AIGIS for Obsidian
AIGIS for Obsidian is a focused governance plugin for teams that want local Markdown records for every AI system they use. It creates structured notes, maintains a live dashboard, and keeps a lightweight audit log, all inside a new or existing Obsidian vault, with no model calls, no external services, and no data leaving your machine.
Open source, currently in beta.
Governance Inside Your Vault.
AIGIS for Obsidian wraps a local governance layer around the AI systems your team operates. It does not call model providers, execute prompts, or provide server-side analytics. It creates structured notes, keeps a dashboard up to date, and appends simple audit entries for every bootstrap action and note creation event.
AI System Register
A structured record for every AI model and agent your organization operates. Captures vendor, model name, integration type, risk level, responsible team, and operational status. The starting point for every other governance note.
Versioned Prompt Records
Track prompt artifacts with version numbers, lifecycle stages (development, staging, production), provider association, target model, and a stated goal for the prompt. Keeps your prompt library governed and searchable.
AI Use Policies
Capture your AI governance rules with effective dates, review dates, ownership, and lifecycle status. The dashboard surfaces policies due for review so nothing quietly lapses.
Approved AI Processes
Document approved AI-assisted processes with a built-in Mermaid diagram block. Define where human oversight is required and what decisions are permissible within each workflow.
Reusable Agent Capabilities
Store governed, reusable agent capabilities as structured notes. Each skill records trigger phrases, the expected output contract, owning team, and version, so your agents operate from documented, reviewable instruction assets.
Incident Log
Track AI-related incidents from initial report through investigation to resolution. Captures severity, status, a linked asset, and a plain-language summary. Structured records for every event that requires accountability.
The AIGIS for Obsidian User Manual covers every module in detail, including field references, vault structure, the dashboard, the audit log, and installation steps.
Built for Teams That Govern AI Locally.
AIGIS for Obsidian is designed for individuals and teams who want structured, local-first AI governance records without standing up additional infrastructure or subscribing to another SaaS product.
Teams Already Using Obsidian
If your team documents processes, policies, and knowledge in Obsidian, AIGIS adds a governed, structured layer for your AI systems without changing how you work. Your governance lives where your other documentation lives.
Compliance and Governance Teams
Maintain local, auditable records of AI systems, policies, and incidents. The audit log tracks every bootstrap action and note creation event, giving you a timestamped trail for operational traceability without a server dependency.
AI Practitioners and Consultants
Keep client-facing and internal AI assets in governed, structured Markdown. Prompt records, workflow documentation, and skill libraries are version-controlled and portable across projects and engagements.
Small Teams with Simple Stacks
You do not need WordPress, a database, or any hosted infrastructure. If you have Obsidian, you have everything AIGIS for Obsidian requires. Governance does not have to be complicated to be effective.
Privacy-Conscious Organizations
All records stay on your machine. AIGIS for Obsidian does not call model providers, send telemetry, or connect to external services. Your governance data never leaves the vault.
Organizations Starting Their Governance Journey
Before investing in a full governance platform, AIGIS for Obsidian gives you a structured, repeatable starting point: a consistent note format, a dashboard view, and an audit trail you can begin using today.
Simple by Design.
AIGIS for Obsidian is a local governance layer. It has no server, no model calls, and no external dependencies. Everything it creates is plain Markdown, readable and editable in any text editor.
Vault Structure
Bootstrap creates the full AIGIS/ folder structure, including subfolders for Inventory, Prompts, Policies, Workflows, Skills, and Incidents, plus the Dashboard and Audit Log. All paths are configurable in settings.
Structured Notes
Every note created through AIGIS includes consistent YAML frontmatter with module type, title, and creation timestamp. Filenames are slugified from note titles for predictable, portable paths.
Live Dashboard
The dashboard updates whenever governed notes are created, renamed, or deleted. It links to the audit log and the user guide, and surfaces policies approaching their review date.
Audit Log
A plain Markdown log that records vault.bootstrap and note.created actions. Entries are normalized to a single line to reduce log-forging risk. Treat it as advisory and operational, not tamper-proof.
Your Governance Layer, Inside Your Vault.
AIGIS for Obsidian is open source and actively developed. Drop it into any vault, run bootstrap, and your governance structure is ready in seconds. If you want help building a broader AI governance practice around it, that is exactly what we do.
