Obsidian Skill

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.

Install

skills CLI (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and more)
npx skills add wizzy15/obsidian-skill --skill obsidian-skill
Manual install
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/wizzy15/obsidian-skill.git /tmp/obsidian-skill
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r /tmp/obsidian-skill/. ~/.claude/skills/obsidian-skill

Personal skills live in ~/.claude/skills. Use .claude/skills in a project folder to share a skill with your team.

From the SKILL.md

# 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
Read the full skill on GitHub

Details

Skill name
obsidian-skill
License
MIT
Repo updated
12 October 2026

FAQ

What does the Obsidian Skill skill do?

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.

How do I install the Obsidian Skill skill?

skills CLI (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and more): npx skills add wizzy15/obsidian-skill --skill obsidian-skill. Skills go in ~/.claude/skills (personal) or .claude/skills (project), and Claude loads them automatically when a task matches the description.

Is Obsidian Skill popular?

It lives in wizzy15/obsidian-skill, which has 5 GitHub stars and 0 forks.

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