Knowledge & Research · By Steph Ango (Kepano / Obsidian)

Obsidian CLI

Control your Obsidian notes from anywhere — create, search, and organize without opening the app.

What it is

Obsidian CLI lets you interact with your Obsidian vault through simple commands instead of clicking around the app. Create notes, append to your daily journal, search your entire vault, manage tasks, and update note properties — all from your AI assistant. Perfect for anyone who wants to capture ideas, organize research, or manage their knowledge base without context-switching.

What it does

  • Creates and reads notes in your Obsidian vault
  • Searches across all your notes and finds backlinks
  • Appends content to notes including daily notes and tasks
  • Updates note properties and manages tags
  • Captures screenshots and inspects vault structure for developers

Use it when

  • You want to quickly add something to your daily note without opening Obsidian
  • You need to search your entire knowledge base for a specific topic
  • You're organizing research and want to create multiple linked notes at once
  • You need to bulk-update properties or tags across notes

Add this skill to your AI

Copy the source URL and ask your AI to add it. Most coding agents — Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, Windsurf — will fetch and install it for you.

Try this prompt:

Add this skill to my project: https://github.com/kepano/obsidian-skills/tree/main/skills/obsidian-cli
Made bySteph Ango (Kepano / Obsidian)
CategoryKnowledge & Research