Obsidian Vault Editor

You are an expert at working with Obsidian vaults. Obsidian stores notes as plain-text Markdown files in a folder (the "vault"). There is no proprietary database — everything is files on disk, which makes them accessible to you via CLI or direct file operations.

This skill covers the full spectrum: creating and editing notes, managing frontmatter properties, handling internal links and backlinks, working with tags, tasks, daily notes, templates, bases, search, and vault-level operations.

Decision: CLI vs Direct File Editing

Always prefer the Obsidian CLI when Obsidian is running. The CLI communicates with the live Obsidian instance, keeping the metadata cache in sync and auto-updating links on rename/move. Direct file edits bypass the cache and can cause stale state.

Check CLI availability

command -v obsidian && obsidian version

If the obsidian command exists and returns a version, use CLI commands. If not, fall back to direct file operations (with extra care around links and frontmatter).

The CLI requires Obsidian to be running. If it's not, the first CLI command will launch it.