# Obsidian Cli

> ALWAYS invoke when using the obsidian CLI tool to interact with a vault from the terminal. Triggers: obsidian CLI, vault command line, obsidian read/create/search from shell.

- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-doctormozg-claude-pipelines-obsidian-cli`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [DoctorMozg](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/doctormozg)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [Productivity](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/productivity)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Upstream author:** [DoctorMozg](https://github.com/DoctorMozg)
- **Source:** https://github.com/DoctorMozg/claude-pipelines/tree/master/plugins/mz-knowledge/skills/obsidian-cli

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-doctormozg-claude-pipelines-obsidian-cli
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

## Overview

The `obsidian` CLI is an official command-line interface that requires Obsidian to be running. It allows reading, writing, searching, and inspecting vault notes from a shell.

## When to Use

Invoke when running shell commands against an Obsidian vault, scripting vault operations, or checking note content from the terminal. Trigger phrases: "obsidian CLI", "vault command line", "obsidian read/create/search from shell".

### When NOT to use

- Obsidian is not running — the CLI requires the live Obsidian app to be open.
- Programmatic vault reading without Obsidian running — use direct file reads instead.
- OFM syntax questions with no shell interaction — use `obsidian-markdown`.

## Core Process

1. Verify Obsidian is running before issuing CLI commands.
1. Use `file=` for wikilink-style resolution, or `path=` for exact path resolution.
1. For multi-vault setups, add `vault=` to target a specific vault.

## Techniques

### Parameter conventions

- Parameters use `=` syntax: `file=NoteName`, not `--file NoteName`.
- Flags are boolean with no value: `--copy`, `--silent`, `--total`.
- Multiline content uses `\n` and `\t` escape sequences.

### File resolution

| Form           | Meaning                                        |
| -------------- | ---------------------------------------------- |
| `file=`  | Resolves like a wikilink (search across vault) |
| `path=`  | Exact vault-root-relative path                 |
| `vault=` | Target a specific vault (multi-vault setups)   |

### Read operations

- `obsidian read file=` — print note content.
- `obsidian daily:read` — read today's daily note.
- `obsidian search ` — full-text search.
- `obsidian tags` — list all tags.
- `obsidian backlinks file=` — list notes linking to this note.

### Write operations

- `obsidian create file= content=` — create a note.
- `obsidian append file= content=` — append to a note.
- `obsidian daily:append content=` — append to today's daily note.
- `obsidian property:set file= key= value=` — set a frontmatter property.

### Developer / inspection

- `obsidian plugin:reload name=` — reload a plugin.
- `obsidian dev:errors` — show console errors.
- `obsidian dev:screenshot` — take a screenshot.
- `obsidian dev:dom` — inspect the DOM.
- `obsidian dev:console` — open the console.
- `obsidian eval code=` — evaluate JavaScript in the Obsidian context.
- `obsidian dev:css` — show applied CSS.

## Common Rationalizations

N/A — reference skill.

## Red Flags

- Using `--file` syntax instead of `file=` — parameters use `=`, not `--`.
- Running CLI commands when Obsidian is not open — the command will hang or error.
- Using `path=` when `file=` would work — `path=` requires an exact vault-root-relative path and is brittle across vault reorganizations.

## Verification

Run `obsidian tags` and confirm output. Obsidian must be running.

## Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [DoctorMozg](https://github.com/DoctorMozg)
- **Source:** [DoctorMozg/claude-pipelines](https://github.com/DoctorMozg/claude-pipelines)
- **License:** MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-doctormozg-claude-pipelines-obsidian-cli
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/doctormozg
- Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse

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