVONthink, Curio, iThoughts X, etc. Most great note-taking / reflection Mac apps can already be linked through automation. In fact, we have received several requests for this, via our forum, email, etc… We’d love to enable users to link Obsidian resources to anything. First on macOS, and we are taking this to iOS and then Windows. Not just web pages, but files, emails, and app objects (e.g., OmniFocus:// tasks, Things:// tasks, DEVONthink:// items, Drafts://, etc. This would mean Obsidian resources would be linkable to just about any resource that has a URL. Basically, you will see that these benefits align extremely well with Obsidian’s goals. Some of the benefits of the feature requested by i.e., of an app being linkable are discussed here. This entry is for you and your community: Thanks for bringing this up, And Hi and others at Obsidian.

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