obsidian
Obsidian Vault
Use this skill for filesystem-first Obsidian vault work: reading notes, listing notes, searching note files, creating notes, appending content, and adding wikilinks.
Vault path
Use a known or resolved vault path before calling file tools.
The documented vault-path convention is the OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH environment variable, for example from ${HERMES_HOME:-~/.hermes}/.env. If it is unset, use ~/Documents/Obsidian Vault.
File tools do not expand shell variables. Do not pass paths containing $OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH to read_file, write_file, patch, or search_files; resolve the vault path first and pass a concrete absolute path. Vault paths may contain spaces, which is another reason to prefer file tools over shell commands.
If the vault path is unknown, terminal is acceptable for resolving OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH or checking whether the fallback path exists. Once the path is known, switch back to file tools.
Read a note
Use read_file with the resolved absolute path to the note. Prefer this over cat because it provides line numbers and pagination.