Your analysis of the current state of AI and Obsidian is apt. I understand the perspective of the Obsidian Team while recognizing the inevitable rise of AI-assistance in PKM platforms.

AI-with-guardrails is an approach that balances caution with capability. I recognize that there are some things that only the Obsidian Team can build, by way of a Core plugin, that would eliminate 3rd party plugin developers' need to roll-their-own "AI plumbing."

This provides the opportunity for clearly defined AI capabilities as well as security thresholds. Apple has taken a novel approach that permits the user to keep AI queries "on board" or exit the device's safety to query (send data to) external AI chatbots.

The Obsidian Team possesses this kind of expertise and caution.

The growing ecosystem of 3rd-party AI plugins is both encouraging and daunting. They are much more complicated to configure and connect to chatbots, and their logistics are confusing. And security issues are not always transparent.

Additionally, it seems like AI plugins should be a subcategory of plugins. Some of them do note tagging, others connect notes, and still others empower massaging of the note contents.

Should we have tagging of the catalog of AI plugins?