Pensum Documentation
Pensum lives inside your Obsidian vault. Your tasks, meetings, projects, and wiki entries are plain markdown files you can read, edit, version, and sync however you already do — Pensum adds the views, capture surfaces, AI features, and agent access that Obsidian doesn’t have out of the box.
These docs are organised by what you’re trying to do, not by what’s on the screen. Read top to bottom if you’re new; skip around if you’re not.
Start here
Section titled “Start here”- Installation — get Pensum running in your vault. Three minutes if you have Obsidian 1.11.4 or later.
- First run — what to try in the first ten minutes after installing.
- Features overview — every feature on one page, with links into the deep dives.
Daily workflow
Section titled “Daily workflow”- Quick Add and Capture from selection — get tasks into your vault in one keystroke.
- Today & Inbox — the two views you’ll live in.
- Forecast & Calendar — see what’s coming.
- Projects — how tasks roll up to projects, and what the Project Page gives you.
- Subtasks & recurrence — hierarchy and repeating tasks.
- Task cleanup — keep your vault from filling up with completed work.
Meetings (Pro)
Section titled “Meetings (Pro)”- Recording — Cmd+Shift+R to start.
- Transcription — Deepgram or your own provider.
- Summarization — AI summary appended to the meeting note.
- Task extraction — turn commitments into real tasks.
AI features (Pro)
Section titled “AI features (Pro)”- Smart Capture — context-aware parsing in Quick Add.
- Smart Triage — AI-suggested project assignment for the Inbox.
- Provenance — how Pensum keeps user-authored and AI-generated content distinguishable.
Wiki / knowledge
Section titled “Wiki / knowledge”- Wiki stubs — capture concepts now, develop them later with the Curate view (and AI help if you want).
Agents
Section titled “Agents”- MCP server — let Claude Desktop, Claude Code, or any MCP-compatible agent work with your vault.
- CLI —
pensum task todayand everything that flows from it. Built for humans and agents.
Configuration
Section titled “Configuration”- Settings reference — every setting explained.
- Hotkey reference — defaults and how to rebind.
- Plans and licensing — Free, Pro BYO, Pro All-in-One; what each includes.
- Templates — built-in templates for projects, meetings, wiki stubs; how to add your own.
How it works
Section titled “How it works”- Architecture & data flow — diagrams of what runs locally, what runs on Pensum’s servers, what crosses the network.
Support
Section titled “Support”- Troubleshooting — common problems and fixes.
- FAQ — the questions everyone asks.