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 "title": "Add offline semantic search to the vault",
 "page_title": "How to add offline semantic search to the vault with Obsidian Mind",
 "summary": "Install QMD so the agent and subagents search your notes semantically with local models.",
 "who": "A heavy vault user whose grep searches miss relevant notes.",
 "problem": "Keyword search misses notes with different wording.",
 "outcome": "Local semantic search exposed to the agent via MCP.",
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  "Run `node --experimental-strip-types .scripts/qmd-bootstrap.ts`",
  "Query with `qmd --index obsidian-mind query \"what did we decide about caching\"`",
  "Re-run update or embed after bulk edits"
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 "time": "30 minutes",
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 "caveat": "QMD downloads small local models, including a 1.28 GB query expansion model.",
 "category": "Personal productivity",
 "tags": [
  "Personal productivity"
 ],
 "lang": "typescript",
 "requirements": [
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  "Node.js for ShardMind and QMD",
  "Claude Code, Codex CLI or Gemini CLI"
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