- Bundle chromadb into main.js via esbuild instead of externalizing it.
Obsidian's renderer cannot resolve bare require('chromadb') against a
plugin-local node_modules. By bundling, the client library is inlined and
works out of the box with just manifest.json + main.js.
- Remove eager cache initialization from OllamaClient constructor to avoid
unhandled promise rejections when chromadb/ChromaDB is unavailable.
- Fix 'Failed to execute fetch on Window: Illegal invocation' by wrapping
the default fetch fallback in an arrow function:
this.fetchFn = fetchFn ?? ((url, init) => fetch(url, init));
This preserves the window binding when fetch is called later.
- Update install.sh and README to remove the obsolete node_modules/chromadb
copy step.
- Update ollama-client-cache tests to reflect that cache initialization is
no longer eager.
The install script ran npm install --production, which skips devDependencies.
Since typescript, esbuild, and other build tools live in devDependencies,
npm run build would fail with 'tsc: command not found'.
Switched to plain npm install so all dependencies are available at build
time. Only the necessary runtime dep (chromadb) is copied to the plugin
folder — obsidian stays out since it's a type stub.
The root cause: Obsidian's plugin loader expects main.js at the plugin root
alongside manifest.json. The previous 'dist/' output + shim approach caused
'Cannot find module ./dist/main.js' because dist/ was either missing or not
resolved correctly in Obsidian's module loader.
Changes:
- build: use esbuild to bundle all source into a single main.js (61KB)
tsc --noEmit for type checking; esbuild for the actual bundle
- main.js: no longer a shim — it's the fully bundled plugin
- package.json: added esbuild as devDependency; obsidian moved to devDeps
- install.sh: remove dist/ copy step, add cleanup of old dist/ from vault
- README.md: updated manual install steps to reflect bundling
Obsidian's plugin loader expects main.js at the plugin root alongside
manifest.json — it does not resolve subdirectory paths in the 'main'
field. Added a thin CommonJS shim that re-exports from dist/main.js.
- main.js: new entry shim (module.exports = require('./dist/main.js'))
- manifest.json: 'main' changed from 'dist/main.js' to 'main.js'
- install.sh: copy main.js shim to plugin folder, verify its presence
- README.md: add main.js to manual install instructions
- manifest.json: fix 'main' from 'src/main.js' to 'dist/main.js'
(TypeScript compiles to dist/, not src/ — Obsidian could not find the entry point)
- manifest.json: set isDesktopOnly to true (plugin requires a local Ollama server)
- package.json: remove unused node-fetch dependency (ESM-only, conflicts with CommonJS build)
- src/semantic-cache.ts: use dynamic import for chromadb instead of top-level import
(prevents plugin load crash when chromadb is not installed; cache defaults to disabled)
- install.sh: new script that installs deps, builds, and copies the plugin into a vault
- README.md: add quick install, manual install, and expanded troubleshooting sections
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