Work with Obsidian vaults using the official Obsidian CLI (v1.12+). Open, search, create, move, and manage notes from the terminal. Use when working with Obsidian vaults for note management, file oper
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Official command-line interface for Obsidian. Anything you can do in Obsidian can be done from the command line — including developer commands for debugging, screenshots, and plugin reloading.
obsidiansource ~/.zprofileTest setup:
obsidian version# Single commands obsidian <command> [parameters] [flags]TUI mode (interactive)
obsidian # Enter TUI with autocomplete and history
Vault targeting
obsidian vault=Notes <command> obsidian vault="My Vault" <command>
name=value \t--copy# Info and listing obsidian file # Active file info obsidian file file=Recipe # Specific file info obsidian files # List all files obsidian files folder=Projects/ # Filter by folder obsidian folders # List foldersOpen and read
obsidian open file=Recipe # Open file obsidian open path="Inbox/Note.md" newtab obsidian read # Read active file obsidian read file=Recipe --copy # Read and copy to clipboard
Create new notes
obsidian create name="New Note" obsidian create name="Note" content="# Title Body" obsidian create path="Inbox/Idea.md" template=Daily obsidian create name="Note" silent overwrite
Modify content
obsidian append file=Note content="New line" obsidian append file=Note content="Same line" inline obsidian prepend file=Note content="After frontmatter"
Move and delete
obsidian move file=Note to=Archive/ obsidian move path="Inbox/Old.md" to="Projects/New.md" obsidian delete file=Note # To trash obsidian delete file=Note permanent
file=<name>path=<path>obsidian search query="meeting notes" obsidian search query="TODO" matches # Show context obsidian search query="project" path=Projects/ obsidian search query="urgent" limit=10 case obsidian search query="API" format=json obsidian search:open query="search term" # Open in Obsidian
# Tags obsidian tags # Active file tags obsidian tags all # All vault tags obsidian tags all counts sort=count # By frequency obsidian tag name=project # Tag infoProperties (frontmatter)
obsidian properties file=Note obsidian property:read name=status file=Note obsidian property:set name=status value=done file=Note obsidian property:set name=tags value="a,b,c" type=list file=Note obsidian property:remove name=draft file=Note
# Backlinks and outgoing links obsidian backlinks file=Note # What links to this obsidian links file=Note # Outgoing linksVault analysis
obsidian orphans # No incoming links obsidian deadends # No outgoing links obsidian unresolved # Broken links obsidian unresolved verbose counts
obsidian daily # Open today's note obsidian daily paneType=split # Open in split obsidian daily:read # Print contents obsidian daily:append content="- [ ] New task" obsidian daily:prepend content="## Morning"
# List tasks obsidian tasks # Active file obsidian tasks all # All vault tasks obsidian tasks all todo # Incomplete only obsidian tasks file=Recipe # Specific file obsidian tasks daily # Daily note tasksUpdate tasks
obsidian task ref="Recipe.md:8" toggle obsidian task file=Recipe line=8 done obsidian task file=Recipe line=8 todo obsidian task file=Note line=5 status="-" # Custom [-]
obsidian templates # List all templates obsidian template:read name=Daily obsidian template:read name=Daily resolve title="My Note" obsidian template:insert name=Daily # Insert into active file obsidian create name="Meeting Notes" template=Meeting
obsidian bookmarks # List all obsidian bookmark file="Important.md" obsidian bookmark file=Note subpath="#Section" obsidian bookmark folder="Projects/" obsidian bookmark search="TODO" obsidian bookmark url="https://..." title="Reference"
# List and info obsidian plugins # All installed obsidian plugins:enabled # Only enabled obsidian plugin id=dataview # Plugin infoManage plugins
obsidian plugin:enable id=dataview obsidian plugin:disable id=dataview obsidian plugin:install id=dataview enable obsidian plugin:uninstall id=dataview obsidian plugin:reload id=my-plugin # Development
# Themes obsidian themes # List installed obsidian theme # Active theme obsidian theme:set name=Minimal obsidian theme:install name="Theme Name" enableCSS Snippets
obsidian snippets # List all obsidian snippet:enable name=my-snippet obsidian snippet:disable name=my-snippet
obsidian sync:status # Status and usage obsidian sync on/off # Resume/pause obsidian sync:history file=Note obsidian sync:restore file=Note version=2 obsidian sync:deleted # Deleted files
obsidian history file=Note # List versions obsidian history:read file=Note version=1 obsidian history:restore file=Note version=2 obsidian diff file=Note from=2 to=1 # Compare versions
# Console and debugging obsidian devtools # Toggle dev tools obsidian dev:console # Show console obsidian dev:errors # JS errors obsidian eval code="app.vault.getFiles().length"Screenshots and DOM
obsidian dev:screenshot path=screenshot.png obsidian dev:dom selector=".workspace-leaf" obsidian dev:css selector=".mod-active" prop=background
Mobile and debugging
obsidian dev:mobile on/off obsidian dev:debug on/off
# Workspace management obsidian workspace # Current layout obsidian workspace:save name="coding" obsidian workspace:load name="coding" obsidian tabs # Open tabs obsidian tab:open file=NoteRandom and unique
obsidian random # Open random note obsidian random folder=Inbox newtab obsidian unique # Create unique name obsidian wordcount file=Note # Word count
obsidian commands # List all command IDs obsidian commands filter=editor # Filter commands obsidian command id=editor:toggle-bold obsidian hotkeys # List hotkeys
Interactive terminal UI with enhanced features:
obsidian # Enter TUI mode
TUI Shortcuts:
macOS: PATH added to
~/.zprofile# For other shells, add manually: export PATH="$PATH:/Applications/Obsidian.app/Contents/MacOS"
Linux: Symlink at
/usr/local/bin/obsidian# Manual creation if needed: sudo ln -s /path/to/obsidian /usr/local/bin/obsidian
Windows: Requires
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