loom(sidian)

This is a reimplementation of Loom as an Obsidian plugin, designed to be easier to use and more modular and extensible.

Loom is a recursively branching interface to GPT-3 and other language models; it is designed to be conducive to exploratory and experimental use of base models. The workflow primarily consists of this: you hit Ctrl+Space from a point in the text, and Loom generates n child nodes of the current node, where each child contains a different completion of the text leading up to the cursor. This is paired with a tree interface and settings panel in the right sidebar, as well as a pane containing the full text of the current node and its siblings.

Loom can request completions from the following providers: Cohere, TextSynth, and OpenAI. It can also request completions from implementations of openai-cd2-proxy, in which case you must provide the base URL in the Loom tab in Settings.

If you are interested in funding development of Loom(sidian), you can support me on Patreon; I would then be able to devote more time to this and other independent projects.

If you are new to Obsidian: if you want to see the tree interface, make sure to open the right sidebar using the button on the top right, or using Ctrl+P then Toggle right sidebar. Once you've done that, go to the Loom tab, which is signified by a network icon.

Default hotkeys:

• Ctrl+Space - complete
• Ctrl+Alt+n - create child
• Alt+n - create sibling
• Ctrl+Alt+c - clone current node
• Alt+c - split in-range node at caret
• Alt+Backspace - delete current node

Navigation:

• Alt+Down - switch to next sibling
• Alt+Up - switch to previous sibling
• Alt+Left - switch to parent
• Alt+Right - switch to (most recently visited) child
• Alt+e - collapse/expand current node

In the editor:

• Shift+click on the text corresponding to a node to switch to it

How to install (until Loom is added to the Obsidian store):

1. Go to the latest release under the "Releases" subheading on the right
2. Download the zip file under "Assets"
3. Unzip the file you downloaded in [path to vault]/.obsidian/plugins
4. Go to the "Community plugins" tab in Obsidian settings, then enable "Loom"

Alternatively, you can build from source, which makes it easy to update:

1. Clone this repository (git clone https://github.com/cosmicoptima/loom) in [path to vault]/.obsidian/plugins
2. Run the following: cd loom; npm i; npm run build
3. Go to the "Community plugins" tab in Obsidian settings, then enable "Loom"
4. To update, go to the repository and git pull; npm i; npm run build, then disable and re-enable Loom

If you are using MacOS: a few hotkeys -- Alt+n, Alt+c and Alt+e -- are bound to special characters. You can either:

1. Disable MacOS's special character shortcuts, as explained here: https://superuser.com/questions/941286/disable-default-option-key-binding
2. Rebind the Loom hotkeys you want to use in the Hotkeys tab in Settings