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Obsidian Markdown skill

obsidian-markdownAgriciDaniel/claude-obsidianskills/obsidian-markdown/SKILL.md

Explain, draft, or validate Obsidian Flavored Markdown syntax: properties, wikilinks, embeds, callouts, tags, comments, highlights, block references, math, and Mermaid. Use when the user explicitly requests Obsidian note formatting or syntax help, not for general Markdown or broad vault operations.

16kMIT

always on

68 tokname + description

once used

1,062 tokSKILL.md body

bundled files

0

repo stars

16kGitHub

Install the Obsidian Markdown skill

Skills CLI (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and others)

npx skills add https://github.com/AgriciDaniel/claude-obsidian --skill obsidian-markdown

Claude Code, by hand (all projects)

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/AgriciDaniel/claude-obsidian.git /tmp/claude-obsidian
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -R /tmp/claude-obsidian/skills/obsidian-markdown ~/.claude/skills/obsidian-markdown

For one project only, copy the folder into .claude/skills/ in that project instead. The agent picks it up when a task matches its description.

What it costs your context

Agent Skills load in three steps. Tokens counted with the o200k tokenizer; your model's count will differ a little.

WhenWhat loadsCost
Every sessionName and description68 tok
When the agent uses itThe SKILL.md instructions1,062 tok
Only if openedNo bundled files—

Until it is used, obsidian-markdown costs about 20× less than the median MCP server we measured (1,362 tokens on every turn). Installing all 16 skills from AgriciDaniel/claude-obsidian would load 1,168 tokens of descriptions. Skills vs MCP study

Checks

Our checks found nothing to flag: it follows the Agent Skills specification's naming and size guidelines and doesn't pipe downloads into a shell.

Checked 2026-10-22 · method

What's inside

The headings of its SKILL.md. Read the full file on GitHub.

  • Obsidian Flavored Markdown
  • Properties
  • Wikilinks and embeds
  • Callouts
  • Other Obsidian syntax
  • Validate a drafted note

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  1. autoresearchAgriciDaniel/claude-obsidian

    Run a bounded, source-grounded research loop, draft a cited dossier, and optionally propose a separately reviewed canonical vault merge. Use when the user wants autonomous or deep research that may access the public web. Triggers: /autoresearch, autoresearch, research this topic, deep dive into, investigate, find everything about, research and file, go research, build a wiki on.

    16k80 tok idle · 1,230 in use
  2. canvasAgriciDaniel/claude-obsidian

    Create, inspect, and update Obsidian JSON Canvas boards with text, file, link, group, and edge nodes. Use for canvas status, canvas lists, visual maps, zones, spatial layouts, adding vault notes or media to a .canvas file, and requests such as create canvas, add to canvas, or put this on the canvas.

    16k72 tok idle · 1,348 in use
  3. defuddleAgriciDaniel/claude-obsidian

    Plan optional Defuddle extraction and retain already available local source files through reviewed filesystem capture. Use for defuddle, clean this URL, strip page clutter, readable Markdown from a web page, or preparing a web source for later wiki ingestion. Network extraction remains unavailable until an enforcing adapter is verified.

    16k61 tok idle · 984 in use
  4. obsidian-basesAgriciDaniel/claude-obsidian

    Explain, draft, and validate Obsidian Bases .base files with filters, formulas, properties, summaries, and table, card, list, or version-gated kanban views. Use for Obsidian Bases, database-like vault views, dynamic tables, reading lists, task trackers, filters, formulas, summaries, and .base file edits.

    16k75 tok idle · 1,707 in use
  5. saveAgriciDaniel/claude-obsidian

    Save a user-selected answer, decision, insight, or session summary into an Obsidian vault as one reviewed transaction. Use only when the user explicitly asks to preserve specific conversation content, not when they supply a file or URL to ingest. Triggers: /save, save this, save that answer, file this conversation, save this analysis, keep this insight, preserve this chat result.

    16k80 tok idle · 1,330 in use
  6. thinkAgriciDaniel/claude-obsidian

    Apply the Fable-derived 10-stage OBSERVE, OBSERVE, LISTEN, THINK, CONNECT, CONNECT, FEEL, ACCEPT, CREATE, GROW loop to consequential or ambiguous reasoning and decisions. Use for think this through, deep think, architecture review, postmortem, tradeoff analysis, or challenges to assumptions. This is a reasoning review, not a deterministic vault health check or repair workflow.

    16k84 tok idle · 864 in use
  7. wikiAgriciDaniel/claude-obsidian

    Initialize, adopt, and route work for a separate Obsidian knowledge vault through the portable claude-obsidian core. Use for vault setup, scaffolding, workspace selection, cross-project configuration, or choosing the correct wiki sub-skill. Triggers: /wiki, set up wiki, scaffold vault, create knowledge base, adopt this vault, Obsidian vault, second brain setup, persistent wiki.

    16k84 tok idle · 1,310 in use
  8. wiki-cliAgriciDaniel/claude-obsidian

    Detect and use the official Obsidian command-line interface for read-only vault access; use for wiki-cli, Obsidian CLI, Obsidian read, Obsidian search, vault transport, which transport, transport detection, backlinks, tags, or Obsidian command line. Mutations always go through the claude-obsidian transaction core.

    16k74 tok idle · 586 in use