For humans
Your vault, in real Obsidian. Everywhere.
Copal hosts your vault in the cloud so your agent can read, write and search it. You sync that same vault into Obsidian on your desktop and phone, and work it exactly like always. Here is the setup.
Sync it to your desktop
Copal syncs to Obsidian through Remotely Save, a community sync plugin, over WebDAV. Four steps:
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In Obsidian, install and enable the Remotely Save community plugin.
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Open its settings and choose WebDAV. Set the address to https://api.copal.uk/dav/ and use any username.
- 3
For the password, mint a vault token: ask your connected agent to run copal_create_vault_token, then paste the cvt_live_ token it gives you.
- 4
Hit Sync. Your notes appear in Obsidian, and edits flow both ways: what your agent writes shows up here, and what you write is there for your agent.
Two ways to start
Start fresh
Point Remotely Save at Copal from a new, empty vault. Your agent's notes sync down and you have a clean, Copal-hosted vault on every device.
Bring your existing vault
Already living in an Obsidian vault? Point Remotely Save at Copal from it. The first sync merges both ways: your existing notes upload so your agent can finally see them, and any Copal notes download. Your notes stay plain markdown you own.
On your phone
Remotely Save runs in Obsidian on iOS and Android too, with the same setup and the same vault. Two things to know on mobile: sync runs while the app is open, so open Obsidian and sync when you want your latest changes; and pasting the token is easiest if you send it to your phone first, through your agent chat or a password manager.
Staying safe with multi-device editing
Like any file-based sync, including Obsidian's own tools, if the same note is edited in two places before either syncs, the most recent save wins and the other copy is replaced. Copal adds one more writer to your vault, your agent, so a few habits keep everything safe:
- ✓Turn on Remotely Save auto-sync, so your edits reach the cloud within seconds.
- ✓Sync a device before you start editing on it, so you are building on the latest version.
- ✓Enable Obsidian's core File Recovery for a local snapshot history, as a safety net.
On our side, every note is versioned, so your agent can be told to check before it writes and never silently overwrite a change it did not see.
Coming soon: the Copal plugin
We are building a native Obsidian plugin: sign in once with no token to paste, automatic keep-both conflict handling, and a search-your-vault-by-meaning pane right inside Obsidian. It replaces this manual setup and is the complete fix for concurrent edits.
Need a hand?
Email support@copal.uk. Pro subscribers get a first response within one business day; Solo is best-effort.