Obsidian CLI

Official command-line interface for Obsidian. Anything you can do in Obsidian can be done from the command line — including developer commands for debugging, screenshots, and plugin reloading.

Prerequisites

• Obsidian 1.12+ and Catalyst license required
• Settings → General → Command line interface → Enable
• Follow prompt to register the obsidian command
• Restart terminal or source ~/.zprofile (macOS)
• Note: Obsidian must be running for CLI to work

Test setup: obsidian version

Core Patterns