Sync Fathom Meetings to Obsidian Automatically
Every Fathom call becomes a note in your vault, minutes after it ends. The AI summary on top, the full timestamped transcript below, a metadata block Obsidian reads as properties, and nothing for you to click. Ever.
TranscriptExporter, a Chrome extension and Official Fathom Partner, pairs with our free companion plugin in Obsidian's community store. The extension fetches your meetings from Fathom and hands them to the plugin over your own machine. No cloud relay, no account, and your meeting data never touches our servers.
Set it up in three clicks
Click Set up
In the extension open Settings, find Obsidian Vault, click Set up. Chrome asks permission to talk to Obsidian on your computer. Allow it.
Install the plugin
Obsidian opens on our plugin's page in the community store. Click Install, then Enable. The extension notices by itself.
Click Allow in Obsidian
Obsidian shows a pairing request naming your vault. Click Allow and the connection finishes on its own, starting with your last 24 hours of meetings.
What lands in your vault
One Markdown file per meeting, inside a Fathom folder you can rename. Each note carries the meeting title, date, attendees and meeting link as frontmatter, then the AI summary, then the complete speaker-labeled transcript with timestamps. Your backlinks, tags and Dataview queries work on meeting notes the same as everything else in your vault.
The sync checks for new meetings every 10 minutes while Chrome runs. Fathom needs a couple of minutes after a call to finish processing, so a meeting typically appears within 10 to 15 minutes of ending. If Obsidian is closed, notes wait and land on the first check after it reopens.
Your edits are permanent
A file already in your vault is never modified or overwritten. Add tags, rewrite the summary, link it into your notes. The next sync leaves your version alone. Want a fresh copy of one meeting? Delete its file and it returns on the next sync.
Built for people who read the source
The plugin listens only on 127.0.0.1, so nothing on your network or the internet can reach it. Every delivery is authenticated with a pairing key created on your machine. The plugin makes no outbound requests at all, is MIT licensed with public source on GitHub, and Obsidian's directory verifies every release is built byte for byte from that source.
Your meetings, in your vault, without thinking about it
Obsidian vault sync is part of TranscriptExporter Pro. $6.99 a month or $69 a year, on top of the $29 lifetime license. Cancel anytime.
Start Syncing to ObsidianCommon questions
Does Obsidian need to be open?
For notes to land, yes. The plugin lives inside Obsidian. If it is closed, meetings queue and arrive on the first check after you reopen it. Nothing is lost.
Can I bring in my past meetings too?
Yes. Run a one-time export in Markdown with the vault upload box ticked and your history lands in the vault. The automatic sync covers everything from then on.
What about the video recordings?
Vault sync covers meeting notes. Video files are handled by the Recordings features, downloaded to your computer or backed up to your own Drive or Dropbox with Pro + Video.
I use Granola or Fireflies as well.
The same plugin serves all three TranscriptExporter extensions. Each writes into its own subfolder, so every meeting tool you use lands in one vault, organized by source.
Do I need a paid Obsidian plan?
No. The plugin is free, works on the free Obsidian tier, and everything stays on your machine.