Obsidian Bases vs Meeting Summarizer

Obsidian Bases

By Steph Ango (Kepano / Obsidian)

Create database views over your Obsidian notes to track projects, tasks, and reading lists.

Meeting Summarizer

By Product Management Skills by Pawel Huryn

Turn meeting transcripts into clear notes with decisions, action items, and next steps.

Obsidian Bases

• Creates table, card, list, or map views of your notes based on filters you set
• Lets you group and sort notes by any property (status, date, tags, folders)
• Calculates fields automatically like days until deadline or price totals
• Shows summaries like averages, sums, and counts across your filtered notes
• Works with your existing Obsidian notes without changing how you write them

Meeting Summarizer

• Reads meeting transcripts or recordings and identifies the main topics discussed
• Extracts key decisions, action items, and open questions from the conversation
• Creates a structured summary with participants, decisions, and next steps clearly labeled
• Assigns action items to specific people with due dates in an easy-to-scan table
• Saves the summary as a clean markdown document ready to share with your team

Reach for Obsidian Bases when…

• You're managing projects or tasks in Obsidian and want a cleaner view than scattered notes
• You need to track reading lists, book notes, or research with custom filters and groupings
• You want to see calculated info like "days overdue" or "total budget" without manual updates
• You're organizing lots of notes and need different views (table vs cards) for different contexts

Reach for Meeting Summarizer when…

• You just finished a long meeting and need to share what was decided with the team
• You have a transcript from a recorded call and need to turn it into actionable notes
• You're responsible for meeting minutes and want to save hours of manual writing
• You need to make sure action items don't get lost in a long discussion thread