obsidian-hello-world

name	obsidian-hello-world
description	Create a minimal working Obsidian plugin with commands, settings, modals, and ribbon icons. Use when building your first plugin feature, testing your setup, or learning basic Obsidian plugin patterns. Trigger with phrases like "obsidian hello world", "first obsidian plugin", "obsidian quick start", "simple obsidian plugin".
allowed-tools	Read, Write, Edit, Bash(npm:*), Glob
version	1.13.0
license	MIT
author	Jeremy Longshore <[e-mail]>
tags	["saas","obsidian","testing","getting-started"]
compatibility	Designed for Claude Code

Obsidian Hello World

Overview

Build a minimal working Obsidian plugin demonstrating the five core building blocks: commands (palette + editor + checkCallback), settings tab with typed config, ribbon icons, modals, and status bar. Every snippet uses real Obsidian API.

Prerequisites

• Completed obsidian-install-auth setup (symlinked dev vault, npm run dev working)
• Build pipeline producing main.js from src/main.ts

Instructions

Step 1: Define Typed Settings

// src/main.ts — top of file
import {
  App, Editor, MarkdownView, Modal, Notice,
  Plugin, PluginSettingTab, Setting, TFile
} from 'obsidian';

interface MyPluginSettings {
  greeting: string;
  showRibbon: boolean;
  dateFormat: string;
}

const DEFAULT_SETTINGS: MyPluginSettings = {
  greeting: 'Hello, Obsidian!',
  showRibbon: true,
  dateFormat: 'YYYY-MM-DD',
};

Step 2: Create the Plugin Class with Commands

export default class MyPlugin extends Plugin {
  settings: ;

   () {
     .();

    
     (..) {
      .(, ,  {
         (..);
      });
    }

    
    .({
      : ,
      : ,
      :   (..),
    });

    
    .({
      : ,
      : ,
      :  {
        editor.(..);
      },
    });

    
    .({
      : ,
      : ,
      :  {
         view = ...();
         (view) {
           (!checking) {
             text = view..();
             count = text.().().;
             ();
          }
           ; 
        }
         ; 
      },
    });

    
    .({
      : ,
      : ,
      :   (., ..).(),
    });

    
    .({
      : ,
      : ,
      :  {
         today =  ().().(, );
        editor.(today);
      },
    });

    
     statusEl = .();
    statusEl.();

    
    .(
      ...(,  {
         view = ...();
         (view) {
           count = view..().().().;
          statusEl.();
        }  {
          statusEl.();
        }
      })
    );

    
    .( (., ));
    .();
  }

  () {
    .();
  }

   () {
    . = .({}, ,  .());
  }

   () {
     .(.);
  }
}