cyberneticlibrary

Read and edit Obsidian vault notes

obsidianskillsetup L23
Undermybelt/hermes-skills
What it does

Read, search, create, and edit Obsidian vault notes

Best for

Scripting bulk Obsidian note operations (search, append, patch) while avoiding shell quoting pitfalls

Inputs
  • · vault path
  • · note filename or content pattern
  • · append/patch content
Outputs
  • · note file content
  • · search results
  • · updated note file
Requires
  • · file tools (read_file, write_file, patch, search_files)
  • · Obsidian vault
Preconditions

Obsidian vault path resolved; vault exists at OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH or ~/Documents/Obsidian Vault

Failure modes
  • · vault path unresolved (fallback to terminal)
  • · wikilinks malformed
  • · symlink expansion issues
Trust signals
  • · native file-tool workflow
  • · stable anchor patching
  • · space-safe path handling