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Obsidian REST API

by davepoon in davepoon/buildwithclaude

Call the Obsidian Local REST API directly (over HTTP) for vault operations the mcpobsidian tools do NOT expose — move/rename a note, overwrite a whole file atomically (PUT), act on the…

MITAuto-check passedBackend & APIs

Install Obsidian REST API

skills CLI
$ npx skills add davepoon/buildwithclaude --skill obsidian-rest-api -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install davepoon/buildwithclaude obsidian-rest-api --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/davepoon/buildwithclaude.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/all-skills/skills/obsidian-rest-api .claude/skills/obsidian-rest-api && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
obsidian-rest-api
GitHub stars
3.6k
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~1k tokens
SKILL.md length
340 words
Files
3 (incl. scripts, references)
Skills in repo
245
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Call the Obsidian Local REST API directly (over HTTP) for vault operations the mcpobsidian tools do NOT expose — move/rename a note, overwrite a whole file atomically (PUT), act on the…

  • Works in 3 steps: Resolves the API host, port, and key… → Handles the plugin's self-signed TLS… → Exposes every endpoint of the Local REST…
  • Tasks that involve REST APIs
  • SKILL.md covers When to Use This Skill, What This Skill Does, How to Use and Example, plus 1 more section
  • Runs Shell scripts from its folder; calls curl

What it does

Obsidian REST API is an agent skill from davepoon/buildwithclaude. Call the Obsidian Local REST API directly (over HTTP) for vault operations the mcpobsidian tools do NOT expose — move/rename a note, overwrite a whole file atomically (PUT), act on the currently-open active file, run an Obsidian command, open a note in the UI, list all tags, or do date-specific periodic-note CRUD. Prefer the mcpobsidian tools for plain read/append/patch/delete/search; fall back to this skill only when the required method is missing from MCP.

Its SKILL.md is about 1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 4 other files, including scripts and reference files (for example `references/api_reference.md` and `scripts/olrapi.sh`).

It sits in Backend & APIs, covering REST APIs and MCP servers. It works with Obsidian and Model Context Protocol. The repository describes itself as: A single hub to find Claude Skills, Agents, Commands, Hooks, Plugins, and Marketplace collections to extend Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Agent SDK and OpenClaw. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve REST APIs
  • Tasks that involve MCP servers

Example prompts

  • “/obsidian-rest-api”

Requirements

  • A Bash shell

Workflow steps

3 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Resolves the API host, port, and key from the connected obsidian MCP server
  2. Handles the plugin's self-signed TLS certificate.
  3. Exposes every endpoint of the Local REST API (see references/api_reference.md),

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 10bfc43. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Ships 1 file in scripts/ (Shell), which the agent can run.

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • curl

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

    • coddingtonbear.github.io

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Obsidian REST API loads about 1k tokens when it runs, and up to ~3k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 123 tokens; SKILL.md has 340 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~123
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~3k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from davepoon/buildwithclaude at commit 10bfc43, republished under its MIT licence (© davepoon). 340 words, ~1,021 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/obsidian-rest-api/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 2 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
obsidian-rest-api
description
Call the Obsidian Local REST API directly (over HTTP) for vault operations the mcp__obsidian__* tools do NOT expose — move/rename a note, overwrite a whole file atomically (PUT), act on the currently-open active file, run an Obsidian command, open a note in the UI, list all tags, or do date-specific periodic-note CRUD. Prefer the mcp__obsidian__* tools for plain read/append/patch/delete/search; fall back to this skill only when the required method is missing from MCP.
category
development-code
license
MIT

Obsidian Local REST API

The connected obsidian MCP server exposes only a subset of the Obsidian Local REST API (plugin obsidian-local-rest-api). This skill provides the full API surface plus an authenticated request wrapper, so a missing MCP method is called over HTTP instead of being worked around with hacks (e.g. delete+recreate to rename a note).

When to Use This Skill

Use the mcp__obsidian__* tools first for read, append, patch, delete, and search. Fall back to this skill only for operations that have no MCP tool:

  • Move / rename a note (preserves history, updates internal links)
  • Overwrite a whole file atomically (PUT) instead of delete+recreate
  • Act on the currently-open "active" file in the Obsidian UI
  • Run an Obsidian command from the command palette
  • Open / focus a note in the UI
  • List all vault tags with counts
  • Create/update/delete date-specific periodic notes

What This Skill Does

  1. Resolves the API host, port, and key from the connected obsidian MCP server config (~/.claude.json) or OBSIDIAN_* env vars — no hardcoded secrets.
  2. Handles the plugin's self-signed TLS certificate.
  3. Exposes every endpoint of the Local REST API (see references/api_reference.md), with the header enums (Operation, Target-Type, Target-Scope), the custom MOVE contract, and the search (JsonLogic/Dataview) formats.

How to Use

Call the wrapper scripts/olrapi.sh <METHOD> <path> [curl args...]:

bash
S=scripts/olrapi.sh   # adjust to the skill's install path

# rename/move a note (the most common reason to reach for this skill)
"$S" MOVE "/vault/Path/To/Old Name.md" -H 'Destination: Path/To/New Name.md'

# move into a folder, keeping the filename (trailing slash on Destination)
"$S" MOVE "/vault/Inbox/todo.md" -H 'Destination: Archive/'

# atomically overwrite a whole note
"$S" PUT "/vault/Path/Note.md" -H 'Content-Type: text/markdown' --data-binary @/tmp/body.md

# read a note as structured JSON (frontmatter + tags + stat)
"$S" GET "/vault/Path/Note.md" -H 'Accept: application/vnd.olrapi.note+json'

# list tags, run a command, open a note in the UI
"$S" GET /tags/
"$S" POST "/commands/editor:toggle-bold/"
"$S" POST "/open/Path/Note.md?newLeaf=true"

The wrapper prints <<HTTP nnn>> after the body. Success: 200/204. On MOVE, 409 means the destination exists — add -H 'Allow-Overwrite: true' to force. For non-trivial calls, load references/api_reference.md.

Path & encoding rules
  • {filename} is vault-relative (no leading slash on the vault path).
  • Percent-encode non-ASCII in URL paths and in the MOVE Destination header (e.g. r%C3%A9sum%C3%A9.md). Destination rejects absolute (/…) paths.
  • Target a sub-part of a note with Target-Type (heading|block|frontmatter)
    • Target headers on GET/PATCH/POST.

Example

User: "Rename 3-Resources/Draft.md to 3-Resources/Final.md in my vault."

Output:

bash
scripts/olrapi.sh MOVE "/vault/3-Resources/Draft.md" \
  -H 'Destination: 3-Resources/Final.md'
# <<HTTP 204>>  — moved, history preserved, internal links updated

Tips

  • Regenerate the reference against the live plugin if it was updated: scripts/olrapi.sh GET /openapi.yaml. GET / shows the plugin version.
  • Prefer PUT over delete+recreate for whole-file overwrites — it is atomic and keeps the file's identity.
  • The API serves HTTPS on port 27124 (self-signed → curl -k) and HTTP on 27123.

© davepoon, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 2 other files (scripts, references) in plugins/all-skills/skills/obsidian-rest-api of davepoon/buildwithclaude.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/api_reference.md
  • scripts/olrapi.sh

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 10bfc43

Used in 1 other repository

We found 1 copy of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in davepoon/buildwithclaude, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Questions about Obsidian REST API

What does Obsidian REST API do?

Call the Obsidian Local REST API directly (over HTTP) for vault operations the mcpobsidian tools do NOT expose — move/rename a note, overwrite a whole file atomically (PUT), act on the…. Obsidian REST API is an agent skill from davepoon/buildwithclaude. Call the Obsidian Local REST API directly (over HTTP) for vault operations the mcpobsidian tools do NOT expose — move/rename a note, overwrite a whole file atomically (PUT), act on the currently-open active file, run an Obsidian command, open a note in the UI, list all tags, or do date-specific periodic-note CRUD.

When should I use Obsidian REST API?

Obsidian REST API fits situations like: tasks that involve REST APIs; tasks that involve MCP servers.

How do I install Obsidian REST API in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add davepoon/buildwithclaude --skill obsidian-rest-api -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/all-skills/skills/obsidian-rest-api in davepoon/buildwithclaude) into .claude/skills/obsidian-rest-api in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Obsidian REST API in Codex?

Run `npx skills add davepoon/buildwithclaude --skill obsidian-rest-api -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/all-skills/skills/obsidian-rest-api in davepoon/buildwithclaude) into .agents/skills/obsidian-rest-api in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Obsidian REST API in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add davepoon/buildwithclaude --skill obsidian-rest-api -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/obsidian-rest-api, .gemini/skills/obsidian-rest-api, .github/skills/obsidian-rest-api and .opencode/skills/obsidian-rest-api in your project.

What does Obsidian REST API need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Obsidian REST API needs a shell for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (curl). Our summary lists: A Bash shell.

Does Obsidian REST API access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: coddingtonbear.github.io. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Obsidian REST API safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.

What licence does Obsidian REST API use?

Obsidian REST API is published under the MIT licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Obsidian REST API use?

About 1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.1k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 2k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Obsidian REST API?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Obsidian REST API: Confluence To Markdown (iurykrieger/claude-bedrock, 105 stars), OpenAPI to MCP Server (mcp-use/mcp-use, 11k stars), Databuddy (databuddy-analytics/Databuddy, 1.2k stars) and API Endpoint Contract (trycompai/comp, 2k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Obsidian REST API?

davepoon (a GitHub user) maintains it in davepoon/buildwithclaude, which has 3,604 GitHub stars. The repository holds 245 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.

Source: davepoon/buildwithclaude on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.