Turn voice memos into structured Obsidian notes

Have an agent convert spoken Telegram messages into Obsidian notes with a transcript, a tighter version, linked context, and a draft.

Done with Hermes Agent· Advanced

What they did
Mete set up Hermes on a Mac Mini and used Telegram to send it rough voice memos while out walking his dog. The agent wrote each one up as an Obsidian file, adding tags and metadata, saving the original transcript, compressing the idea into a cleaner form, pulling in related notes, and drafting text he could build on. When the topic was a business idea, it also gathered background. For recipes, Hermes accepted a link, a typed message, or a photo and organized them into a format it had standardized itself.
How it went
By the time Mete was back at his desk, the ideas were already sorted and ready to use, and he finished the article on his own. He said the setup is clunky and not something most people need in this state. It also still lacks inbox triage.
Tips
This is better for someone comfortable with a custom, half-finished workflow than for a plug-and-play setup. Mete also said the system depends on a $100/month ChatGPT plan plus $5/month for Obsidian Sync, and that local models on 16GB RAM were not good enough to run it.

Try it yourself with Hermes Agent

I’ll send you spoken notes in [Telegram chat]. For each one, create a new file in my Obsidian vault at [vault path] that includes: the verbatim transcript, a shorter cleaned-up version of the idea, links to relevant existing notes, and a brief draft for [article / post / message]. If the note is about a business idea, gather any useful context you can find online. If I send a recipe from a [link / message / photo], convert it into my recipe format. Before you carry out anything that would send, delete, overwrite, or publish content, stop and ask for my approval. After each file is made, report its title and location, and never replace an existing note—create a new one instead.

Fill in the [brackets]. Agents can make mistakes, so review anything before it is sent, paid or deleted.

Read the original on metedata.substack.com ↗

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