obsidian-hello-world

# Obsidian Hello World ## Overview Build a minimal working Obsidian plugin demonstrating the five core building blocks: commands (palette + editor + checkCallback), settings tab with typed config, ribbon icons, modals, and status bar. Every snippet uses real Obsidian API. ## Prerequisites - Completed `obsidian-install-auth` setup (symlinked dev vault, `npm run dev` working) - Build pipeline producing `main.js` from `src/main.ts` ## Instructions ### Step 1: Define Typed Settings ```typescript // src/main.ts — top of file import { App, Editor, MarkdownView, Modal, Notice, Plugin, PluginSettingTab, Setting, TFile } from 'obsidian'; interface MyPluginSettings { greeting: string; showRibbon: boolean; dateFormat: string; } const DEFAULT_SETTINGS: MyPluginSettings = { greeting: 'Hello, Obsidian!', showRibbon: true, dateFormat: 'YYYY-MM-DD', }; ``` ### Step 2: Create the Plugin Class with Commands ```typescript export default class MyPlugin extends Plugin { settings: MyPluginSettings; async onload() { await this.loadSettings(); // Ribbon icon — shows greeting as Notice if (this.settings.showRibbon) { this.addRibbonIcon('sparkles', 'My Plugin: Greet', () => { new Notice(this.settings.greeting); }); } // Command: show greeting (available everywhere) this.addCommand({ id: 'show-greeting', name: 'Show greeting', callback: () => new Notice(this.settings.greeting), }); // Command: insert gr...