obsidian-daily

# Obsidian Daily Notes Interact with Obsidian Daily Notes through the official `obsidian` command: create or open today's note, append entries, read notes, and search vault content. ## Setup Check that the official CLI is available: ```bash obsidian version ``` If the command is unavailable, ask the user to enable Obsidian's CLI: 1. Install or update to Obsidian 1.12 or newer. 2. Open **Settings > General**. 3. Enable **Command line interface** and follow the registration prompt. Target a vault explicitly when needed by placing `vault=<name-or-id>` before the command: ```bash obsidian vault="Work" daily ``` **Obsidian Daily Notes plugin defaults:** - Date format: `YYYY-MM-DD` - New file location: Vault root - Template file location: (none) ## Date Handling Get current date: ```bash date +%Y-%m-%d ``` Cross-platform relative dates (GNU first, BSD fallback): | Reference | Command | |-----------|---------| | Today | `date +%Y-%m-%d` | | Yesterday | `date -d yesterday +%Y-%m-%d 2>/dev/null \|\| date -v-1d +%Y-%m-%d` | | Last Friday | `date -d "last friday" +%Y-%m-%d 2>/dev/null \|\| date -v-1w -v+fri +%Y-%m-%d` | | 3 days ago | `date -d "3 days ago" +%Y-%m-%d 2>/dev/null \|\| date -v-3d +%Y-%m-%d` | | Next Monday | `date -d "next monday" +%Y-%m-%d 2>/dev/null \|\| date -v+monday +%Y-%m-%d` | ## Commands ### Open/Create Today's Note ```bash obsidian daily ``` Opens today's daily note in Obsidian, creating it from template if it doesn't exist. ### Append Entry ```bash obsidian daily:append content="ENTRY_TEXT" ``` Append without adding a newline: ```bash obsidian daily:append content="ENTRY_TEXT" inline ``` ### Read Note Today: ```bash obsidian daily:read ``` Specific date, using the vault's configured daily-note folder and date format: ```bash obsidian read path="Daily Notes/2025-01-10.md" ``` Relative date (yesterday): ```bash obsidian read path="Daily Notes/$(date -d yesterday +%Y-%m-%d 2>/dev/null || date -v-1d +%Y-%m-%d).md" ``` ### Search Content ```bash obsidian search query="TERM" ``` ### Search Notes Machine-readable search: ```bash obsidian search query="TERM" format=json ``` ### Specific Vault Put `vault="NAME"` before the command: ```bash obsidian vault="Work" read path="Daily Notes/2025-01-10.md" ``` ## Example Output ```markdown - Went to the doctor - [ ] Buy groceries - https://github.com/anthropics/skills - 15:45 This is a log line ``` ## Use Cases **Journal entry:** ```bash obsidian daily:append content="- Went to the doctor" ``` **Task:** ```bash obsidian daily:append content="- [ ] Buy groceries" ``` **Link:** ```bash obsidian daily:append content="- https://github.com/anthropics/skills" ``` **Timestamped log:** ```bash obsidian daily:append content="- $(date +%H:%M) This is a log line" ``` **Read last Friday:** ```bash obsidian read path="Daily Notes/$(date -d 'last friday' +%Y-%m-%d 2>/dev/null || date -v-1w -v+fri +%Y-%m-%d).md" ``` **Search for "meeting":** ```bash obsidian search query="meeting" ```