Obsidian

Add tags to a note's frontmatter without removing existing tags. Creates the tags frontmatter field if it doesn't exist. Supports hierarchical tags (e...

Advanced search using Dataview DQL queries or JsonLogic expressions. Dataview DQL runs TABLE queries against notes (requires the Dataview plugin). Jso...

Append content to today's daily note. Creates the note from template if it doesn't exist. The most natural way to add tasks, thoughts, and log entries...

Append content to the end of a note. Creates the file if it doesn't exist. Ideal for adding journal entries, task items, or log lines without replacin...

Read multiple notes in a single tool call. More efficient than calling obsidian_read_note repeatedly. Returns each note's content, frontmatter, and me...

Create a new folder in the vault by creating a placeholder .gitkeep file. All parent directories are created automatically. If the folder already exis...

Find notes by modification or creation date. Search for notes modified/created within the last N days. Useful for reviewing recent work or finding rec...

Permanently delete a note from the vault. This cannot be undone via the API. The file is moved to Obsidian's trash (system trash or .trash folder, dep...

Find all broken [[wikilinks]] across the vault — links that point to notes that don't exist. Reports each broken link with its source note and target....

Find orphan notes — notes that no other note links to via [[wikilinks]]. Useful for vault maintenance: orphans may be forgotten ideas, stale drafts, o...

Get the note currently open and focused in Obsidian. Returns the content, frontmatter, tags, and file stats of whatever note the user is looking at ri...

Find all notes that link to a given note via [[wikilinks]]. Useful for exploring the knowledge graph, understanding note relationships, and finding no...

Get today's daily note. This is the #1 Obsidian workflow — most users have a daily note for journaling, task tracking, and capturing thoughts. Creates...

List all outgoing [[wikilinks]] from a given note. Checks each link target to determine if it exists in the vault (resolved) or is a broken link (unre...

Get a periodic note (daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, or yearly). Returns the current period's note by default, or a specific date's note when year/...

Explore the knowledge graph around a note using breadth-first traversal. Returns all notes reachable within N hops via wikilinks. Supports outgoing li...

List all available Obsidian commands with their IDs and names. Use the command ID with obsidian_run_command to execute a command. Commands include cor...

List files and subdirectories in the vault. Returns file names (with .md extension) and directory names (with trailing /). Omit path to list the vault...

List all tags used across the vault with usage counts. Includes both inline #tags and frontmatter tags. Hierarchical tags (e.g. #project/active) contr...

List and filter tasks (- [ ] and - [x] checkboxes) across all notes in the vault. Filter by completion status (open/completed), folder, tag, or search...

List available note templates in the vault. Templates are markdown files in the templates folder that can be used as starting points for new notes. Re...

Move or rename a note to a new location in the vault. When the filename changes, automatically updates all [[wikilinks]] across the vault that referen...

Open a note in the Obsidian application UI, bringing it into focus. Useful after creating or modifying a note so the user can see it. If the file does...

Surgically insert, prepend, or replace content at a specific location in a note. Target a heading (including nested headings), block reference, or fro...

Search notes by frontmatter property values with comparison operators. Finds all notes where a specific property matches your criteria. Supports equal...

Read an image from the Obsidian vault and return it so the AI can see it. Pass the path to any image file (PNG, JPEG, GIF, WebP, BMP, SVG). The image ...

Read a note from the Obsidian vault by file path. Returns the note content, parsed frontmatter, tags, and file stats by default. Use format='map' to d...

Search notes using regular expressions for complex pattern matching. Finds code patterns, URLs, tasks, structured data, and more. Returns matching not...

Remove specific tags from a note's frontmatter. Other tags are preserved. Silently ignores tags that don't exist on the note.

Rename a tag across all notes in the vault. Updates both frontmatter tags and inline #hashtags. Useful for reorganizing your tagging system.

Execute any Obsidian command by its ID. Commands can open views (graph, outline), trigger plugins (insert template, export to PDF), toggle settings, a...

Full-text search across all notes in the Obsidian vault. Returns matching notes with relevance scores and surrounding context for each match.

Search and replace text within a single note. Supports plain text or regex patterns. When using regex, backreferences ($1, $2) work in the replacement...

Get statistics about the Obsidian vault: total notes, folders, tags, and a breakdown by directory. Useful for understanding vault structure.

Create a new note or completely replace an existing one in the vault. Provide the full markdown content including any frontmatter. WARNING: This overw...