Frequently Asked Questions

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I'm getting rate limit errors on Anthropic all the time, how to solve this?

If you put $40 into your Anthropic account, it will upgrade your account to tier 2, which doubles the rate limits - it should be enough for anything that Life Navigator throws at it.

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When I edit a system prompt, the expand links get expanded every time, is there a way to make it conditional? For example, if I'm talking about professional life, is it possible to include a file about professional life?

Yes, in the system prompt itself you can instruct the AI to read any file and then apply its logic.

For example:

If I'm asking about matters related to professional life, read 'Professional guidelines' and adhere to the instructions found in that file.

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How to customize system prompts?

Click on the name of the mode in an empty conversation or in the settings to open the mode editor.

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How do I recover an old version of a note?

Go to Settings → Core Plugins → File Recovery

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My vault is getting messy with all the daily notes in one place, how to deal with this?

Configure your daily notes built-in plugin with example settings:

Format:

YYYY/MM/YYYY-MM-DD - dddd

Note folder:

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This will create daily notes separately for each month.

Furthermore, I recommend installing the Periodic Notes plugin. Life Navigator supports both the built-in Daily Notes and the Periodic Notes plugin.

Try enabling all note types with the following options:

Weekly notes Format:

YYYY/MM/gggg-[W]ww

Monthly notes Format:

YYYY/MM/YYYY-MM

Quarterly notes Format:

YYYY/YYYY-[Q]Q

Yearly notes Format:

YYYY/YYYY

Note folder (for each type):

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Furthermore, there are example templates for each type of periodic note in the internal AI library. You can ask any mode to materialize them:

Materialize all periodic note templates into my Templates directory

Then set all the templates for each type of period to an appropriate template. You can customize them at will. They heavily use AI instructions (%% instruction %%) to guide the agents.

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What AI models does Life Navigator support?

Life Navigator currently uses Anthropic's Claude models:

• Claude Sonnet - Balanced performance (recommended for most use cases)
• Claude Opus - Most capable, best for complex reasoning
• Claude Haiku - Fastest and cheapest, good for simple tasks

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How do I change the AI model for a mode?

Open the mode editor by clicking on the mode name, then change the model setting in the mode configuration.

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Can I use Life Navigator offline?

Life Navigator requires an internet connection to communicate with the AI. However, all your notes and data are stored locally and can be accessed offline through Obsidian.

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