Obsidian Install & Auth

Overview

Set up a complete Obsidian plugin development environment: clone the official sample plugin, install TypeScript + esbuild, configure a dev vault with symlink, verify the build pipeline, and establish the manifest.json / versions.json contract.

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18+ (LTS recommended)
• npm or pnpm package manager
• Obsidian desktop app installed (download from https://obsidian.md)
• Git for version control

Instructions

Step 1: Clone the Official Sample Plugin

set -euo pipefail
# Clone the maintained template — includes esbuild, tsconfig, and a working main.ts
git clone https://github.com/obsidianmd/obsidian-sample-plugin.git my-obsidian-plugin
cd my-obsidian-plugin