Locus & Obsidian
One folder.
More connections.
Bring conversations into the place where you think. Obsidian can read Locus’s Markdown files directly. No Locus plugin is required.
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Find the folder Locus already uses.
Begin with the folder shown in the app. That is where your notes are being written.
- Open Locus on your Mac.
- Go to Settings → Storage.
- Find Locus data folder and choose Open folder ↗.
- Keep that Finder window open. You will choose the same folder in Obsidian.
Your data folder
Documents / Locus
Use the location shown on your Mac.
Source-based interface illustration · example path
Open it as an Obsidian vault.
A vault is simply a folder of notes that Obsidian opens.
Your Locus folder
Meetings/
2026/
10_October/
People/
Index.mdthe same local files.
- Open Obsidian’s vault switcher.
- Choose Open folder as vault.
- Select the data folder you found in Locus. Confirm the folder.
- In Obsidian, open Meetings, then a meeting note.
Keep the conversation in context.
Add a project link. Return to a timestamp. Build on what was said.
The meeting
Read the note’s summary, decisions and next steps. It is an ordinary Markdown file.
The evidence
Keep the note beside its Sources folder. Follow the note’s links to the source transcript.
Your thinking
Link the meeting from a project note or daily note. Put it beside the ideas and decisions it informs.
Use the app to manage its library. Moving or renaming its internal files can break links or make a meeting harder for Locus to find. Keep your own writing in separate notes and link to the meeting.
If you enable Obsidian Sync, iCloud or another sync tool, that service controls the copied files. Opening a local folder alone does not upload it.