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Obsidian Skills

Five AI skills for Obsidian by Obsidian's creator — write Obsidian Markdown, build Bases databases, create Canvas files, use the CLI, and extract clean web content.

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Obsidian Skills

Five AI skills for working with Obsidian — built by Steph Ango (kepano), the creator of Obsidian. Covers Obsidian's unique syntax, Bases database queries, Canvas visual maps, CLI tooling, and web content extraction.

These skills come from Obsidian's own creator. They teach AI tools the exact syntax Obsidian uses — wikilinks, properties, callouts, embeds — that standard markdown skills don't cover.

The Five Skills

obsidian-markdown

Create and edit Obsidian Flavored Markdown

Obsidian uses extended markdown that standard editors don't support. This skill teaches AI to write:

  • [[wikilinks]] and [[Page|aliased links]]
  • ![[embedded notes]] and ![[image.png|300]]
  • Callout blocks (> [!NOTE], > [!WARNING], > [!TIP])
  • YAML frontmatter properties (dates, tags, aliases, custom fields)
  • Dataview-compatible inline fields: field:: value

obsidian-bases

Create and query Obsidian Bases files

Bases are Obsidian's native database format (.base files). This skill handles:

  • Table views with column definitions
  • Filter expressions and sort orders
  • Formula fields and computed columns
  • Summary rows and aggregations
  • Linking Bases to folders or tags as data sources

json-canvas

Create visual Canvas maps

JSON Canvas is Obsidian's open format for visual note mapping. The skill writes valid .canvas files with:

  • Text nodes, file nodes, link nodes, group nodes
  • Edge connections between nodes with labels
  • Color coding and positioning
  • Nested groups

obsidian-cli

Interact with Obsidian via command line

For developers extending Obsidian. Covers:

  • Opening files and vaults from the terminal
  • Plugin development workflows
  • Theme development and testing
  • Vault management operations

defuddle

Extract clean markdown from web pages

Uses Defuddle to strip navigation, ads, and boilerplate from web pages, returning only the core content as clean markdown. Reduces token usage when feeding web content to AI.

Who This Is For

  • Obsidian power users who want AI to write correct Obsidian syntax
  • PKM builders creating knowledge graphs and databases in Obsidian
  • Developers building Obsidian plugins or themes
  • Researchers capturing web content into their Obsidian vault

Installation

BASH
# Claude Code
claude skills add https://github.com/kepano/obsidian-skills

Individual skills can also be added separately if you only need one capability.