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How to show a GitHub discussion beside your Obsidian notes
As of October 2026, you can put a normal Markdown link to a GitHub discussion in your Obsidian note. To read its text and answer state beside your notes, use an excerpt or Discussion Brief Cards.
Background
The product brief focuses on reading a discussion while keeping your own decisions nearby. GitHub can highlight an accepted answer in discussion categories that support answers.
3 ways to do it
Link to the source
Write a Markdown link with a short label and the discussion URL. Open the source when you need to read its current content.
- limits
- The link alone does not place discussion text or answer state beside your notes.
Keep a dated excerpt
Copy the passage you need into your note and keep its source URL and the date you copied it. Use a Markdown quote for the excerpt.
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- This is a manual snapshot. Update it yourself when the source changes.
Discussion Brief Cards from this site
Add a discussion read token, place the URL in a
discussionblock and open Reading view. Refresh when you need a new response.- limits
- Fresh reads need a token, and long bodies or answers are cut. Cached text may be older than the source.
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Use Discussion Brief Cards
Open the plugin settings and select or add a secret for Discussion read token.
Use a GitHub token with permission to read your source discussion.
Write a
discussioncode block with one GitHub discussion URL inside.Open Reading view and select Refresh when you need a new response.
Common questions
Can I mark an answer from the card?
The card reads answer state and text. Use GitHub to mark an answer when your role and the discussion category permit it.
How do I distinguish an excerpt from a fetched card?
Date a manual excerpt yourself. A cached card displays Cached and its fetch time.
Which token goes in the read setting?
Use a GitHub token with access to the source discussion. The separate Sponsors sign-in token does not supply card reads.
Sources
- Obsidian Help on links and quoteshelp.obsidian.md
- GitHub Docs on participating in discussionsdocs.github.com
- GitHub Docs on GraphQL authenticationdocs.github.com
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Discussion Brief Cards
Read GitHub discussions beside project notes.