obsidian-cron

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SKILL.md

Obsidian Scheduled Automation

Use this skill when the user wants Obsidian to do something automatically instead of manually opening the app and clicking commands.

This includes:

  • daily or weekly routines
  • cron jobs and launchd agents
  • note maintenance or vault health checks
  • scheduled exports for agent workflows
  • startup bootstrapping inside Obsidian
  • file-event or interval-based automation while Obsidian is open

Primary decision

Pick the execution surface before writing code.

  1. External scheduler + Obsidian CLI — best default for reliable scheduled jobs.
  2. Shell Commands plugin — best for lightweight event-driven or every-N-seconds actions while Obsidian is open.
  3. obsidian-cron plugin — best when the user specifically wants true cron syntax inside Obsidian and needs direct app API access.
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