obsidian skill
Work with Obsidian vaults using the official obsidian CLI: read/search/create/edit notes, tasks, links, properties, plugins.
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Install the obsidian skill
A skill is a folder. Copy it into your agent's skills folder and the agent loads it when the task matches its description.
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw.git /tmp/openclaw mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills cp -r /tmp/openclaw/skills/obsidian ~/.claude/skills/obsidian
In the Claude apps, zip the folder and upload it from the Skills settings. The folder on GitHub
The instructions your agent would load
SKILL.md as published, without the frontmatter. Read it on GitHub
Obsidian
Use the official obsidian CLI for Obsidian vault work. Vault files are plain Markdown, so direct file edits are still fine when safer/faster.
Requirements
- Obsidian 1.12.7+ installed.
- Settings -> General -> Command line interface enabled.
- obsidian registered on PATH.
- Obsidian app running; the CLI connects to the running app.
Check:
obsidian version
obsidian helpmacOS registration creates /usr/local/bin/obsidian pointing at the app-bundled CLI. Linux registration copies the binary to ~/.local/bin/obsidian.
Vault model
- Notes: *.md.
- Config: .obsidian/; avoid editing unless asked.
- Canvases: *.canvas JSON.
- Attachments: vault-configured folder.
- Multiple vaults are common; pass vault="" when ambiguous.
Obsidian desktop tracks vaults here:
- ~/Library/Application Support/obsidian/obsidian.json
Command pattern
obsidian <command> [name=value] [flag]
obsidian vault="Notes" search query="meeting notes" format=jsonParameter values with spaces need quotes. Add --copy to copy output where useful.
Common commands
Open/read:
obsidian open file=Recipe
obsidian open path="Inbox/Idea.md" newtab
obsidian read
obsidian read file=RecipeSearch:
obsidian search query="TODO" matches
obsidian search query="status::active" format=json
obsidian search:open query="project notes"Create/modify:
obsidian create name="New Note"
obsidian create path="Inbox/Idea.md" content="# Idea"
obsidian append file=Note content="New line"
obsidian prepend file=Note content="After frontmatter"Move/delete:
obsidian move file=Note to=Archive/
obsidian move path="Inbox/Old.md" to="Projects/New.md"
obsidian delete file=NoteDaily/tasks:
obsidian daily
obsidian daily:read
obsidian daily:append content="- [ ] Review inbox"
obsidian tasks all todo
obsidian task file=Note line=8 doneProperties/links:
obsidian tags all counts
obsidian property:read file=Note name=status
obsidian property:set file=Note name=status value=done
obsidian backlinks file=Note
obsidian unresolved verbose countsDeveloper/debug:
obsidian plugin:reload my-plugin
obsidian dev:errors
obsidian dev:screenshot file=shot.png
obsidian eval "app.vault.getFiles().length"Notes
- file= uses Obsidian-style file resolution; path= is exact.
- Prefer CLI move/delete/property commands for Obsidian-aware updates.
- Prefer direct Markdown edits for bulk text changes after locating the vault path.
- Do not rely on third-party obsidian-cli unless user explicitly asks for it.
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