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dvcrn (@dvcrn) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Obsidian CLI Tool by dvcrn — Agent Skill

Name: Obsidian CLI Tool
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: dvcrn

Obsidian CLI Tool

Interact with Obsidian vaults using the Obsidian CLI to read, create, search, and manage notes, tasks, properties, and more. Also supports plugin and theme development with commands to reload plugins, run JavaScript, capture errors, take screenshots, and inspect the DOM. Use when the user asks to interact with their Obsidian vault, manage notes, search vault content, perform vault operations from the command line, or develop and debug Obsidian plugins and themes.

dvcrn Updated Sep 8, 2026 32 repo stars

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Obsidian CLI

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

Command reference

Vault operations

obsidian list vaults — List all vaults
obsidian open <vault> — Open a vault by name
obsidian open <note> — Open a note in the default vault
obsidian search "query" — Fuzzy search for notes
obsidian search-content "term" — Search within note contents

Note operations

obsidian create --name "Title" --content "Body text" — Create a new note
obsidian print <note> — Print note contents
obsidian move <source> <target> — Move or rename a note
obsidian delete <note> — Delete a note
obsidian daily — Open or create today's daily note

Properties (frontmatter)

obsidian frontmatter get <note> <key> — Get a property value
obsidian frontmatter set <note> <key> <value> — Set a property value
obsidian frontmatter remove <note> <key> — Remove a property

Plugin development

obsidian plugin reload — Reload the current plugin
obsidian plugin eval '<code>' — Run JavaScript in Obsidian
obsidian plugin screenshot — Take a screenshot of Obsidian
obsidian plugin dom — Inspect the DOM structure

Usage examples

# Create a note
obsidian create --name "Meeting Notes" --content "# Standup\n\n- Task A done\n- Task B in progress"

# Search for a note
obsidian search "project roadmap"

# Read a note
obsidian print "Projects/Website Redesign"

# Update frontmatter
obsidian frontmatter set "Todo List" status "in-progress"

# Open daily note
obsidian daily

Requirements

Obsidian must be running
The Obsidian CLI plugin must be installed and enabled
For plugin development commands, the workspace must be an Obsidian plugin project

---name: obsidian-cli-tooldescription: Interact with Obsidian vaults using the Obsidian CLI to read, create, search, and manage notes, tasks, properties, and more. Also supports plugin and theme development with commands to reload plugins, run JavaScript, capture errors, take screenshots, and inspect the DOM. Use when the user asks to interact with their Obsidian vault, manage notes, search vault content, perform vault operations from the command line, or develop and debug Obsidian plugins and themes.---# Obsidian CLIUse the `obsidian` CLI to interact with a running Obsidian instance. Requires Obsidian to be open.## Command reference### Vault operations- `obsidian list vaults` — List all vaults- `obsidian open <vault>` — Open a vault by name- `obsidian open <note>` — Open a note in the default vault- `obsidian search "query"` — Fuzzy search for notes- `obsidian search-content "term"` — Search within note contents### Note operations- `obsidian create --name "Title" --content "Body text"` — Create a new note- `obsidian print <note>` — Print note contents- `obsidian move <source> <target>` — Move or rename a note- `obsidian delete <note>` — Delete a note- `obsidian daily` — Open or create today's daily note### Properties (frontmatter)- `obsidian frontmatter get <note> <key>` — Get a property value- `obsidian frontmatter set <note> <key> <value>` — Set a property value- `obsidian frontmatter remove <note> <key>` — Remove a property### Plugin development- `obsidian plugin reload` — Reload the current plugin- `obsidian plugin eval '<code>'` — Run JavaScript in Obsidian- `obsidian plugin screenshot` — Take a screenshot of Obsidian- `obsidian plugin dom` — Inspect the DOM structure## Usage examples```bash# Create a noteobsidian create --name "Meeting Notes" --content "# Standup\n\n- Task A done\n- Task B in progress"# Search for a noteobsidian search "project roadmap"# Read a noteobsidian print "Projects/Website Redesign"# Update frontmatterobsidian frontmatter set "Todo List" status "in-progress"# Open daily noteobsidian daily```## Requirements- Obsidian must be running- The Obsidian CLI plugin must be installed and enabled- For plugin development commands, the workspace must be an Obsidian plugin project

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