Obsidian Visuals

This skill is a router/dispatcher for Obsidian visualizations. It detects which visualization plugins are installed in the current vault, routes the user's request to the correct format, emits valid embeddable snippets, and delegates deep diagram authoring to domain-specific skills (e.g., mermaid-expert, excalidraw-diagram, etc.).

When to Use This Skill

• Creating diagrams, charts, or data visualizations inside an Obsidian note
• Determining which visualization plugins are available in the current vault
• Choosing the right visualization type for a given use case
• Writing renderable code blocks or file embeds for Mermaid, Dataview, Charts, Canvas, or Excalidraw
• Generating mathematical or scientific plots when Mermaid/Charts are insufficient
• Delegating complex diagram authoring to specialized skills

Overview

Obsidian supports several visualization ecosystems. Some are built-in (Mermaid, Canvas), while others require community plugins (Dataview, Charts, Excalidraw). This skill does not contain deep syntax guides for those formats—those live in the references/ folder and in dedicated skills. Instead, this skill: