Every setting, in the order the settings tabs show them.
Settings open on Providers until you have added one, then on Tiers.
Providers
| Setting | What it does | Default |
|---|
| Active tiles | The providers you have added, each with its last check. Select one to set it up or test it. | none |
| Add a provider tiles | Adds the provider and opens its dialog. | |
| API key (OpenRouter, Anthropic, TypeSafe) | The provider's key, kept in Obsidian's keychain. | empty |
| Server address (Ollama, LM Studio) | Where the server listens on this computer. | LM Studio: http://localhost:1234 |
| Context length (Ollama) | Tokens of context to ask for when a role doesn't set one. Ollama's own default is small. | |
| Test | Checks the connection and shows the result. | |
| Remove provider | Takes the provider out. | |
For Other endpoint: Name, Address, API key (only if the server asks), Models (comma separated; empty uses the server's list) and Billing.
Tiers
| Setting | What it does | Default |
|---|
| Preset | Fills every built-in tier with models and limits: Value, Claude or Local. | Value |
| A tier's row | Opens the tier: its models in order, its limits and the roles that use it. | |
| Per call | The most one call may cost, in dollars. Empty for no limit. | by tier, $0.005 to $2 |
| Per month | The most the tier may spend in a month. Empty for no limit. | by tier, $2 to $20 |
| New tier… | Makes a tier of your own. | |
| Rename…, Delete… | On your own tiers only. | |
Roles
| Setting | What it does | Default |
|---|
| Note chat | The chat panel's roles, with a button for their own models and limits. | chat.ask: Balanced; chat.research: Research |
| Other plugins | Each plugin's roles and the tier each runs on. Changed in that plugin's settings. | |
Skills
| Setting | What it does | Default |
|---|
| Skills folder | A folder of SKILL.md subfolders, or of notes whose properties have a name and a description. | empty (none) |
| Reload | Reads the folder again. | |
| Available skills | Every skill, where it comes from, and whether it is always on. | |
Usage
| Setting | What it does | Default |
|---|
| Usage view → Open | Opens spend by plugin and role over a period. | |
| Send traces | Sends a trace of each call (role, model, tokens, cost; never your text) to an OpenTelemetry collector you run. | off |
| Collector endpoint | Where traces go, as OTLP over HTTP. | http://localhost:4318/v1/traces |
| Send test span | Sends one trace to check the collector. | |
Commands
| Command | What it does |
|---|
| Open note chat | Opens the chat panel. |
| Open usage and costs | Opens the usage view. |
| Refresh model lists | Asks each provider for its models again. |
| Reload skills | Reads the skills folder again. |