Copilot for Obsidian - Release v3.1.0 🔥

3.1.0 finally comes out of preview!! 🎉🎉🎉 This release introduces significant advancements in chat functionality and memory management, alongside various improvements and bug fixes.

New Features

• Brand New Copilot Chat Input: A completely redesigned chat input! This is a huge update we introduced after referencing all the industry-leading solutions.
  • Enhanced Context Referencing: A new typeahead system allows direct referencing of notes, folders, tags, URLs, and tools using familiar syntax like @, [[, #, and /.
  • Interactive "Pills": Referenced items appear as interactive pills for a cleaner interface and easier management. No tripping over typos again!
• Long-Term Memory (plus): A major roadmap item, this feature allows Copilot to reference recent conversations and save relevant information to long-term memory. Memories are saved as .md files in the copilot/memory directory by default (configurable), allowing for inspection and manual updates.
  • Major item on the roadmap, making its debut
  • Enable "Reference Recent Conversation" and "Reference Saved Memory" in Plus settings
  • AI can see a summary of recent chats
  • AI can save and reference relevant info to long-term memory on its own
  • Option to manually trigger save by asking the agent or using the new @memory tool
  • Memories saved as md files under copilot/memory by default
  • Users can inspect or update memories as they like
• Note Read Tool (plus agent mode): A new built-in agentic tool that can read linked notes when necessary.
• Token Counter: Displays the number of tokens in the current chat session's context window, resetting with each new chat.
• Max-Token Limit Warning: Alerts users when AI output is cutoff due to low token limits in user setting.
• YouTube Transcript Automation (plus): YouTube transcripts are now fetched automatically when a YouTube URL is entered in the chat input. A new command, Copilot: Download YouTube Transcript, is available for raw transcript retrieval.
• Projects Mode Enhancements (plus): Includes a new Chat History Picker and an enhanced progress bar.
• Backend & Tooling:
  • Optimized agentic tool calls for smoother operation
  • Migration of backend model services.
  • Better search coverage when Semantic Search toggle is on.
  • Better agent debugging infra

Breaking Changes

• The @pomodoro and @youtube tools have been removed from the tool picker.
• (plus) Sentence and word autocomplete features are temporarily disabled due to unstable performance, with plans to reintroduce them with user-customizable options.

Bug Fixes

• Fix random blank screen on Copilot Chat UI
• Addressed issues with extracting response text, mobile typeahead menu size, chat crashes, tool call UI freezes, and chat saving.
• Fixed illegal saved chat file names and improved image passing with copilot-plus-flash.
• Avoided unnecessary index rebuilds upon semantic search toggle changes.
• Ensured autonomous agent workflows use consistent tool call IDs and helper orchestration.
• Resolved issues with dropdown colors, badge borders, search result numbers, folder context, and spaces in typeahead triggers.
• Fix model addition in "Set Keys" window. "Verification" no longer required
• Fix verification of certain Claude models (was complaining about top p -1 before, now it works)

Troubleshoot

• If models are missing, navigate to Copilot settings -> Models tab and click "Refresh Built-in Models".
• Users are encouraged to report any issues in the pre-release channel.