Migrating from Obsidian to Cabinet
There is barely a migration here. Obsidian and Cabinet both store plain Markdown files on disk, so your vault moves over as-is. What changes is what you can do with it: a team, agents, and live apps over the same notes.
Step by step
Moving over
- 1
Locate your vault
Find the folder where Obsidian stores your Markdown files. That folder is your knowledge base.
- 2
Open it in Cabinet
Point Cabinet at the vault folder. Your notes appear immediately, still Markdown, still yours.
- 3
Keep your links and structure
Wikilinks and folders carry over. Cabinet renders the tree and can visualize live apps and dashboards over your notes.
- 4
Add agents and routines
Create agent personas so agents read and write the vault: summaries, digests, and upkeep on a schedule.
- 5
Bring in your team
Share the workspace so colleagues collaborate in the same vault, now with chat, tasks, and apps around it.
What moves over
Your work comes with you
- Every Markdown note, unchanged
- Your folder structure and wikilinks
- Attachments stored alongside your notes
Being honest
What to watch out for
- Obsidian community plugins do not carry over; Cabinet replaces many with built-in features rather than a plugin marketplace.
- Graph view and some plugin-specific syntax differ, so review anything that depends on a specific plugin.
After the move
What you gain
- Your vault is now a shared team workspace, still files you own.
- Agents act on your notes on a schedule, with your own model keys.
- Live apps, dashboards, chat, and tasks sit alongside the same Markdown.
Questions
Migration, answered
Do I have to convert my Obsidian notes?
No. Both Obsidian and Cabinet use Markdown on disk, so there is no conversion: you point Cabinet at the vault.
Will my wikilinks still work?
Yes. Links and folder structure carry over with your notes.
What about my plugins?
Plugins do not transfer. Cabinet provides built-in agents, team features, and apps instead of a plugin marketplace.
How do Obsidian and Cabinet compare overall?
Both keep Markdown you own; Cabinet adds a team, agents, and live apps. See the full Obsidian vs Cabinet comparison.
Move once. Own it from here.
Bring your Obsidian content into a knowledge base you keep, and put agents to work on it.