Obsidian

Obsidian is a powerful knowledge base and note-taking application that works on top of a local folder of plain-text Markdown files. With features like bidirectional linking, graph views, and a rich plugin ecosystem, Obsidian is widely used for personal knowledge management, research, and documentation.

With the Cadense Obsidian integration, you can:

• Read and create notes: Retrieve note content from your vault or create new notes programmatically as part of automated workflows.
• Update and patch notes: Modify existing notes in full or patch content at specific locations within a note.
• Search your vault: Find notes by keyword or content across your entire Obsidian vault.
• Manage periodic notes: Access and create daily or other periodic notes for journaling and task tracking.
• Execute commands: Trigger Obsidian commands remotely to automate vault operations.

How it works in Cadense: Add an Obsidian block to your workflow and select an operation. This integration requires the Obsidian Local REST API plugin to be installed and running in your vault. Provide your API key and vault URL, along with any required parameters. The block communicates with your local Obsidian instance and returns structured data you can pass to downstream blocks — for example, searching your vault for research notes and feeding them into an AI agent for summarization.

Usage Instructions

Read, create, update, search, and delete notes in your Obsidian vault. Manage periodic notes, execute commands, and patch content at specific locations. Requires the Obsidian Local REST API plugin.

Tools

obsidian_append_active

Append content to the currently active file in Obsidian

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obsidian_append_note

Append content to an existing note in your Obsidian vault

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obsidian_append_periodic_note

Append content to the current periodic note (daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, or yearly). Creates the note if it does not exist.

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obsidian_create_note

Create or replace a note in your Obsidian vault

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obsidian_delete_note

Delete a note from your Obsidian vault

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obsidian_execute_command

Execute a command in Obsidian (e.g. open daily note, toggle sidebar)

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obsidian_get_active

Retrieve the content of the currently active file in Obsidian

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obsidian_get_note

Retrieve the content of a note from your Obsidian vault

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obsidian_get_periodic_note

Retrieve the current periodic note (daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, or yearly)

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obsidian_list_commands

List all available commands in Obsidian

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obsidian_list_files

List files and directories in your Obsidian vault

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obsidian_open_file

Open a file in the Obsidian UI (creates the file if it does not exist)

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obsidian_patch_active

Insert or replace content at a specific heading, block reference, or frontmatter field in the active file

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obsidian_patch_note

Insert or replace content at a specific heading, block reference, or frontmatter field in a note

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obsidian_search

Search for text across notes in your Obsidian vault

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