I’d like to announce the initial release of Magma, an environment for Elixir developers, that aims to streamline the process of writing and executing prompts for generating documentation or asking questions about your Elixir project. Magma utilizes Obsidian and the concept of transclusions to seamlessly incorporate project-relevant knowledge into prompts.
Key Features
Transclusion Resolution System: Craft prompts rapidly from existing content, avoiding repetitive copying and pasting, and keeping information current and centralized.
Extendible Workflows: Generate various artefacts, such as module documentation, project READMEs, and comprehensive texts (usually exceeding the standard token limits of LLMs).
I like the concept but the blog post you are linking to for definition of “atomic notes” claims that atoms are indivisible. That was true at one point but is no longer true today.
I might not be up-to-date on this; have there been recent discussions challenging this concept? Here’s another link to an article that expands on the atomicity of notes. I think the term ‘atomic’ in this context is intended more as a guiding principle rather than a rigid rule.
Just released Magma v0.2 which moves all configurations incl. all previously hard-coded prompt parts into your vault, so everything can now be easily adapted to your needs from within Obsidian.
A lot has happened in the years since the last version. After this project had become practically obsolete with the rapid progress of LLMs, the rise of coding agents has made many of the original challenges acute for me again, prompting me to pick this up once more.
Magma v0.3 marks a fundamental reorientation of the project. I’ve redesigned it as a Prompt IDE for this new era.
I’ve removed the complex artefact system in favor of a much simpler, more flexible workflow.
What’s new in v0.3:
Coding Agent Integration: New link resolution styles like :at_file_ref (e.g., @"path/to/file.md") ensure compatibility with the syntax used by coding agents.
Structured Sessions: A new Magma.Session document type designed for multi-turn conversations. It provides an explicit, document-based record of your exchange, keeping your project context organized and modular.
Automated Response Import: A workflow to automatically import agent responses (especially tested with Claude Code) directly back into your Obsidian vault.
Standalone CLI: Thanks to Burrito, Magma now ships as a standalone binary for macOS and Linux. No Elixir installation is required to use the CLI tool.
Just released Magma v0.2 which moves all configurations incl. all previously hard-coded prompt parts into your vault, so everything can now be easily adapted to your needs from within Obsidian.
