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obsidian-cli

by kepano/obsidian-skills

Interact with Obsidian vaults using the Obsidian CLI to read, create, search, and manage notes, tasks, properties, and more. Also supports plugin and theme…

Skill content

Read, create, search, and manage Obsidian vault notes via CLI with built-in plugin development and debugging tools.

- Core vault operations: read, create, append, search notes; manage tasks, properties, tags, and backlinks with flexible file targeting

- Daily note shortcuts for quick appends and reads; supports templates, silent mode, clipboard output, and multi-vault targeting

- Plugin development workflow: reload plugins, run JavaScript in app context, capture screenshots, inspect DOM and CSS, check console errors, and toggle mobile emulation

- File targeting via wikilink-style names or exact paths; all commands default to the active file or most recently focused vault

Obsidian CLI

Use the obsidian CLI to interact with a running Obsidian instance. Requires Obsidian to be open.

Command reference

Run obsidian help to see all available commands. This is always up to date. Full docs: https://help.obsidian.md/cli

Syntax

Parameters take a value with =. Quote values with spaces:

obsidian create name="My Note" content="Hello world"

Flags are boolean switches with no value: