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Katmer Code — Development skill for Claude Code

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Claude Code inside Obsidian — academic research skills, inline diff editing, MCP support.

How to install Katmer Code

This entry records only its repository, not the path inside it, so there is no exact command to give. Open hkcanan/katmer-code and copy the folder into ~/.claude/skills/, or the file into ~/.claude/agents/.

What Katmer Code does

Claude Code inside Obsidian — academic research skills, inline diff editing, MCP support.

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README

KatmerCode

Claude Code inside Obsidian — with academic research skills, inline diff editing, and MCP support.

[![Obsidian Plugin](https://img.shields.io/badge/Obsidian-Plugin-7C3AED?style=flat&logo=obsidian)](https://obsidian.md) [![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-green)](LICENSE) [![Desktop Only](https://img.shields.io/badge/platform-desktop%20only-orange)]()

An Obsidian plugin that integrates Claude Code as a sidebar chat panel. Built for researchers who write in Obsidian and want AI assistance for literature review, citation checking, manuscript editing, and peer review — without leaving their editor.

Ships with **7 academic research skills** that work as slash commands. **Desktop only** (requires Claude Code CLI).

![Chat Panel](screenshots/chat-panel.png)

Quick Start

Install Claude Code: npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code then run claude to log in
Clone and build: git clone https://github.com/hkcanan/katmer-code.git && cd katmer-code && npm install && npm run build
Copy main.js, manifest.json, styles.css into /.obsidian/plugins/katmer-code/
Enable KatmerCode in Obsidian → Settings → Community Plugins
For academic skills: Settings → KatmerCode → toggle skills on + enable Allow Web Requests

What It Does

Runs Claude Code inside Obsidian (via Agent SDK)
Edits your manuscripts with inline diff — word-level track changes in the editor (accept/undo)
Generates HTML research reports (peer review, citation analysis, gap analysis) viewable inside Obsidian
Connects to your MCP servers — any server configured in ~/.claude.json works automatically
Supports /compact, tabs, session resume, streaming, and everything Claude Code terminal can do