obsidian-cli

Overview

Obsidian CLI is a skill that enables interaction with Obsidian vaults through the obsidian command-line interface. It supports reading, creating, searching, and managing notes, tasks, properties, tags, and backlinks, as well as plugin and theme development operations including JavaScript execution, plugin reloading, screenshot capture, error logging, and DOM inspection within a running Obsidian instance.

Key Features

• Note Management - Read, create, append to, and manage notes using file=<name> (wikilink-style) or path=<path> (exact vault path) targeting, with template and silent mode support
• Search and Discovery - Search vault content with query parameters and limits, list tags with sorting and counts, view backlinks for any note, and access daily notes
• Task Operations - Read, create, and manage tasks including daily todo lists via obsidian tasks daily todo and task appending to daily notes
• Property Management - Get and set note properties (frontmatter) with property:set and property:get commands for metadata management
• Plugin Development - Reload plugins, execute JavaScript within Obsidian, capture error logs, take screenshots, and inspect DOM elements for plugin and theme development workflows
• Multi-Vault Support - Target specific vaults with vault=<name> parameter, defaulting to the most recently focused vault

Who is this for?

This skill is for Obsidian users and developers who want to interact with their vaults programmatically from the command line or through AI assistants. It is particularly valuable for plugin and theme developers who need development tools like JS execution and DOM inspection, as well as power users who want to automate note management, task tracking, and vault operations.