Obsidian Skills

Agent skills for creating and editing Obsidian-compatible plain text files, following the Agent Skills specification.

When to Use This Skill

• Creating Obsidian notes with proper formatting
• Building knowledge bases with wikilinks
• Creating canvas files for visual organization
• Working with Obsidian Bases (databases)
• Managing PKM (Personal Knowledge Management) systems
• Zettelkasten-style note-taking

Supported File Types

1. Obsidian Flavored Markdown (.md)

Standard markdown with Obsidian extensions:

# Note Title

Regular markdown content with [[wikilinks]] to other notes.

## Features

- [[Internal Links]]
- [[Links with Alias|Custom Text]]
- ![[Embedded Notes]]
- ![[image.png]]
- #tags and #nested/tags
- ^block-references
- %%comments%%

## Frontmatter

---
title: Note Title
date: 2025-01-12
tags: [tag1, tag2]
aliases: [alias1, alias2]
---

2. Obsidian Bases (.base)

Database-like views for notes:

{
  "type": "base",
  "version": 1,
  "name": "Projects Database",
  "source": "folder:Projects",
  "columns": [
    {"name": "Name", "type": "text", "property": "file.name"},
    {"name": "Status", "type": "select", "property": "status"},
    {"name": "Due Date", "type": "date", "property": "due"},
    {"name": "Priority", "type": "number", "property": "priority"}
  ],
  "filters": [
    {"property": "status", "operator": "!=", "value": "done"}
  ],
  "sorts": [
    {"property": "due", "direction": "asc"}
  ]
}

3. JSON Canvas (.canvas)

Visual canvas for spatial organization:

{
  "nodes": [
    {
      "id": "1",
      "type": "text",
      "text": "Main Idea",
      "x": 0,
      "y": 0,
      "width": 200,
      "height": 100
    },
    {
      "id": "2",
      "type": "file",
      "file": "Notes/Related Note.md",
      "x": 300,
      "y": 0,
      "width": 200,
      "height": 100
    }
  ],
  "edges": [
    {
      "id": "e1",
      "fromNode": "1",
      "toNode": "2",
      "label": "relates to"
    }
  ]
}

Common Tasks

Create a New Note

Create an Obsidian note about [topic]
Include: frontmatter, sections, relevant links

Build a MOC (Map of Content)

Create a Map of Content for [topic]
Link to: existing notes in vault
Structure: hierarchical with categories

Create a Daily Note

Create daily note for today
Include: tasks, meetings, notes sections
Template: my-daily-template

Design a Canvas

Create a canvas for [project/concept]
Nodes: key ideas, files, images
Connections: relationships between nodes

Create a Database View

Create a Base for tracking [items]
Columns: [properties to track]
Filters: [criteria]
Sort: [ordering]

Obsidian Syntax Reference

Links

Tags

Callouts

> [!note] Title
> Content

> [!warning] Important
> Warning content

> [!tip] Pro tip
> Helpful information

Tasks

- [ ] Incomplete task
- [x] Completed task
- [ ] Task with [[link]]
- [ ] Task #tag
- [ ] Task 📅 2025-01-12

Dataview Queries

TABLE status, due FROM "Projects" WHERE status != "done" SORT due ASC

Templates

Note Template

---
created: {{date}}
tags: []
---

# {{title}}

## Overview


## Details


## Related
-

Meeting Note

---
date: {{date}}
attendees: []
type: meeting
---

# Meeting: {{title}}

## Attendees
-

## Agenda
1.

## Notes


## Action Items
- [ ]

Integration with PKM Systems

Zettelkasten

# 202501121030 Atomic Note Title

Brief atomic concept.

## Links
- [[202501121025 Related Concept]]
- [[202501121035 Another Idea]]

## References
- Source material

PARA Method

/vault
├── 1 Projects/
├── 2 Areas/
├── 3 Resources/
└── 4 Archive/

Best Practices

1. Atomic Notes: One idea per note
2. Descriptive Titles: Clear, searchable names
3. Liberal Linking: Connect related concepts
4. Consistent Frontmatter: Use templates
5. Regular Review: Maintain connections

Credits

Created by kepano (Steph Ango, CEO of Obsidian). Licensed under MIT.