# Artificial Intelligence

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## [Assistance with renaming/classifying via chat](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/assistance-with-renaming-classifying-via-chat/87123)

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**Author:** [@threep](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/threep)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [June 9, 2026, 9:38am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/assistance-with-renaming-classifying-via-chat/87123 "2026-06-09T09:38:05Z")

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This is one of the most theoretically powerful uses of AI in my workflow — but I just can’t get them to work. That is, I have fairly strict naming convention / organizational requirements. I have prompts that communicate…

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## [DT4.1, support entry of AI Model manually in OpenAI (Compatible)](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/dt4-1-support-entry-of-ai-model-manually-in-openai-compatible/85283)

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**Author:** [@hereiam510](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/hereiam510)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2026, 1:44pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/dt4-1-support-entry-of-ai-model-manually-in-openai-compatible/85283 "2026-06-07T13:44:08Z")

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I am currently running an API server. However, it does not support automagical AI model detection. Can DT add the support of the entry of model name manually? Thanks!

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## [\[Release\] DEVONthink MCP Server](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/release-devonthink-mcp-server/84391)

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**Author:** [@syntagm](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/syntagm)\
**Replies:** 78\
**Last updated:** [June 5, 2026, 6:19am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/release-devonthink-mcp-server/84391 "2026-06-05T06:19:12Z")

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Hi all, I created a little MCP server for managing DEVONthink through AI agents. I know this is similar to what DEVONthink can already do through AI chat, but it’s nice to have an agent be able to interact with DEVONthin…

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## [Using MCP-Server](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/using-mcp-server/86999)

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**Author:** [@dargelm](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/dargelm)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [June 3, 2026, 6:14pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/using-mcp-server/86999 "2026-06-03T18:14:41Z")

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Hello, I’m really impressed with DT Herschel and its MCP server. I’d like to use it to integrate my Hermes Agent, but the DT-connector isn’t provided. I’m using a local instance of the Hermes Agent server in a pod, …

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## [MCP & Claude Cowork - Opening a file in Excel](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/mcp-claude-cowork-opening-a-file-in-excel/87053)

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**Author:** [@jwarthman](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/jwarthman)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [June 1, 2026, 6:19pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/mcp-claude-cowork-opening-a-file-in-excel/87053 "2026-06-01T18:19:45Z")

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First, I’ve been using the MCP Server with Claude Cowork for only a day, and I’m very impressed! As a start, I created a skill to make a new group, then import files into the group. Next I want to edit the files… Here’s…

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## [Quick Test of Claude MCP](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/quick-test-of-claude-mcp/86962)

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**Author:** [@georgeacrump](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/georgeacrump)\
**Replies:** 57\
**Last updated:** [May 31, 2026, 4:42pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/quick-test-of-claude-mcp/86962 "2026-05-31T16:42:07Z")

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So far the initial impression is that the MCP is working very well. I’ve replaced the community version. It feels like the version in 4.3 is faster. I’ll test throughout the day and report back

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## [Microsoft Document AI](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/microsoft-document-ai/87011)

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**Author:** [@flyingbits](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/flyingbits)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 28, 2026, 8:12pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/microsoft-document-ai/87011 "2026-05-28T20:12:29Z")

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I am familiar with another software application that offers the ability to send PDFs to Microsoft Document AI. The recognition results are fantastic. Has anyone tried something like this with DEVONthink? Is there perha…

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## [DT and ChatGPT Error: Unsupported value: 'reasoning\_effort' does not support 'none' with this model](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/dt-and-chatgpt-error-unsupported-value-reasoning-effort-does-not-support-none-with-this-model/87019)

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**Author:** [@markmayberry](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/markmayberry)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 28, 2026, 12:20pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/dt-and-chatgpt-error-unsupported-value-reasoning-effort-does-not-support-none-with-this-model/87019 "2026-05-28T12:20:22Z")

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I have successfully used the ChatGPT integration with DT4 to clean up and standardize text documents. However, today, when I attempted to perform this task, I received the following error message from ChatGPT: Unsuppor…

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## [Devonthink 4.3 & Flux](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonthink-4-3-flux/87017)

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**Author:** [@hybra](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/hybra)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 28, 2026, 11:11am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonthink-4-3-flux/87017 "2026-05-28T11:11:01Z")

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“Updated the Flux image generation models to Flux 2 Klein, Pro, and Max. They support standard and HD quality and image editing, but not styles.” Why Klein, Pro, Max but no love for Dev? :slight\_smile:

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## [MCP Issues with Claude Cowork](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/mcp-issues-with-claude-cowork/87003)

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**Author:** [@BurtonHable](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/BurtonHable)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 26, 2026, 6:10am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/mcp-issues-with-claude-cowork/87003 "2026-05-26T06:10:47Z")

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Hello all! I was trying to do some cleanup of my custom metadata using the new MCP and Claude Cowork. Two issues I ran into: First, get\_record\_custom\_metadata throws Invalid type in JSON write (\_\_NSCFData) on any record…

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## [MPC appreciation](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/mpc-appreciation/86976)

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**Author:** [@anonny](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/anonny)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [May 25, 2026, 7:16pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/mpc-appreciation/86976 "2026-05-25T19:16:56Z")

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Great job on the MCP! I’m still testing it out, but I appreciate that you decided to do it. I’ve really gotten into Hermes Agent, and working through MCP will help a lot with organizing the flood of information that I …

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## [\`update\_record\_content\` times out consistently in 4.3 official MCP server](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/update-record-content-times-out-consistently-in-4-3-official-mcp-server/86985)

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**Author:** [@leehammond](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/leehammond)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 24, 2026, 6:37pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/update-record-content-times-out-consistently-in-4-3-official-mcp-server/86985 "2026-05-24T18:37:28Z")

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First, congratulations on the 4.3 release — the built-in MCP server is a significant step up from the community options. Almost immediately useful. I’m hitting a consistent issue with the update\_record\_content tool. It …

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## [MCP Not working](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/mcp-not-working/86984)

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**Author:** [@Manny89](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/Manny89)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 24, 2026, 4:55pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/mcp-not-working/86984 "2026-05-24T16:55:10Z")

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Hello Team, First of all thank you for the MCP server updated. Absolutely great. Sadly I was not able to run it correctly. I would use it with Claude Code, which works fine on my machine. I’ve checked that port 8420 is …

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## [MCP Server: prompt collection](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/mcp-server-prompt-collection/86987)

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**Author:** [@vinschger](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/vinschger)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 24, 2026, 8:19am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/mcp-server-prompt-collection/86987 "2026-05-24T08:19:40Z")

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I am doing my first steps with the DTP ver. 4.3 MCP Server Integration. May I ask what are your most popular prompts/use cases, where you personally have found MCP server to be really useful. It would be great, if you c…

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## [First steps with MCP server](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/first-steps-with-mcp-server/86978)

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**Author:** [@vinschger](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/vinschger)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2026, 12:29pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/first-steps-with-mcp-server/86978 "2026-05-23T12:29:45Z")

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Dear DTP users I have installed the MCP server with DTP4 — wow! As a beginner, however, I have a few questions: Which permissions should I set in the Codex Settings \> General section? Currently, I have selected “Daily…

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## [Using the new MCP Server through Ollama to remove links](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/using-the-new-mcp-server-through-ollama-to-remove-links/86979)

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**Author:** [@anderswt](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/anderswt)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2026, 10:31am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/using-the-new-mcp-server-through-ollama-to-remove-links/86979 "2026-05-23T10:31:48Z")

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Im exploring the new MCP server since I want to remove links from Markdown files that have been converted from RTF/D. Here is one example that I want to convert: • Objective functions ⁃ |Aesthetic objective function\]…

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## [MCP – requests already (sorry)](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/mcp-requests-already-sorry/86975)

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**Author:** [@kikujiro](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/kikujiro)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2026, 1:53pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/mcp-requests-already-sorry/86975 "2026-05-22T13:53:36Z")

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First, I’m extremely excited to see the new MCP server features. They look excellent and exactly in the right direction for DT. Thank you so much for doing this. Second, as currently implemented they’re not really granu…

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## [PKM + AI Wiki for navigating and organizing DT4](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/pkm-ai-wiki-for-navigating-and-organizing-dt4/86710)

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**Author:** [@leehammond](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/leehammond)\
**Replies:** 26\
**Last updated:** [May 18, 2026, 2:02pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/pkm-ai-wiki-for-navigating-and-organizing-dt4/86710 "2026-05-18T14:02:47Z")

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See this article describing how you can combine Claude Code and Obsidian to create a self-organizing Wiki directory of content. (Below is an AI generated summary of the article) I much prefer DT4 as my PKM database but …

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## [Istefox-dt-mcp 0.4.0 — HTTP transport + OAuth, multi-device](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/istefox-dt-mcp-0-4-0-http-transport-oauth-multi-device/86890)

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**Author:** [@steffex](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/steffex)\
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**Last updated:** [May 9, 2026, 12:47pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/istefox-dt-mcp-0-4-0-http-transport-oauth-multi-device/86890 "2026-05-09T12:47:58Z")

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https://github.com/istefox/istefox-dt-mcp Open-source DEVONthink 4 MCP server. 0.3.0 added safer undo; 0.4.0 makes the server reachable from Claude.ai Web, mobile, or anything that speaks streamable HTTP — not only Claud…

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## [MCP-Devonthink -- I know, I know, it's been done before](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/mcp-devonthink-i-know-i-know-its-been-done-before/86805)

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**Author:** [@anonny](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/anonny)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [May 1, 2026, 12:31pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/mcp-devonthink-i-know-i-know-its-been-done-before/86805 "2026-05-01T12:31:00Z")

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I couldn’t find a truly complete MCP for Devonthink, so I ended up building my own. Mostly out of curiosity—I’ve been wanting to go deeper into AI tooling anyway. It’s not 100% finished yet. Printing functions and a f…

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## [OpenClaw integration](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/openclaw-integration/86415)

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**Author:** [@akfaour](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/akfaour)\
**Replies:** 24\
**Last updated:** [April 25, 2026, 3:51pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/openclaw-integration/86415 "2026-04-25T15:51:17Z")

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Has anyone integrated OpenClaw with Devonthink? Specifically, OpenClaw running on a virtual private server (e.g. Amazon Web Services) and not locally?

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## [Claude Opus 4.7 Warning](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/claude-opus-4-7-warning/86764)

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**Author:** [@rkaplan](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/rkaplan)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [April 25, 2026, 7:01am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/claude-opus-4-7-warning/86764 "2026-04-25T07:01:30Z")

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I have been using Claude Cowork/Dispatch for about a week or so along with the open source DT MCP server. It has consistently been a gamecahnging upgrade in how I interact with DT and the ease of obtaining detailed summ…

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## [Robot Assistant Field Guide and DEVONthink](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/robot-assistant-field-guide-and-devonthink/86651)

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**Author:** [@CAE](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/CAE)\
**Replies:** 56\
**Last updated:** [April 13, 2026, 5:27am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/robot-assistant-field-guide-and-devonthink/86651 "2026-04-13T05:27:35Z")

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Macsparky recently released his Robot Assistant Field Guide, which is basically built around using Claude Cowork and Obsidian. An email from him this morning noted that people are asking if they can still do this without…

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## [Is there a step-by step set of instructions to get Ollama (local) to work with DT](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/is-there-a-step-by-step-set-of-instructions-to-get-ollama-local-to-work-with-dt/86719)

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**Author:** [@ethanw6258](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/ethanw6258)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 11, 2026, 11:49pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/is-there-a-step-by-step-set-of-instructions-to-get-ollama-local-to-work-with-dt/86719 "2026-04-11T23:49:40Z")

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I successfully installed Ollama with llama3.1 as the local model. Devonthink 4.2.2 sees it in settings However, when I go to the chat inspector with a document open all of the buttons are greyed out. I am not exper…

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## [OpenDataLoader and Devonthink?](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/opendataloader-and-devonthink/86716)

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**Author:** [@vinschger](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/vinschger)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2026, 5:07pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/opendataloader-and-devonthink/86716 "2026-04-10T17:07:45Z")

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I came across OpenDataLoader recently: https://opendataloader.org/ It’s an open-source tool that parses PDFs into structured formats like Markdown or JSON, while preserving layout, tables, and reading order. The focus i…

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## [\[Release\] DEVONthink CLI + Agent Skill](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/release-devonthink-cli-agent-skill/86668)

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**Author:** [@syntagm](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/syntagm)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [April 6, 2026, 12:37am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/release-devonthink-cli-agent-skill/86668 "2026-04-06T00:37:13Z")

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Hi all! This is a (unofficial) Agent Skill and CLI to give tools like Claude Code, Codex or OpenClaw the ability to interact and search and manage your DEVONthink Database. Available at GitHub - dvcrn/devonthink-cli: CL…

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## [Claude Co Work to Reorganise a Database?](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/claude-co-work-to-reorganise-a-database/86649)

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**Author:** [@ged968](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/ged968)\
**Replies:** 21\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2026, 11:27am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/claude-co-work-to-reorganise-a-database/86649 "2026-04-03T11:27:24Z")

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have a fairly large Devonthink database (around 4.9GB), one of several I maintain. Over time it’s become a bit of a dumping ground, with multiple folder structures layered on top of each other, and I’d like to reset it a…

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## [Experience with Typing Mind](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/experience-with-typing-mind/86673)

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**Author:** [@Wolkenhauer](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/Wolkenhauer)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2026, 7:25pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/experience-with-typing-mind/86673 "2026-04-01T19:25:29Z")

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I am currently paying an OpenAI subscription, using the their app. I have not yet ventured into API access. Typing Mind is a frontend to LLMs, that offer a 50% sale this week. Typing Mind appears to be popular and I won…

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## [Claude Dispatch - DT Access from your iPhone](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/claude-dispatch-dt-access-from-your-iphone/86599)

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**Author:** [@rkaplan](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/rkaplan)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2026, 2:58am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/claude-dispatch-dt-access-from-your-iphone/86599 "2026-03-30T02:58:29Z")

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Recently we had a discussion about connecting Devonthink to AI via OpenClaw. I am working on that and will post at some point with further details. That said - an easier approach with more security guardrails has just…

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## [New models of local transcription](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/new-models-of-local-transcription/85136)

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**Author:** [@chucky23](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/chucky23)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2026, 8:04am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/new-models-of-local-transcription/85136 "2026-03-24T08:04:32Z")

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Please allow us to add transcription to the searchable text or add other local transcription models (Whisper, Parakeet). Problem: I want to transcribe locally using Whisper or Parakeet, but only Apple models are avai…

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