thinkfleetai 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"