Work with your markdown knowledge vault to create, link, and retrieve notes for structured personal memory
The Obsidian skill integrates with your local or synced Obsidian vault, enabling the assistant to create notes, search your knowledge base, establish bidirectional links, and maintain your interconnected note system. Perfect for building second brains, managing research, and creating living documentation.
Build interconnected research notes with automatic source linking and topic clustering
Create timestamped meeting notes linked to projects, people, and action items
Maintain a searchable personal wiki with cross-referenced concepts
Auto-generate daily notes with templates and link to relevant context
Point the assistant to your vault folder location (local path or cloud-synced directory).
Supports iCloud, Dropbox, OneDrive, and Obsidian Sync. Vault must be accessible to the assistant.
Use commands like "Create a note about X" or "Find notes tagged with #research".
The assistant preserves your vault structure and follows your naming conventions.
Specify a template: "Use my meeting-note template" or let the assistant use defaults.
The assistant automatically creates [[links]] between related notes and suggests connections.
Create a new note about AI regulation with tags #research #policy
Created note: "AI Regulation Overview.md" • Location: Research/Policy/ • Tags: #research #policy • Linked to: [[Technology Policy]], [[AI Ethics]]
Find all notes about project management from last month
Found 7 notes: • "Project Kickoff - Dec 5.md" • "Sprint Planning Template.md" • "Agile Methodology Notes.md" [Full list with links]
Summarize my notes tagged #meeting from this week
Summary of 4 meeting notes: • Key decisions: New pricing tier approved • Action items: 3 outstanding (2 assigned to you) • Recurring themes: customer feedback, Q1 goals
| Action | Limit | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Note creation | 500 per day | prevents accidental bulk creation |
| Vault searches | 1,000 per hour | cached results for repeated queries |
| File size | 10 MB per note | split large notes into linked sections |
| Concurrent edits | 5 notes | queues additional writes to prevent conflicts |
| Search Mode | Speed | Scope | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quick Search | Fast | Titles + tags | finding specific notes by name |
| Full-Text Search | Medium | All content | keyword and phrase matching |
| Semantic Search | Slower | Contextual | conceptual queries and related ideas |
| Error | Meaning | Action |
|---|---|---|
| VAULT_NOT_FOUND | Cannot access vault directory | Check vault path and file permissions |
| SYNC_CONFLICT | Note edited in multiple places | Resolve conflict in Obsidian and retry |
| INVALID_MARKDOWN | Note has syntax errors | Check YAML frontmatter formatting |
| LINK_BROKEN | Referenced note doesn't exist | Create missing note or update link |
| TEMPLATE_MISSING | Template file not found | Verify template exists in Templates folder |
| PERMISSION_DENIED | Cannot write to vault | Grant file system permissions to assistant |