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Technique

Obsidian vault as an iPhone<->agent message bus

When typing long messages into the AI from a phone breaks, write them in a notes app that syncs instead.

built May 2026 updated Oct 2026 A second brain the AI can read

how it works

SSH TUI paste strips newlines, so the agent writes a session note with a paste placeholder into the iCloud-synced vault; the user fills it on the phone and says 'check it'. Caveat learned: a file landing in iCloud can never notify the phone.

Technique: A pattern or hard-won lesson, written down so it isn't learned twice.

The code for this one lives in a private repo. This page explains the idea so you can build your own.

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related

  • /relay: Obsidian iPhone reply note Slash command Drops a note on James's phone where he can write back to the AI.
  • Obsidian CLI workflow (two modes: URI vs direct file writes) Technique How to add notes to Obsidian from scripts and AI agents without opening the app.
  • agent-digest and digest (Telegram/Obsidian briefings) Automation Twice-a-day and every-four-hours summaries of what my AI agents and my computer screen did, sent to my phone.
  • Dream Synthesis Engine Automation Reads my notes and finds surprising links between unrelated ideas, then writes new idea notes back.
  • Taildropped one-shot HTML explainers (/tmp, ephemeral) Living document Phone-friendly, dark-mode HTML explainers that AI sessions make and beam straight to James's iPhone.
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