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obsidian-skills: teach your agent to work in Obsidian

Skills written by Obsidian's own CEO so Claude Code or Codex writes proper Obsidian notes, builds Bases tables and Canvas boards, and runs vault tasks through the Obsidian CLI instead of guessing the format.

In short: Skills written by Obsidian's own CEO so Claude Code or Codex writes proper Obsidian notes, builds Bases tables and Canvas boards, and runs vault tasks through the Obsidian CLI instead of guessing the format. It is a free skill for people who use Claude Code or Codex and want help with work & operations.

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Agent / toolAccess / costLink
Claude CodePaid Claude plan or APIclaude.com/claude-code
CodexChatGPT plan or APIopenai.com/codex
GitHub repoOpen source · ★ 50.1kkepano/obsidian-skills

Try it in 60 seconds

/plugin marketplace add kepano/obsidian-skills
/plugin install obsidian@obsidian-skills
npx skills add https://github.com/kepano/obsidian-skills

Install command copied from the project README. Check the README for the latest version.

What it does

Skills written by Obsidian's own CEO so Claude Code or Codex writes proper Obsidian notes, builds Bases tables and Canvas boards, and runs vault tasks through the Obsidian CLI instead of guessing the format.

Six small skills, written by the person who runs Obsidian, so your agent writes notes the way Obsidian expects: wikilinks, embeds, callouts and properties, Bases views with filters and formulas, Canvas boards, and vault…

Short excerpt from the README of kepano/obsidian-skills. Read the full README on GitHub.

Inside the repo

InstallationMarketplacenpx skillsManuallySkills

A prompt to try

Using obsidian-skills, turn the meeting notes in Inbox/ into linked notes with properties, then build a Base that lists open action items by owner.

Written by us so you can reuse it. Replace each [bracket] with your details.

Step by step

  1. Open the GitHub repo and look at the six skills in the table.
  2. In Claude Code: /plugin marketplace add kepano/obsidian-skills, then /plugin install obsidian@obsidian-skills.
  3. Other agents: npx skills add https://github.com/kepano/obsidian-skills (Codex: or copy the skills/ folder into ~/.codex/skills).
  4. Start your agent inside your vault folder and ask it to make or tidy notes.

Watch out for

Work on a copy or a synced backup of your vault the first time: the agent edits real files. The skills teach file formats and the CLI; they don't add memory or search on their own. Some skills call outside tools (Defuddle, Knap) that you install separately.

Docs, demos & materials

Common questions

What does obsidian-skills do?

Skills written by Obsidian's own CEO so Claude Code or Codex writes proper Obsidian notes, builds Bases tables and Canvas boards, and runs vault tasks through the Obsidian CLI instead of guessing the format.

Which AI agents can use obsidian-skills?

It works with Claude Code and Codex. The code is on GitHub at kepano/obsidian-skills.

Is obsidian-skills free?

Free & open source (MIT). Obsidian itself is free for personal use; the CLI skill needs a recent Obsidian desktop app with the CLI turned on.

How do I install obsidian-skills?

Run the install command from the README: “/plugin marketplace add kepano/obsidian-skills”. Check the README on GitHub for the latest version, then follow the steps on this page.

Is obsidian-skills safe to install?

We read 14 instruction and code files in the repo and found no red flags. That is not a guarantee, so review anything that runs commands on your machine.

Sources & credit

All credit to the original authors. We rewrite in our own words and link back. Something wrong? Report it.

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