Reor setup with Ollama and Llama 3 for AI notes

This tutorial, uploaded on May 6, 2024, demonstrates Reor with Ollama and Llama 3. The source gives no Reor or Ollama version number, so the setup screens and controls describe that dated walkthrough.

The presenter introduces Reor as an open source desktop note-taking app with an interface similar to Obsidian. Its built-in chat uses note content as context, while semantic search finds related material without requiring exact keywords. The speaker also describes automatic links between notes on the same topic.

Setup begins with installing Ollama and Reor, then creating a vault or choosing an existing Obsidian vault. The presenter selects the local LLM option, downloads Llama 3 and makes it the default model. They prefer this route because notes may contain sensitive information. OpenAI endpoints are an optional route discussed in the video; the speaker's claim about keeping notes local concerns the local setup.

The walkthrough covers creating notes and folders, changing the embedding model, and adjusting temperature and maximum tokens. A RAG setting controls the maximum number of notes included in chat context. In the chat demonstration, semantic search adds context automatically. To ask about one specific note, the presenter right-clicks it and selects the option to add that file to chat context. The hardware settings section shown contains text but no usable controls.