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Obsidian Daily by modbender — Agent Skill

Name: Obsidian Daily
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: modbender

Obsidian Daily

Manage Obsidian Daily Notes via obsidian-cli. Create and open daily notes, append entries (journals, logs, tasks, links), read past notes by date, and search vault content. Handles relative dates like "yesterday", "last Friday", "3 days ago". Requires obsidian-cli installed via Homebrew (Mac/Linux) or Scoop (Windows).

modbender Updated Sep 9, 2026 12 repo stars

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Obsidian Daily Notes

Interact with Obsidian Daily Notes: create notes, append entries, read by date, and search content.

Setup

Check if a default vault is configured:

obsidian-cli print-default --path-only 2>/dev/null && echo "OK" || echo "NOT_SET"

If NOT_SET, ask the user:

Vault name (required)
Daily notes folder (default: vault root, common: Daily Notes, Journal, daily)
Date format (default: YYYY-MM-DD)

Configure the vault:

obsidian-cli set-default "VAULT_NAME"

Obsidian Daily Notes plugin defaults:

Date format: YYYY-MM-DD
New file location: Vault root
Template file location: (none)

Date Handling

Get current date:

date +%Y-%m-%d

Cross-platform relative dates (GNU first, BSD fallback):

Reference	Command
Today	`date +%Y-%m-%d`
Yesterday	`date -d yesterday +%Y-%m-%d 2>/dev/null \|\| date -v-1d +%Y-%m-%d`
Last Friday	`date -d "last friday" +%Y-%m-%d 2>/dev/null \|\| date -v-friday +%Y-%m-%d`
3 days ago	`date -d "3 days ago" +%Y-%m-%d 2>/dev/null \|\| date -v-3d +%Y-%m-%d`
Next Monday	`date -d "next monday" +%Y-%m-%d 2>/dev/null \|\| date -v+monday +%Y-%m-%d`

Commands

Open/Create Today's Note

obsidian-cli daily

Opens today's daily note in Obsidian, creating it from template if it doesn't exist.

Append Entry

obsidian-cli daily && obsidian-cli create "$(date +%Y-%m-%d).md" --content "$(printf '\n%s' "ENTRY_TEXT")" --append

With custom folder:

obsidian-cli daily && obsidian-cli create "Daily Notes/$(date +%Y-%m-%d).md" --content "$(printf '\n%s' "ENTRY_TEXT")" --append

Read Note

Today:

obsidian-cli print "$(date +%Y-%m-%d).md"

Specific date:

obsidian-cli print "2025-01-10.md"

Relative date (yesterday):

obsidian-cli print "$(date -d yesterday +%Y-%m-%d 2>/dev/null || date -v-1d +%Y-%m-%d).md"

Search Content

obsidian-cli search-content "TERM"

Search Notes

Interactive fuzzy finder:

obsidian-cli search

Specific Vault

Add --vault "NAME" to any command:

obsidian-cli print "2025-01-10.md" --vault "Work"

Example Output

- Went to the doctor
- [ ] Buy groceries
- https://github.com/anthropics/skills
- 15:45 This is a log line

Use Cases

Journal entry:

obsidian-cli daily && obsidian-cli create "$(date +%Y-%m-%d).md" --content "$(printf '\n%s' "- Went to the doctor")" --append

Task:

obsidian-cli daily && obsidian-cli create "$(date +%Y-%m-%d).md" --content "$(printf '\n%s' "- [ ] Buy groceries")" --append

Link:

obsidian-cli daily && obsidian-cli create "$(date +%Y-%m-%d).md" --content "$(printf '\n%s' "- https://github.com/anthropics/skills")" --append

Timestamped log:

obsidian-cli daily && obsidian-cli create "$(date +%Y-%m-%d).md" --content "$(printf '\n%s' "- $(date +%H:%M) This is a log line")" --append

Read last Friday:

obsidian-cli print "$(date -d 'last friday' +%Y-%m-%d 2>/dev/null || date -v-friday +%Y-%m-%d).md"

Search for "meeting":

obsidian-cli search-content "meeting"

---name: obsidian-dailydescription: Manage Obsidian Daily Notes via obsidian-cli. Create and open daily notes, append entries (journals, logs, tasks, links), read past notes by date, and search vault content. Handles relative dates like "yesterday", "last Friday", "3 days ago". Requires obsidian-cli installed via Homebrew (Mac/Linux) or Scoop (Windows).--- # Obsidian Daily Notes Interact with Obsidian Daily Notes: create notes, append entries, read by date, and search content. ## Setup Check if a default vault is configured: ```bash obsidian-cli print-default --path-only 2>/dev/null && echo "OK" || echo "NOT_SET" ``` If `NOT_SET`, ask the user: 1. **Vault name** (required) 2. **Daily notes folder** (default: vault root, common: `Daily Notes`, `Journal`, `daily`) 3. **Date format** (default: `YYYY-MM-DD`) Configure the vault: ```bash obsidian-cli set-default "VAULT_NAME" ``` **Obsidian Daily Notes plugin defaults:** - Date format: `YYYY-MM-DD` - New file location: Vault root - Template file location: (none) ## Date Handling Get current date: ```bash date +%Y-%m-%d ``` Cross-platform relative dates (GNU first, BSD fallback): | Reference | Command | |-----------|---------| | Today | `date +%Y-%m-%d` | | Yesterday | `date -d yesterday +%Y-%m-%d 2>/dev/null \|\| date -v-1d +%Y-%m-%d` | | Last Friday | `date -d "last friday" +%Y-%m-%d 2>/dev/null \|\| date -v-friday +%Y-%m-%d` | | 3 days ago | `date -d "3 days ago" +%Y-%m-%d 2>/dev/null \|\| date -v-3d +%Y-%m-%d` | | Next Monday | `date -d "next monday" +%Y-%m-%d 2>/dev/null \|\| date -v+monday +%Y-%m-%d` | ## Commands ### Open/Create Today's Note ```bash obsidian-cli daily ``` Opens today's daily note in Obsidian, creating it from template if it doesn't exist. ### Append Entry ```bash obsidian-cli daily && obsidian-cli create "$(date +%Y-%m-%d).md" --content "$(printf '\n%s' "ENTRY_TEXT")" --append ``` With custom folder: ```bash obsidian-cli daily && obsidian-cli create "Daily Notes/$(date +%Y-%m-%d).md" --content "$(printf '\n%s' "ENTRY_TEXT")" --append ``` ### Read Note Today: ```bash obsidian-cli print "$(date +%Y-%m-%d).md" ``` Specific date: ```bash obsidian-cli print "2025-01-10.md" ``` Relative date (yesterday): ```bash obsidian-cli print "$(date -d yesterday +%Y-%m-%d 2>/dev/null || date -v-1d +%Y-%m-%d).md" ``` ### Search Content ```bash obsidian-cli search-content "TERM" ``` ### Search Notes Interactive fuzzy finder: ```bash obsidian-cli search ``` ### Specific Vault Add `--vault "NAME"` to any command: ```bash obsidian-cli print "2025-01-10.md" --vault "Work" ``` ## Example Output ```markdown - Went to the doctor - [ ] Buy groceries - https://github.com/anthropics/skills - 15:45 This is a log line ``` ## Use Cases **Journal entry:** ```bash obsidian-cli daily && obsidian-cli create "$(date +%Y-%m-%d).md" --content "$(printf '\n%s' "- Went to the doctor")" --append ``` **Task:** ```bash obsidian-cli daily && obsidian-cli create "$(date +%Y-%m-%d).md" --content "$(printf '\n%s' "- [ ] Buy groceries")" --append ``` **Link:** ```bash obsidian-cli daily && obsidian-cli create "$(date +%Y-%m-%d).md" --content "$(printf '\n%s' "- https://github.com/anthropics/skills")" --append ``` **Timestamped log:** ```bash obsidian-cli daily && obsidian-cli create "$(date +%Y-%m-%d).md" --content "$(printf '\n%s' "- $(date +%H:%M) This is a log line")" --append ``` **Read last Friday:** ```bash obsidian-cli print "$(date -d 'last friday' +%Y-%m-%d 2>/dev/null || date -v-friday +%Y-%m-%d).md" ``` **Search for "meeting":** ```bash obsidian-cli search-content "meeting" ```

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