diff --git a/src/content/.obsidian/appearance.json b/src/content/.obsidian/appearance.json
index bed7647..60a8c7a 100644
--- a/src/content/.obsidian/appearance.json
+++ b/src/content/.obsidian/appearance.json
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 {
   "cssTheme": "0xZ",
   "showViewHeader": true,
-  "showRibbon": false,
+  "showRibbon": true,
   "enabledCssSnippets": [
-    "astro-modular-styling"
+    "astro-modular-styling",
+    "claude-sidebar-button"
   ],
   "theme": "system",
   "accentColor": ""
diff --git a/src/content/.obsidian/community-plugins.json b/src/content/.obsidian/community-plugins.json
index c509075..34a3d80 100644
--- a/src/content/.obsidian/community-plugins.json
+++ b/src/content/.obsidian/community-plugins.json
@@ -19,5 +19,6 @@
   "file-name-history",
   "nested-properties",
   "vault-nickname",
-  "link-as"
+  "link-as",
+  "claude-sidebar"
 ]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/content/.obsidian/plugins/claude-sidebar/manifest.json b/src/content/.obsidian/plugins/claude-sidebar/manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c68ab23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/content/.obsidian/plugins/claude-sidebar/manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+	"id": "claude-sidebar",
+	"name": "Claude Sidebar",
+	"version": "1.8.10",
+	"minAppVersion": "1.0.0",
+	"description": "Run Claude Code in your sidebar.",
+	"author": "Derek Larson",
+	"authorUrl": "https://github.com/derek-larson14",
+	"isDesktopOnly": true
+}
diff --git a/src/content/.obsidian/snippets/claude-sidebar-button.css b/src/content/.obsidian/snippets/claude-sidebar-button.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac2ee91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/content/.obsidian/snippets/claude-sidebar-button.css
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/* =============================================================================
+   claude-sidebar-button.css — VaultCMS snippet for the oz-blog content vault.
+
+   The ribbon is enabled (appearance.json "showRibbon": true) so the Claude
+   Sidebar plugin's "New Claude Tab" button has somewhere to render. This snippet
+   then TRIMS the ribbon to just the home-base and Claude buttons — so the result
+   is a slim two-icon strip (Claude next to "Open home base") rather than the full
+   ribbon. (A reload of Obsidian is needed after changing the snippet.)
+
+   Ribbon buttons are matched by their aria-label (the title passed to
+   addRibbonIcon): home-base → "Open home base", claude-sidebar → "New Claude Tab".
+   If a future Obsidian version renames these classes and the buttons stop
+   appearing, fall back to a hotkey (Settings → Hotkeys → "Claude") or set
+   "showRibbon": true.
+   ============================================================================= */
+
+/* Re-show the left ribbon strip even though "Show ribbon" is off. */
+.workspace-ribbon.side-dock-ribbon.mod-left {
+  display: flex !important;
+}
+
+/* Hide every ribbon plugin icon by default… */
+.workspace-ribbon.side-dock-ribbon.mod-left .side-dock-ribbon-action {
+  display: none !important;
+}
+
+/* …then reveal only the two we want (they render in ribbon order). */
+.workspace-ribbon.side-dock-ribbon.mod-left .side-dock-ribbon-action[aria-label="Open home base"],
+.workspace-ribbon.side-dock-ribbon.mod-left .side-dock-ribbon-action[aria-label="New Claude Tab"] {
+  display: flex !important;
+}
+
+/* Drop the ribbon's collapse chevron so the strip stays clean. */
+.workspace-ribbon.side-dock-ribbon.mod-left .workspace-ribbon-collapse-btn {
+  display: none !important;
+}