Obsidian CLI
Atmosphere/atmosphere
Interact with Obsidian vaults using the Obsidian CLI to read, create, search, and manage notes, tasks, properties, and more.
Read, search, and create notes in Obsidian vaults. An agent skill from taracodlabs/aiden.
Install Obsidian
$ npx skills add taracodlabs/aiden --skill obsidian -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install taracodlabs/aiden obsidian --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/taracodlabs/aiden.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/obsidian .claude/skills/obsidian && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "obsidian" agent skill from https://github.com/taracodlabs/aiden/tree/main/skills/obsidian into .claude/skills/obsidian/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "obsidian", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/taracodlabs/aiden/tree/main/skills/obsidianType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add taracodlabs/aiden --skill obsidian -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install taracodlabs/aiden obsidian --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/taracodlabs/aiden.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/obsidian .agents/skills/obsidian && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "obsidian" agent skill from https://github.com/taracodlabs/aiden/tree/main/skills/obsidian into .agents/skills/obsidian/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "obsidian", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add taracodlabs/aiden --skill obsidian -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install taracodlabs/aiden obsidian --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/taracodlabs/aiden.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/obsidian .cursor/skills/obsidian && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "obsidian" agent skill from https://github.com/taracodlabs/aiden/tree/main/skills/obsidian into .cursor/skills/obsidian/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "obsidian", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/taracodlabs/aiden.git --path skills/obsidian--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add taracodlabs/aiden --skill obsidian -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install taracodlabs/aiden obsidian --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/taracodlabs/aiden.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/obsidian .gemini/skills/obsidian && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "obsidian" agent skill from https://github.com/taracodlabs/aiden/tree/main/skills/obsidian into .gemini/skills/obsidian/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "obsidian", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install taracodlabs/aiden obsidianInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add taracodlabs/aiden --skill obsidian -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/taracodlabs/aiden.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/obsidian .github/skills/obsidian && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "obsidian" agent skill from https://github.com/taracodlabs/aiden/tree/main/skills/obsidian into .github/skills/obsidian/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "obsidian", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add taracodlabs/aiden --skill obsidian -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install taracodlabs/aiden obsidian --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/taracodlabs/aiden.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/obsidian .opencode/skills/obsidian && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "obsidian" agent skill from https://github.com/taracodlabs/aiden/tree/main/skills/obsidian into .opencode/skills/obsidian/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "obsidian", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
obsidian- GitHub stars
- 851
- Token cost
- ~899 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 281 words
- Files
- 2
- Skills in repo
- 63
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
At a glance
Read, search, and create notes in Obsidian vaults. An agent skill from taracodlabs/aiden.
- Works in 6 steps: Locate the vault → Search notes by keyword → Search notes by tag → …
- Knowledge Management work in your project
- SKILL.md covers When to Use, How to Use, Examples and Cautions
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Obsidian is an agent skill from taracodlabs/aiden. Read, search, and create notes in Obsidian vaults
Its SKILL.md is about 900 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 1 other file (for example `skill.json`).
It sits in Knowledge Management. It works with Obsidian. The repository describes itself as: Aiden — an autonomous AI agent and work engine built solo. It can operate your browser, terminal, files, apps, APIs, skills and tools, remember context, recover from failures… The licence is Apache-2.0.
When your agent uses it
- Knowledge Management work in your project
Example prompts
- “/obsidian”
Workflow steps
6 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 3704204. 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
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are powershell).
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
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 loads about 899 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 15 tokens; SKILL.md has 281 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.
SKILL.md
The full file from taracodlabs/aiden at commit 3704204, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© taracodlabs). 281 words, ~899 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/obsidian/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- obsidian
- description
- Read, search, and create notes in Obsidian vaults
- category
- productivity
- version
- 1.0.0
- origin
- aiden
- license
- Apache-2.0
- tags
- obsidian, notes, vault, markdown, knowledge-base, zettelkasten, wiki, pkm
Obsidian Vault Operations
Interact with Obsidian vaults directly through the file system. Obsidian notes are plain Markdown files, so you can read, search, create, and link notes without launching the Obsidian app.
When to Use
- User wants to search notes across an Obsidian vault
- User wants to create a new note in a specific vault folder
- User wants to find all notes tagged with a given tag
- User wants to read a specific note by name
- User wants to find backlinks or internal wiki-links across notes
How to Use
1. Locate the vault
Obsidian vaults are folders containing .md files and a .obsidian/ config dir. Ask the user for the vault path or search common locations.
# Find Obsidian vaults on Windows (searches common locations)
Get-ChildItem "$env:USERPROFILE" -Recurse -Filter ".obsidian" -Directory -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue |
Select-Object -ExpandProperty Parent | Select-Object FullName2. Search notes by keyword
# Full-text search across all notes in vault
$vault = "C:\Users\<you>\Documents\MyVault"
Get-ChildItem $vault -Recurse -Filter "*.md" |
Select-String -Pattern "your keyword" -SimpleMatch |
Select-Object Path, LineNumber, Line |
Format-Table -AutoSize3. Search notes by tag
Obsidian tags appear as #tag in note body or tags: [tag] in frontmatter.
$vault = "C:\Users\<you>\Documents\MyVault"
$tag = "project"
Get-ChildItem $vault -Recurse -Filter "*.md" |
Select-String -Pattern "#$tag\b|tags:.*\b$tag\b" -SimpleMatch:$false |
Select-Object Path | Sort-Object Path -Unique4. Read a specific note
$note = "C:\Users\<you>\Documents\MyVault\Daily\2026-04-17.md"
Get-Content $note -Raw5. Create a new note
$vault = "C:\Users\<you>\Documents\MyVault"
$folder = "Projects"
$title = "New Project Idea"
$date = Get-Date -Format "yyyy-MM-dd"
$content = @"
---
title: $title
date: $date
tags: [project, idea]
---
# $title
Write your note content here.
"@
$path = Join-Path $vault $folder "$title.md"
New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path (Split-Path $path) | Out-Null
Set-Content -Path $path -Value $content -Encoding UTF8
Write-Host "Created: $path"6. Find all backlinks to a note
$vault = "C:\Users\<you>\Documents\MyVault"
$noteName = "Index" # without .md
Get-ChildItem $vault -Recurse -Filter "*.md" |
Select-String -Pattern "\[\[$noteName(\|[^\]]*)?\]\]" |
Select-Object Path | Sort-Object Path -UniqueExamples
"Search my Obsidian vault for notes about async/await"
→ Use step 2 with keyword async/await. Ask user for vault path first if not known.
"Create a daily note for today in my vault"
→ Use step 5 with folder Daily, title as today's date 2026-04-17, and standard daily note frontmatter.
"Find all notes tagged #book-review in my vault"
→ Use step 3 with tag book-review.
Cautions
- Never delete notes without explicit user confirmation — deletions are hard to recover
- Obsidian vaults can be very large; use
-Recursewith care on deep vault trees - The
.obsidian/directory contains config/plugins — do not modify it - If the user has Obsidian open, writing files simultaneously is safe (Obsidian watches for changes), but avoid writing the same file from two places at once
© taracodlabs, Apache-2.0. 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 1 other file in skills/obsidian of taracodlabs/aiden.
- SKILL.md
- skill.json
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 3704204
Compare with similar skills
Obsidian next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Obsidian this skilltaracodlabs/aiden | 851 | — | ~899 | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Obsidian CLIAtmosphere/atmosphere | 3.8k | 13 repos | ~795 | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Obsidian Canvas BoardsAgriciDaniel/claude-obsidian | 15k | — | ~1.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| LLM Wikilewislulu/llm-wiki-skill | 655 | — | ~3.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Second BrainNicholasSpisak/second-brain | 737 | — | ~1.5k | Automated safety check: Notes | None | |
| Codex History IngestAr9av/obsidian-wiki | 3.5k | — | ~2.2k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT |
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lewislulu/llm-wiki-skill
Build and maintain a Karpathy-style LLM knowledge base — a self-compiling Obsidian markdown wiki where an Agent ingests raw sources, compiles cross-linked concept/entity/summary pages, answers…
Second Brain
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Codex History Ingest
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Ingest Codex CLI conversation/session history into Obsidian as distilled knowledge.
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Questions about Obsidian
What does Obsidian do?
Read, search, and create notes in Obsidian vaults. An agent skill from taracodlabs/aiden. Obsidian is an agent skill from taracodlabs/aiden.
When should I use Obsidian?
Obsidian fits situations like: knowledge Management work in your project.
How do I install Obsidian in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add taracodlabs/aiden --skill obsidian -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/obsidian in taracodlabs/aiden) into .claude/skills/obsidian in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Obsidian in Codex?
Run `npx skills add taracodlabs/aiden --skill obsidian -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/obsidian in taracodlabs/aiden) into .agents/skills/obsidian in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Obsidian 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 taracodlabs/aiden --skill obsidian -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, .gemini/skills/obsidian, .github/skills/obsidian and .opencode/skills/obsidian in your project.
What does Obsidian need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Obsidian is instructions for the agent only.
Does Obsidian access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Obsidian 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. Review the folder before installing.
What licence does Obsidian use?
Obsidian is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Obsidian use?
About 899 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.6k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
What are the alternatives to Obsidian?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Obsidian: Obsidian CLI (Atmosphere/atmosphere, 3.8k stars), Obsidian Canvas Boards (AgriciDaniel/claude-obsidian, 15k stars), LLM Wiki (lewislulu/llm-wiki-skill, 655 stars) and Second Brain (NicholasSpisak/second-brain, 737 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Obsidian?
taracodlabs (a GitHub organization) maintains it in taracodlabs/aiden, which has 851 GitHub stars. The repository holds 63 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 13, 2026.
Source: taracodlabs/aiden on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.