Setup

Five steps to your first grounded answer over your notes. Prometheus is desktop-only: you need Obsidian on a computer, not the mobile apps.

1. Install Ollama and a model

Download and install Ollama. For ordinary laptops we recommend:

ollama pull qwen3:4b-instruct-2507-q4_K_M

Any other installed model works too — pick it later in Chat / Settings.

2. Install the Prometheus plugin

• Community Plugins — find Prometheus in the Obsidian catalog (once the release is published);
• or install from a GitHub release / local build (main.js, manifest.json, styles.css).

3. Install Prometheus Runtime

On first setup, let the plugin download the managed binary outside the vault. The plugin verifies version and checksum.

Advanced / dev: in Settings → Runtime choose Custom binary and set an absolute path to your prometheus-runtime.

4. Open chat

• ribbon icon;
• or Command Palette → Open Prometheus Chat.

Re-run the onboarding wizard from the Command Palette if you need it again.

5. Wait for Ready and ask

The status bar should show Prometheus: Ready. The first vault index can take a while — that is expected.

Example questions:

• “How do I create a branch, switch to it, and push?”
• “Where did I describe the release process?”
• “Summarize this architecture note” (with Current note scope).

After setup

• You can go offline: chat and search stay local.
• Note edits update the index incrementally.
• If something breaks, open Status / Diagnostics and Restart runtime or Reindex vault.