Cognitive Glow v0.2.2

What's fixed

This release restores Obsidian manifest compliance so the plugin passes the community plugin review.

• Restored required isDesktopOnly: false field on manifest.json.
• Rewrote the description to only use the allowed character set per obsidianmd/validate-manifest.
• Added manifest.json to the lint script so this class of regression can't sneak in again.
• Minor: fixed a pre-existing tsc cast warning in core/store.ts.

No behavior changes.

Cognitive Glow v0.2.1

Housekeeping release — no new features, no behavior changes.

Fixed

• Missing ESLint plugin dependencies (@microsoft/eslint-plugin-sdl, eslint-plugin-import) now declared in devDependencies
• Silent .catch(() => {}) calls replaced with console.error logging

Changed

• Redundant type re-exports removed from core/metrics.ts
• Debug script (scripts/debug-glow-score.ts) deleted — duplicated test logic
• Spec file renamed 00_SPEC_COGNITIVE_GLOW.md → SPEC.md
• README rewritten with motivation section, dev commands, and license link
• cross-env added (pinned to v7 for Node 18 compatibility) for cross-platform test script

Added

• GitHub Actions CI workflow (lint + build + test on push/PR)

Cognitive Glow v0.2.0

What's new in v0.2.0

Visual

• Notes now emit a real luminous glow — box-shadow scales with score, plus a directional shimmer overlay and amplified hover state
• Sparkles icon on the view tab and a new ribbon button for quick access

Tracking

• Dwell gating — visits only count after a configurable minimum open time (default 30 s). Quick flick-throughs no longer inflate scores
• Untitled notes are never tracked
• Dwell time is accumulated per note and stored for future scoring use

Folder scope

• Tracked folders — restrict tracking to specific folders; leave blank to track your entire vault
• Excluded folders — block specific folders (e.g. Templates/, Archive/) from ever being tracked
• Folder rules apply both at open time and retroactively to existing data

Settings UX

• Reorganized into Display, Tracking, and Advanced (collapsible) sections
• "Glow fades after" is now a plain-English dropdown (1 day / 3 days / 1 week / 1 month)
• Raw scoring weights moved to Advanced for power users

Sidebar & navigation

• New Sidebar placement setting — open the panel left or right, takes effect immediately
• New command: Open sidebar in the command palette

Bug fixes

• Last note before app close now commits correctly on unload
• Switching to an Untitled note no longer leaves the prior note's dwell timer running
• Raising the dwell threshold mid-session reschedules the timer correctly
• Folder exclusions added while a note is open are honored at commit time

Cognitive Glow 0.1.1

Full Changelog: 0.1.0...0.1.1

Full Changelog: 0.1.0...0.1.1

Full Changelog: 0.1.0...0.1.1

Cognitive Glow 0.1.0

Cognitive Glow — initial release

Sidebar view that ranks notes by a glow score so you can navigate by what’s hot instead of by filename.

Features

• Glow score from recency and frequency of opens (optional manual “gravity” per note)
• Normal mode: all scored notes, sorted by glow
• Focus mode: top N notes only
• Tracks renames and deletes; stats stored in plugin data
• Settings: recency decay, weights, focus top N, max records, show/hide low-glow notes
• Commands: Dump Glow Scores to Console, Show Persisted Data (JSON)

Install

1. Download manifest.json, main.js, and styles.css from this release.
2. Put them in your vault’s .obsidian/plugins/cognitive-glow/ folder.
3. Enable Cognitive Glow in Settings → Community plugins.