obsidian-skill

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Controls Obsidian vaults via the official CLI (1.12+). Reads, creates, appends to, and searches notes. Manages daily notes, tasks, tags, properties, templates, bookmarks, and plugins. Analyzes knowledge graph structure including backlinks, orphans, and unresolved links. Triggers on Obsidian, vault, notes, daily notes, knowledge base, PKM, second brain, zettelkasten, backlinks, or note-taking tasks.

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# Obsidian CLI Controls the running Obsidian app via IPC. First invocation launches Obsidian if not running. ## Prerequisites 1. Install Obsidian 1.12+ 2. Enable CLI: **Settings → General → Command line interface** → follow registration prompt 3. Restart terminal (registration adds `obsidian` to PATH automatically) Platform-specific PATH details: - **macOS**: appends `/Applications/Obsidian.app/Contents/MacOS` to `~/.zprofile` - **Linux**: symlink at `/usr/local/bin/obsidian` (fallback `~/.local/bin/obsidian`) - **Windows**: requires `Obsidian.com` redirector from Discord `#insider-desktop-release` ## Syntax ``` obsidian <command> [vault=<name>] [file=<name>] [path=<path>] [flags] [--copy] ``` | Pattern | Behavior | |---------|----------| | `vault=<name>` | Target vault by name; defaults to cwd vault or active vault | | `file=<name>` | Wikilink-style resolution (no path/extension needed) | | `path=<path>` | Exact vault-relative path, e.g. `path="Folder/Note.md"` | | `total` | Return count instead of list | | `format=json\|text\|csv\|tsv\|md` | Output format (varies per command) | | `--copy` | Copy any command's output to clipboard | | `\n` / `\t` | Newline / tab in content strings | | No file/path | Defaults to active file in Obsidian | | Bare `obsidian` | Opens interactive TUI with autocomplete + `Ctrl+R` history | ## Quick start These five operations cover most agent tasks. For complete command reference, see the domain-specific guides below. ### Read a note ```b...

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wizzy15
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wizzy15/obsidian-skill
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