obsidian-skill.md

name	obsidian
description	Execute Obsidian CLI commands on this vault. Use for searching notes, managing properties, listing files, working with tags, and other vault operations.
allowed-tools	Bash(obsidian *)

Obsidian Vault Commands

Execute Obsidian CLI commands on this vault.

Common Commands

Search & Discovery:

• obsidian search query="<text>" - Search vault for text
• obsidian files - List all files in vault
• obsidian tags - List all tags
• obsidian orphans - Find notes with no incoming links
• obsidian deadends - Find notes with no outgoing links

Properties & Metadata:

• obsidian properties - List all properties in vault
• obsidian property:set name=<key> value=<value> path="<file>" - Set a property on a file
• obsidian property:read name=<key> path="<file>" - Read a property value

File Operations:

• obsidian read path="<file>" - Read file contents
• obsidian create name="<name>" content="<text>" - Create a new file
• obsidian append path="<file>" content="<text>" - Append to a file
• obsidian open path="<file>" - Open a file in Obsidian

Daily Notes:

• obsidian daily - Open today's daily note
• obsidian daily:read - Read today's daily note
• obsidian daily:append content="<text>" - Append to today's daily note

Analysis:

• obsidian backlinks path="<file>" - List backlinks to a file
• obsidian links path="<file>" - List outgoing links from a file
• obsidian vault info=files - Get vault statistics

Usage Notes

• All paths are relative to the vault root
• Quote file paths that contain spaces
• Use obsidian help to see all available commands
• Use obsidian help <command> for detailed command help

Examples

Search for notes about design:

/obsidian search query="design"

Add an author to a note:

/obsidian property:set name=author value="[[Jane Doe]]" path="Notes/My Note.md"

Find all notes with no backlinks:

/obsidian orphans