obsidian-core-workflow-a

# Obsidian Core Workflow A: Create a Plugin from Scratch ## Overview Build a complete Obsidian plugin from an empty directory. By the end you will have a working plugin with a ribbon icon, command palette entries, a settings tab, and a production esbuild build. Every file is shown in full -- no stubs. ## Prerequisites - Node.js 18+ installed - Obsidian desktop app installed - A vault to test in (create a fresh vault at `~/ObsidianDev` if needed) ## Instructions ### Step 1: Scaffold the project ```bash set -euo pipefail PLUGIN_NAME="my-obsidian-plugin" mkdir -p "$PLUGIN_NAME/src" cd "$PLUGIN_NAME" # Initialize Node project npm init -y # Install Obsidian types and build tool npm install --save-dev obsidian@latest typescript@latest esbuild@latest \ @types/node@latest tslib@latest # TypeScript config cat > tsconfig.json << 'TSEOF' { "compilerOptions": { "baseUrl": ".", "inlineSourceMap": true, "inlineSources": true, "module": "ESNext", "target": "ES2018", "allowJs": true, "noImplicitAny": true, "moduleResolution": "node", "importHelpers": true, "isolatedModules": true, "strictNullChecks": true, "lib": ["DOM", "ES2018", "ES2021.String"] }, "include": ["src/**/*.ts"] } TSEOF echo "Scaffolding complete." ``` ### Step 2: Create manifest.json Every Obsidian plugin needs a `manifest.json` at the project root. This is what Obsidian reads to register the plugin. ```json { "id": "my-obsidian-plugin", "name": "My Ob...