Web Clipping
Zendio
Capture web pages, fragment notes, AI chats, reading sessions, and video sessions as structured Markdown for Obsidian.
Notes
AI Chats
Reading
Video Notes
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Read on the web.
Write into your own notes.
Zendio lets you clip, highlight, and annotate in the browser, then save the content and your thoughts as Markdown for Obsidian.
3 Desktop browsers 12 Interface languages Local-first Obsidian workflow
THE FIVE MODES
What do you want to save?
Choose a mode to see the workflow and what ends up in your note.
The passage you chose. The thought you added.
Select a passage, open the clipping panel, and write your comment while the source is still in front of you. Save the quote, your comment, and its source together.
HOW TO USE IT
- Select text and use the right-click menu, or configure automatic selection triggering.
- Add your comment in the panel, check the save destination, and save.
IN YOUR NOTE
Selected text, your comment, and a link to the original passage. Comments can use Markdown footnotes.
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A passage worth keeping.md
A passage worth keeping.¹
¹ My note: why this passage matters to me.
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One article. Several highlights. One reading note.
Start reading mode to highlight several passages and add comments on the current page. Highlights follow their order in the article. Select a number to revisit its passage, then export when you finish.
HOW TO USE IT
- Highlight passages on the same page and add your comments.
- Choose Highlights only or Full article, then finish and export.
IN YOUR NOTE
Highlights only collects excerpts, comments, and source links. Full article keeps the cleaned body with your highlights and footnotes in place.
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A reading note.md
The first passage, in article order.¹
Another idea to revisit.²
¹ My understanding. ² An example for my next draft.
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Keep the timestamp, your note, and the frame.
Open video mode on YouTube or Bilibili to record timestamps, add notes, and capture screenshots. Selected page text and useful comments can join the same video note.
HOW TO USE IT
- Capture a timestamp, write a note, and optionally attach the current frame.
- Collect more moments or selected text, then export the note and its screenshot attachments.
IN YOUR NOTE
Time-ordered notes, selected screenshots, and captured text. Timestamp links in the exported note take you back to the matching video moment.
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A video learning note.md
Video timestamps
00:33 Revisit this idea later.
00:44 Keep this example.
Selected screenshots export as attachments.
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Save the article body as a note.
Right-click an unselected part of an article to clip it. Zendio extracts the body and converts it to Markdown, with its title, source, and capture time.
HOW TO USE IT
- Let the article load, then open the clipping command from the page context menu.
- Save to your configured vault or download the Markdown file.
IN YOUR NOTE
Editable article text and source information, with Markdown structure for code, tables, and lists. Extraction on complex pages depends on their layout.
An article.md
Article title
The extracted body stays editable, ready to quote or organize in your notes.
Content structure stays with it
Headings, lists, code blocks, and tables.
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Keep the questions as well as the answers.
Clip a conversation on a supported AI platform. Zendio uses a platform-specific parser to keep user prompts and AI replies in order, including code blocks and tables.
HOW TO USE IT
- Open the conversation and let the content you want to save load before clipping.
- Save the formatted Markdown conversation. Basic clipping does not require a model API key.
IN YOUR NOTE
An ordered conversation with message roles. Supports ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot, Perplexity, Tongyi/Qianwen, DeepSeek, Kimi, Doubao, and Monica.
A useful conversation.md
1 USER
Could you explain this concept?
2 ASSISTANT
Replies stay in message order, with the formatting of their code and tables.
Export structure · illustrative content
Demo sources: Wikipedia ( CC BY-SA 4.0 ) and Ali Abdaal on YouTube . Notes are examples; no creator endorsement is implied.
YOUR VAULT, YOUR STRUCTURE
Good notes need a place to belong.
Set up your structure once. Keep your next capture consistent with the notes already in your vault.
Separate paths for each content type
Articles, fragments, reading notes, videos, and AI chats have their own path configuration.
Route captures to different vaults
Match domains, keywords, or URL patterns to configured vaults, with a default vault for everything else.
Keep properties consistent
Configure YAML fields by content type and preview their output in Settings.
Getting started
Choose how your notes reach Obsidian.
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Chrome & Edge
Choose your local vault folder and grant access. You can write notes directly without a REST URL or API key.
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Firefox
To write into a vault, enable Local REST API in Obsidian, then enter its URL and API key in Zendio.
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Prefer to download?
You can also download Markdown files and place them in your vault yourself. Your notes remain ordinary, editable files.
Obsidian Ecosystem
Optional companions for your workflow.
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For REST-based vault writes, use Local REST API .
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Annotation highlights work better together with the Obsidian plugin Sidebar Highlights .
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Video screenshot attachments work better together with the Obsidian plugin Custom Attachment Location .
Product Story
A local-first clipping tool that stays out of reading and learning.
This product was built by the author personally together with Codex, with the hope of making a reliable and useful tool.
If you find any errors, poor experiences, or product suggestions, please submit feedback through GitHub issue , or through 
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