Files and Data Locations

This page shows where the plugin stores files in your vault and on disk.

Notes, PDFs, and chats

By default, the plugin writes:

• Notes: Zotero/Notes/
• PDFs: Zotero/PDFs/ (if Copy PDFs to vault is enabled)
• Chat exports: Zotero/Chats/

All of these paths are configurable in Settings → Output.

Cache directories

The plugin keeps local cache files under:

• .zotero-redisearch-rag/items/ — Zotero item metadata
• .zotero-redisearch-rag/chunks/ — extracted chunks
• .zotero-redisearch-rag/doc_index.json — index metadata
• .zotero-redisearch-rag/chats/ — chat session history

These caches let you reindex without re‑running Docling or OCR.

Redis data directory

Redis Stack stores its own data separately:

• When started from the plugin, it uses a per‑vault data folder under your vault’s .obsidian/zotero-redisearch-rag/redis-data (unless overridden).
• If you run Redis yourself, data location depends on your Redis configuration.

Python worker data (worker runtime mode)

When using Python worker container runtime, the worker keeps a persistent virtual environment/cache at:

• .zotero-redisearch-rag/python-worker-cache/

If multiple vaults share one Redis instance, the plugin namespaces the index and key prefix to avoid conflicts.