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Obsidian Daily

by @bastos

Manage Obsidian Daily Notes via obsidian-cli. Create and open daily notes, append entries (journals, logs, tasks, links), read past notes by date, and search vault content. Handles relative dates like "yesterday", "last Friday", "3 days ago".

Versionv1.2.1
Installs37
⚑ When to Use
TriggerAction
```bash
obsidian-cli daily && obsidian-cli create "$(date +%Y-%m-%d).md" --content "$(printf '\n%s' "- Went to the doctor")" --append
```
**Task:**
```bash
obsidian-cli daily && obsidian-cli create "$(date +%Y-%m-%d).md" --content "$(printf '\n%s' "- [ ] Buy groceries")" --append
```
**Link:**
```bash
obsidian-cli daily && obsidian-cli create "$(date +%Y-%m-%d).md" --content "$(printf '\n%s' "- https://github.com/anthropics/skills")" --append
```
**Timestamped log:**
```bash
obsidian-cli daily && obsidian-cli create "$(date +%Y-%m-%d).md" --content "$(printf '\n%s' "- $(date +%H:%M) This is a log line")" --append
```
**Read last Friday:**
```bash
obsidian-cli print "$(date -d 'last friday' +%Y-%m-%d 2>/dev/null || date -v-friday +%Y-%m-%d).md"
```
**Search for "meeting":**
```bash
obsidian-cli search-content "meeting"
```
βš™οΈ Configuration

Check if a default vault is configured:

obsidian-cli print-default --path-only 2>/dev/null && echo "OK" || echo "NOT_SET"

If NOT_SET, ask the user: 1. Vault name (required) 2. Daily notes folder (default: vault root, common: Daily Notes, Journal, daily) 3. Date format (default: YYYY-MM-DD)

Configure the vault:

obsidian-cli set-default "VAULT_NAME"

Obsidian Daily Notes plugin defaults:

  • Date format: YYYY-MM-DD
  • New file location: Vault root
  • Template file location: (none)
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    TERMINAL
    clawhub install obsidian-daily

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