X Grok to Obsidian

Export Grok conversations from X (x.com) via browser-network capture and convert them into Obsidian-ready Markdown files. Use when a user wants to back up Grok chat history, preserve User vs Grok turns, and generate Markdown notes with YAML frontmatter (URL, created) from captured JSON.

Export Grok conversations in two stages.

Stage 1 — Capture conversation JSON from X/Grok

Run the browser script in Chrome DevTools Console on https://x.com/i/grok while logged in.

Use script: scripts/export_grok_items_capture.js

Behavior:

• Intercept only GrokConversationItemsByRestId responses (fetch + XHR)
• Load chat history with multi-pass scrolling
• Open each discovered conversation to trigger backend responses
• Save one JSON file with conversation metadata + ordered item payload

Quick settings (edit at top of script before run):

• INDEX_PASSES (default 3)
• CAPTURE_PASSES (default 3)
• MAX_CHATS (null = all, or number for test)

Output:

• grok-network-capture-<timestamp>.json downloaded by browser

Stage 2 — Convert JSON to Obsidian Markdown

Run Python converter locally:

python3 scripts/convert_grok_capture_to_md.py \
  --input /path/to/grok-network-capture-*.json \
  --out /path/to/output-folder

Converter defaults:

• Frontmatter fields: URL, created
• Body starts immediately with # <title> (no blank line before header)
• Turn headings: ## User / ## Grok (no numbering)
• Turn separator: ---
• Turn order: reverse API item order (API is newest-first)
• Reasoning/deepsearch omitted by default

Useful flags:

• --include-reasoning include thinking_trace blocks
• --separator "---" customize turn separator
• --overwrite overwrite same-title files instead of creating Title 2.md

Notes

• Prefer several index/capture passes because X history rendering is lazy and inconsistent.
• If discovered chat count is unexpectedly low, re-run Stage 1 with higher pass counts.
• Keep scripts generic; avoid user-specific absolute paths.