Obsidian Skills

What it does

This skill suite provides access to several tools for interacting with Obsidian vaults and related file types. It enables agents to create and edit Obsidian Flavored Markdown files (.md), work with Obsidian Bases (.base), manipulate JSON Canvas files (.canvas), and interact with the Obsidian CLI. Additionally, it can extract clean markdown from web pages using Defuddle.

When to use it

• Content Creation: Generate new .md notes containing wikilinks, embeds, or properties within an Obsidian vault.
• Data Visualization: Build and modify .base files to create custom views and summaries of data stored in your vault.
• Workflow Automation: Use the Obsidian CLI to automate tasks like plugin development or theme management.
• Content Extraction: Clean up web content by extracting markdown using Defuddle, reducing token usage when incorporating external information.

Key capabilities

• Obsidian Flavored Markdown (.md) editing
• Obsidian Bases (.base) creation and modification
• JSON Canvas (.canvas) manipulation
• Interaction with the Obsidian CLI
• Web page markdown extraction using Defuddle

Example prompts

• "Create a new note in my Obsidian vault called 'Project Planning' with a wikilink to 'Meeting Notes'."
• "Generate an Obsidian Base showing all notes tagged with 'reading'."
• "Extract the main content from this URL and save it as a markdown file: [URL]"

Tips & gotchas

• Ensure your agent has access to the appropriate skills directory based on the AI platform being used (Claude Code, Codex CLI, or OpenCode).
• The Obsidian CLI skill requires familiarity with command-line usage.