obsidianlisted
Install: claude install-skill slogsdon/skills-vault-knowledge
# Obsidian Vault Skill
Use the `obsidian` CLI to interact with the Personal vault — read, search, create, append, backlink, and daily note operations — always via bash with single quotes.
**Don't:** use double quotes in obsidian CLI arguments — they silently fail. Don't use `daily:append` — it's unreliable; use `daily:read` to get the note name, then `obsidian append file='<name>'`.
## CLI reference
Run all commands via bash. Always use **single quotes** for argument values — double quotes cause a known parser issue and will silently fail.
```bash
# Read a note by its wikilink name (no path, no .md extension)
obsidian read file='Note Name'
# Search the vault
obsidian search query='search term' limit=10
# Create a new note (silent suppresses auto-open in Obsidian)
obsidian create name='Note Name' content='# Title\n\nContent here' silent
# Append to an existing note
obsidian append file='Note Name' content='New content to add'
# Get everything that links to a note
obsidian backlinks file='Note Name'
# Read today's daily note (to get its name/path)
obsidian daily:read
# Append to the daily note: read it first to get the note name, then use append
# daily:append is unreliable — use append file='...' with the actual note name instead
obsidian append file='2026-04-16' content='Entry text'
# List all tags or open tasks across the vault
obsidian tags
obsidian tasks
```
> Obsidian must be running for any CLI command to work. If you get a connection error, ask the user to