AI assistance
Optional helpers in the editor: generate a cover image, draft an excerpt, write alt text for your cover, and suggest tags. Each one hands you a result you can edit — nothing is published or saved without you.
Generating a cover image
When you pick a cover image — from the Cover section of the metadata panel, then Add cover or Change cover — the picker has a Generate with AI button. It opens a small dialog with two choices:
- Subject— a short description of what the image should depict, e.g. “a developer at a terminal late at night”. The subject is what changes; the style governs the overall look.
- Style — one of the eight curated editorial styles below. Some styles add a second radio choice — a variant or a color hue — with a short hint to help you pick. Pick whichever fits your subject.
Generation takes around 10–30 seconds. The result is editorial — no text, watermarks, or logos (that’s enforced for every style) — and lands in your media library, where you click Use this to set it as the cover. Generate as many as you like; each one is saved separately so you can compare.
| Style | Best for |
|---|---|
| Dark Cinematic Scene | Developer tools, CLI, coding workflows |
| Cinematic 3D Holographic | Platform, infrastructure, trading systems |
| Dark Isometric | Architecture, ecosystems, multi-service |
| Minimal Symbolic | Philosophy, ethics, abstract concepts |
| Philosophical Diagram | Frameworks, systems thinking, mental models |
| Painterly Nocturnal | Personal narrative, gig work, lived experience |
| Vintage Monochrome Poster | Market commentary, macro, geopolitical-economic |
| Cognitive Realism | Research, cognitive science, academic |
Picking a variant
Suggesting an excerpt
The Excerpt section of the metadata panel has a Suggest with AI button. It reads your post body and writes a single compelling sentence into the excerpt field — the kind of summary that shows on post cards and previews.
Your post needs some body content first; there’s nothing to summarize on an empty draft. The suggestion drops straight into the field for you to tighten or rewrite, and the excerpt is capped at 500 characters.
Suggesting cover alt text
Once a cover image is set, the Cover section shows an Alt text field with its own Suggest with AI button. Unlike the other two helpers, this one looks at the actual imagerather than any prompt you typed — so it describes what’s really on screen, in one factual sentence, capped at 250 characters.
The button only appears after a cover exists. As always, the suggestion is editable — adjust it so it reads naturally for someone who can’t see the image.
Why alt text matters
Suggesting tags
The Tags section of the metadata panel has a Suggest with AI button. It reads the draft’s content and proposes tags: matching existing tags are pre-selected, and any new ones are proposed for you to accept or remove.
You stay in control — the button doesn’t enforce any particular number of tags, and nothing is applied until you accept it. It prefers tags that already exist so the tag vocabulary stays clean.
Auto-tagging on Obsidian publish
What to expect
These helpers are free to use — the cost sits with the platform, not your account. They’re assistants, not autopilot: every result lands in an editable field for you to review and refine before it’s saved. They’re also available from Obsidian — see the Obsidian plugin guide.
Sample gallery
A reference of what each style and variant looks like, generated with a representative subject from the style’s “Best for” tagline. Click any sample to view it full-size; toggle the caption to read the variant name and subject used.