Use AI To Help Build Your Second Brain in Obsidian MD (Dataview Plugin Queries Example)
AI Summary
- AI reduces time spent on learning complex plugin documentation.
- Data View plugin powerful but has a steep learning curve.
- Requires knowledge of clauses, variables, expressions, and functions.
- Video demonstrates using ChatGPT to generate Data View queries in Obsidian.
- Custom prompt created to guide AI in query creation.
- Prompt includes explanation of Data View queries and common components.
- Users can copy and paste the prompt into a chat with ChatGPT.
- Example: Creating a query to display video notes with specific metadata fields.
- ChatGPT can adjust queries, e.g., sorting by creation date and excluding files from a folder.
- Data View documentation contains additional functions and clauses not in the prompt.
- Using AI assistance can reduce costs and provide more information for query creation.
- AI assistants in OpenAI can follow instructions and access uploaded files.
- Intelligence plugin in Obsidian allows creation of AI assistants from notes.
- Users can create complex queries with AI assistance, e.g., limiting results and calculating total links.
- Video concludes with an invitation to join the Discord server and suggestions for further learning.
For more information on using AI in Obsidian, check out the AI in Obsidian playlist or for enhancing note-taking organization with Data View queries, view the recommended video. If you enjoyed the content, like and subscribe for more from John Maverick.