User Guides

Step-by-step tutorials for building with Lifestream Vault

Automation & Integration

Automate Your Vault with Hooks and Webhooks

Set up automatic tagging, templating, and outbound webhook notifications triggered by document events.

intermediate17 min readNew

Sync with Cloud Storage

Connect Google Drive, Dropbox, or OneDrive to sync documents bidirectionally with your vault.

intermediate15 min readNew

Build a Custom Integration with the SDK

Master the TypeScript SDK with authentication strategies, document management, search, batch operations, and HMAC signing.

advanced20 min readNew

Set Up Your First Webhook

Configure outbound HTTP webhook notifications triggered by document events — from creating the webhook to verifying HMAC signatures in your handler.

beginner12 min readNew

AI Chat and Semantic Search

Use AI to chat with your vault context via SSE streaming, summarize documents, find similar content, run inline writing assist, and search semantically with pgvector.

intermediate14 min readNew

Version History and Document Diffs

Browse, compare, pin, and restore document versions — every save is preserved automatically so you can diff any two snapshots or roll back to any point in history.

beginner11 min readNew

Sync with Obsidian via WebDAV

Connect Obsidian to Lifestream Vault using WebDAV for real-time two-way document sync — edit in Obsidian and see changes reflected instantly in your vault.

beginner12 min readNew

Crash Reporting with Doctor SDKs

Capture exceptions from React, React Native, and Flutter apps — upload crash reports as searchable Markdown documents with breadcrumbs, device context, and offline queuing.

intermediate18 min readNew

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