An Obsidian plugin for annotating documents with inline comments, then exporting them to clipboard or a note — useful for reviewing text with an LLM or collaborator.
- Highlight any text selection and attach a comment
- Inline comment widgets visible in both editor and reading view
- Sidebar panel listing all annotations for the current file
- Export annotations as Markdown or JSON (clipboard or new note)
- Annotations survive file renames
- Select text in any note
- Use one of:
- Right-click → Add review comment
- Hotkey:
Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + A
- Type your comment in the modal and confirm
The review sidebar opens automatically. You can also open it via the command palette: Open review sidebar.
Each annotation shows the highlighted text, your comment, and a delete button.
| Command | Output |
|---|---|
| Export review to clipboard (Markdown) | Numbered annotations with blockquoted text + comment |
| Export review to clipboard (JSON) | Structured JSON with metadata |
| Export review to new note | Saves Markdown to Reviews/<filename>-review.md |
Run any export command from the command palette (Cmd/Ctrl + P).
- Click the delete icon on any annotation in the sidebar to remove it individually
- Hotkey:
Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + Dto dismiss all annotations on the current note
Go to Settings → Document Review to set your author name, which is stored with each annotation.
BRAT (Beta Reviewers Auto-update Tool) lets you install plugins directly from GitHub without waiting for the community plugin directory.
- Install BRAT from the Obsidian community plugins if you haven't already
- Open Settings → BRAT
- Click Add Beta plugin
- Enter the repository URL:
https://github.com/colonyops/obsidian-hive - Click Add Plugin — BRAT will download and enable it automatically
- You can enable Auto-update plugins at startup in BRAT settings to stay current
To update manually at any time: Settings → BRAT → Check for updates.