work-log

name	work-log
description	Log accomplishments, solved problems, learnings, and milestones to Obsidian daily notes via the Obsidian CLI. Also answers questions about the Obsidian CLI. Triggers on "/log", "log accomplishment", "log what I did", "work log", "obsidian cli", "daily note", or when user wants to record something noteworthy they did.

Append structured entries to today's Obsidian daily note. Two modes: logging and CLI reference.

Mode 1: Log entry

Quick invocation (args provided)

Parse args: /log <type> "<description>"

Types: accomplishment, problem-solved, learning, milestone

Interactive invocation (no args or incomplete)

Prompt for missing fields using AskUserQuestion:

1. Entry type (if not provided)
2. Description (if not provided)

Append workflow

# 1. Read current daily note
obsidian daily:read vault=Personal 2>&1 | grep -v "Loading\|installer"

# 2. If no "## Work Log" section exists, prepend header + table header
obsidian daily:prepend vault=Personal content="## Work Log\n\n| Time | Type | Entry |\n|------|------|-------|\n"

# 3. Append table row (use current HH:MM timestamp)
obsidian daily:append vault=Personal content="| HH:MM | <type> | <description> |"

Important:

• Use inline flag when appending table rows so they stay on the same line
• Get current time via date +%H:%M
• Escape special characters in content (pipes | → \|)
• The vault=Personal is the default — override with vault=<name> if user specifies

Entry format in daily note

## Work Log

| Time | Type | Entry |
|------|------|-------|
| 14:30 | accomplishment | Shipped evlog structured logging across codebase |
| 11:15 | problem-solved | Fixed React Compiler + RHF incompatibility |
| 09:00 | learning | Discovered cmux workspace-per-agent pattern |

After logging

Confirm what was logged: type, description, and timestamp. Do not open the note unless user asks.

Mode 2: Obsidian CLI reference

When user asks about Obsidian CLI commands (not logging), read references/obsidian-cli.md and answer their question.

Notes

• Obsidian must be running for CLI to work
• If CLI fails, suggest: "Is Obsidian running?" and check obsidian ping or obsidian version
• The CLI binary is at /Applications/Obsidian.app/Contents/MacOS/obsidian (macOS)
• Suppress stderr noise: 2>&1 | grep -v "Loading\|installer"