Obsidian CLI

Official Obsidian CLI for terminal vault operations. Requires Obsidian running (headless via xvfb works) with CLI enabled and insider/early access mode.

All parameters use key=value syntax: obsidian read path="folder/note.md". On headless Linux, prefix with DISPLAY=:5 (or whatever your xvfb display is).

Core Commands

Daily Notes

obsidian daily                           # Open today's daily note
obsidian daily:read                      # Print today's note content
obsidian daily:append content="text"     # Append to today's note
obsidian daily:prepend content="text"    # Prepend to today's note

Reading and Writing Files