name: obsidian

description: Read, search, and create notes in the Obsidian vault.

Obsidian Vault

Location: Set via OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH environment variable (e.g. in ~/.hermes/.env).

If unset, defaults to ~/Documents/Obsidian Vault.

Note: Vault paths may contain spaces - always quote them.

Read a note

`bash

VAULT="${OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH:-$HOME/Documents/Obsidian Vault}"

cat "$VAULT/Note Name.md"

`

List notes

`bash

VAULT="${OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH:-$HOME/Documents/Obsidian Vault}"

All notes

find "$VAULT" -name "*.md" -type f

In a specific folder

ls "$VAULT/Subfolder/"

`

Search

`bash

VAULT="${OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH:-$HOME/Documents/Obsidian Vault}"

By filename

find "$VAULT" -name ".md" -iname "keyword*"

By content

grep -rli "keyword" "$VAULT" --include="*.md"

`

Create a note

`bash

VAULT="${OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH:-$HOME/Documents/Obsidian Vault}"

cat > "$VAULT/New Note.md" << 'ENDNOTE'

Title

Content here.

ENDNOTE

`

Append to a note

`bash

VAULT="${OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH:-$HOME/Documents/Obsidian Vault}"

echo "

New content here." >> "$VAULT/Existing Note.md"

`

Wikilinks

Obsidian links notes with [[Note Name]] syntax. When creating notes, use these to link related content.