TapCue for Obsidian

Save links to Obsidian from your phone

Obsidian's Web Clipper is a browser extension. TapCue works from the Share button of any Android app, YouTube and TikTok included, and writes straight into your vault.

Set it up once

In TapCue, add the destination Obsidian vault or Files folder and pick your vault's folder.
For each reason, choose the note it writes to, like TapCue/Watch later.md, and optionally a heading to write under.
Share a link and tap why. The line appears in the note, and Obsidian Sync or your folder sync carries it to your other devices.

A line in one note

By default each save adds a checklist line to the reason's note: the title in bold, the reason after it, the site and the link.

- [ ] **Kitchen knife sharpening video** to watch later · [youtube.com](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=…) #watch-later

Or a note of its own

Switch a reason to a note of its own and every save becomes a new file, from a template you can change. Placeholders include {headline}, {url}, {note}, {category}, {tagname} and {date}. Name the file .json to write JSON instead.

---
source: "{url}"
category: "{category}"
saved: {date}
tags: [{tagname}]
---

# {headline}

{url}

{note}

## Notes

The plugin (advanced)

Most people don't need it. Use the plugin only if your vault lives on a computer your phone can't reach. Any device running Obsidian with the plugin delivers your saves. It will be installable from Obsidian's community plugins; until then it installs by hand.

Download main.js · Download manifest.json

In your vault, create the folder .obsidian/plugins/tapcue and put both files in it.
In Obsidian, open Settings, Community plugins, and turn on TapCue. Turn off Restricted mode first if it is on.
Open the TapCue plugin settings and enter the email you signed into TapCue with, then tap the link we send you.
With Obsidian Sync, the plugin follows your vault to your other devices.

iPhone is coming.