Distilly Person Profiles vs Obsidian CLI

Distilly Person Profiles

By Distilly

Capture how a colleague, mentor, or public figure thinks so your AI can draw on it.

Obsidian CLI

By Steph Ango (Kepano / Obsidian)

Control your Obsidian notes from anywhere — create, search, and organize without opening the app.

Distilly Person Profiles

• Builds a profile of your own preferences so a personal AI assistant knows who it works for
• Captures a colleague's workflows, standards, and communication style from their messages and docs
• Researches a public figure's views and ways of thinking from public sources
• Imports PDFs, screenshots, email exports, and chat history from Slack, Lark, or WeChat
• Lets you add new material or correct a profile later, and roll back changes

Obsidian CLI

• Creates and reads notes in your Obsidian vault
• Searches across all your notes and finds backlinks
• Appends content to notes including daily notes and tasks
• Updates note properties and manages tags
• Captures screenshots and inspects vault structure for developers

Reach for Distilly Person Profiles when…

• A teammate is leaving and you want to keep their know-how and context
• You want your AI assistant to understand your role, style, and priorities
• You want to ask how a favorite author or thinker might approach your question
• You are handing over a project and want the knowledge captured in one place

Reach for Obsidian CLI when…

• You want to quickly add something to your daily note without opening Obsidian
• You need to search your entire knowledge base for a specific topic
• You're organizing research and want to create multiple linked notes at once
• You need to bulk-update properties or tags across notes