Obsidian CLI

Use the obsidian CLI to interact with a running Obsidian instance. Requires Obsidian to be open.

Command reference

Vault operations

• obsidian list vaults — List all vaults
• obsidian open <vault> — Open a vault by name
• obsidian open <note> — Open a note in the default vault
• obsidian search "query" — Fuzzy search for notes
• obsidian search-content "term" — Search within note contents

Note operations

• obsidian create --name "Title" --content "Body text" — Create a new note
• obsidian print <note> — Print note contents
• obsidian move <source> <target> — Move or rename a note
• obsidian delete <note> — Delete a note
• obsidian daily — Open or create today's daily note