Every setting, in the order the settings tabs show them.
Library
| Setting | What it does | Default |
|---|
| Connections | Whether Calibre and Model Hub are reachable. | |
| Sync notes from Calibre → Sync… | One note per book. Shows what it would do first. | |
| Resync every | Minutes between resyncs while Obsidian is open. Zero turns it off. | 0 |
| Resync now | Brings notes and covers up to date. | |
| Write queue | Opens the changes waiting to be written to Calibre. | |
| Calibre → Connect… | The Content Server's address, login, library and library folder. | http://localhost:8080 |
| How to start the Content Server | Opens the guide. | |
Notes
| Setting | What it does | Default |
|---|
| Book notes | The folder with one note per book. | Books/Library |
| Shelves | The folder for shelf notes. | Books/Collections |
| Review | The folder for proposed changes waiting for you. | Books/Review |
| Covers | The folder for cover images. | Books/Covers |
| Book note names | The template for new notes: {title}, {surname}, {author}, {year}. | {title} — {surname} |
| Skip books tagged | Books with this Calibre tag get no note. | not-a-book |
| Show covers in book notes | Shows the cover under the title, with a button to replace it. | on |
| Google Books API key | Optional. Kept in Obsidian's keychain. | empty |
| Find covers → Find… | Finds a cover for every book note without one. | |
A folder that doesn't exist yet is made when first needed.
Shelves
| Setting | What it does | Default |
|---|
| Book vectors → Import…, Embed… | Makes or imports the one vector per book that shelves use. | |
| Shelf suggestions → Suggest…, Apply… | Suggests named groups as review notes, then turns accepted ones into shelves. | |
| Similar books → Find… | Writes each book note's five nearest books as links. | |
| Up next note | The reading queue: a numbered list you can edit by hand. | Books/Up Next.md |
Review
| Setting | What it does |
|---|
| Look up books without an ISBN → Look up… | Reads each book's first pages and looks its details up. |
| Duplicate author names → Find… | Sends likely duplicates to review. |
| Apply accepted reviews → Apply… | Turns accepted rows into changes in the write queue. |
Packs
| Setting | What it does | Default |
|---|
| Built in | The built-in packs, each with a switch. | Buddhism, off |
| Packs folder | Folders with a pack.yml in here are your own packs. | Books/Packs |
Models
Each task given to a model, and the Model Hub tier it runs on. Choose another tier here, or open Model Hub's editor for a task's own models and limits.
| Task | What it does | Default tier |
|---|
books.title-page | Reads a book's title page | Quick |
books.research | Researches a book on the web, each field with a source | Research |
books.match | Decides whether a found record is this book | Balanced |
books.plausible | Accepts a proposed change or sends it to review | Decision |
books.same-author | Judges whether two author names are one person | Decision |
books.summarize | One-page summaries | Quick |
books.chapters | Chapter notes with checked quotes | Balanced |
books.shelf-name | Names a suggested shelf | Quick |
books.shelf-keep | Keeps the books that belong on a described shelf | Quick |
books.shelf-plan | Splits a broad subject into shelves | Balanced |
books.series | Judges whether a book is part of a series | Quick |
books.embed | Book vectors for shelves and similar books | Embedding |