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obsidian

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About obsidian

A skill for working with Obsidian vaults and their Markdown notes using obsidian-cli or direct file edits. It covers vault discovery, search, note creation, and link-aware moves and renames.

Key features

  1. 01Resolve active vaults from configuration
  2. 02Search note names and contents
  3. 03Create notes through obsidian-cli
  4. 04Move and rename with link updates
  5. 05Edit Markdown files directly

Use cases

  1. 01Locate the intended vault before editing
  2. 02Find notes by title or content
  3. 03Create a note and open it in Obsidian
  4. 04Refactor note paths while updating links

Install

Copy the command and run it in a terminal.

$npx skills add https://github.com/letta-ai/skills --skill obsidian

After installing, type/obsidianin Claude Code to confirm it loaded.

Bundled filesassets/obsidian-small.svgLICENSE

Details

From the project README

Obsidian

Obsidian vault = a normal folder on disk.

Vault structure (typical)

  • Notes: *.md (plain text Markdown; edit with any editor)
  • Config: .obsidian/ (workspace + plugin settings; usually don’t touch from scripts)
  • Canvases: *.canvas (JSON)
  • Attachments: whatever folder you chose in Obsidian settings (images/PDFs/etc.)

Find the active vault(s)

Obsidian desktop tracks vaults here (source of truth):

  • ~/Library/Application Support/obsidian/obsidian.json

obsidian-cli resolves vaults from that file; vault name is typically the folder name (path suffix).

Fast “what vault is active / where are the notes?”

  • If you’ve already set a default: obsidian-cli print-default --path-only
  • Otherwise, read ~/Library/Application Support/obsidian/obsidian.json and use the vault entry with "open": true.

Notes

  • Multiple vaults common (iCloud vs ~/Documents, work/personal, etc.). Don’t guess; read config.
  • Avoid writing hardcoded vault paths into scripts; prefer reading the config or using print-default.

obsidian-cli quick start

Pick a default vault (once):

  • obsidian-cli set-default "<vault-folder-name>"
  • obsidian-cli print-default / obsidian-cli print-default --path-only

Search

  • obsidian-cli search "query" (note names)
  • obsidian-cli search-content "query" (inside notes; shows snippets + lines)

Create

  • obsidian-cli create "Folder/New note" --content "..." --open
  • Requires Obsidian URI handler (obsidian://…) working (Obsidian installed).
  • Avoid creating notes under “hidden” dot-folders (e.g. .something/...) via URI; Obsidian may refuse.

Move/rename (safe refactor)

  • obsidian-cli move "old/path/note" "new/path/note"
  • Updates [[wikilinks]] and common Markdown links across the vault (this is the main win vs mv).

Delete

  • obsidian-cli delete "path/note"

Prefer direct edits when appropriate: open the .md file and change it; Obsidian will pick it up.

Comments

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