The Ember Index for Obsidian is a gentle system for tracking and revisiting your suspended fixations — creative projects, intellectual obsessions, half-finished builds, forgotten puzzles, abandoned sparks.

Structure

Each fixation lives in its own note.

Once added to the system, it can be "evoked" randomly through a ritual command or a click of a button.

Creating a fixation can be done by clicking a button too.

When you summon a fragment:

• A random fixation is selected

• Its link appears inside your Ember Index note

• A timestamp is added to mark the moment of return

• The event is logged in a ritual register for future reflection

You can revisit the ember, reignite it, or gently return it to sleep — without guilt, without pressure.

It's not a todo list.
It's a memory temple for the parts of you that once burned brightly.

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⚙️ Prerequisites & Setup

To make The Ember Index fully functional, you'll need two community plugins:

1. Templater

Used to execute the logic behind each ritual (random selection, timestamping, logging, file editing).

• Install Templater from the Community Plugins section

• Go to Settings → Templater → Template folder location
  → Set your desired folder (e.g. Templates/; this is the suggested default for plug-and-play with this repository)

  NOTE: If you chose another folder, please change the Templates references in the step below with your configured folder

• Make sure "Trigger Templater on file creation" is off (optional but recommended)

• Go to Settings → Templater → Template Hotkeys and add a reference to Templates/invokefixation.md
  (you don't need to assign a hotkey — just register the path; adjust it if you use a custom template folder)

• Do the same for Templates/Fixation_base.md
  (you don't need to assign a hotkey — just register the path; adjust it if you use a custom template folder)

IMPORTANT: Make sure to copy invokefixation.md and Fixation_base.md from this repository's Templates folder into your configured Templater folder.

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2. Buttons

Used to add clickable buttons for summoning fragments inside your notes.

• Install Buttons from Community Plugins

• No setup required — just make sure your notes are in Reading Mode to see and use buttons properly

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🧪 First-time Setup Steps

1. Copy the folder The Ember Index from this repository into your Obsidian vault

2. Inside it, populate the fixations/ folder with your personal suspended projects (see format below)

3. Each fixation should be a single .md file (e.g. escape-box.md) inside the fixations/ folder

IMPORTANT: If you are not using the default Templates/ folder for Templater, be sure to update the Invoke Scroll buttons code accordingly to match your custom path.

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Usage

Once configured, just open the Invokation Scroll as any other note and use the buttons to interact with the system.