Export to Obsidian
If Obsidian is your knowledge hub, Obsidian Sync copies every conversation in your XWX Backup vault into a subfolder of your vault as standard Markdown — frontmatter intact, ready for Dataview, backlinks and graph view.
Setting up the sync target
In Settings → Vault, find Export to Obsidian:
- Click Select Obsidian vault folder and pick your vault root
- The app validates the folder (it must contain an
.obsidiansubfolder) - Conversations sync into an
XWX Backupsubfolder inside that vault - Click Sync now for the initial copy — after that, new and updated conversations are mirrored automatically (auto-sync is on by default; you can turn it off or trigger a manual sync anytime)
What lands in your vault
Every conversation becomes one Markdown note:
---
id: "a1b2c3d4"
platform: "claude"
title: "Debugging the WebSocket reconnect loop"
model: "claude-sonnet-4-5"
created_at: 2026-08-12T09:14:00Z
updated_at: 2026-08-12T11:02:00Z
messages: 24
tags:
- "xwx-backup/claude"
---
# Debugging the WebSocket reconnect loop
…full conversation as Markdown…Frontmatter fields power Obsidian workflows: Dataview tables by platform or tag, tags: for your taxonomy, and created_at/updated_at for sorting and timelines.
Sync semantics
- Sync is manual or automatic: after the initial Sync now, new and changed conversations are mirrored within seconds (auto-sync is on by default once a vault is configured)
- Only new and changed files are written — notes you’ve edited inside Obsidian are left untouched unless the conversation itself changed
- Deleting a conversation in XWX Backup does not delete its note from Obsidian; the synced folder only grows, so it’s a safe, append-friendly archive
Frequently Asked Questions
Does sync conflict with the Obsidian Sync/Sync plugin?+
No special handling needed — files are ordinary notes. Avoid having the same folder synced by two tools simultaneously, as with any synced folder.
Why is the subfolder called “XWX Backup”?+
The subfolder name is fixed so the sync can reliably track exactly which notes it owns. Keep it as-is — you can still link, tag and organize those notes from anywhere else in your vault.
Why must the target contain an .obsidian folder?+
It’s a safety check: syncing into a random folder would scatter notes outside a real vault. The validation prevents mistakes.
Are deleted conversations removed from Obsidian too?+
No. Sync only adds and updates files; deleting a conversation in XWX Backup leaves its note in your vault. That makes the Obsidian folder a conservative archive — nothing disappears just because you cleaned up the app.
Can Dataview query the synced notes?+
Yes. Every note carries standard YAML frontmatter (platform, model, created_at, updated_at, messages, tags), so Dataview tables, calendar views and graph queries work out of the box.