Obsidian Local Dev Loop

Overview

Set up a fast, reproducible local development workflow for Obsidian plugins with hot-reload and testing.

Prerequisites

• Completed obsidian-install-auth setup
• Node.js 18+ with npm/pnpm
• Code editor with TypeScript support
• Obsidian desktop app

Instructions

Step 1: Configure Development Vault

# Create dedicated development vault structure
mkdir -p ~/ObsidianDev/.obsidian/plugins
mkdir -p ~/ObsidianDev/Test\ Notes