Agent-Skills.md

Agent Skills: Obsidian Properties Management

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UncategorizedID: laurigates/claude-plugins/properties

Repository

laurigates/claude-plugins
laurigatesLicense: MIT
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pnpm dlx add-skill https://github.com/laurigates/claude-plugins/tree/HEAD/obsidian-plugin/skills/properties

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Skill Metadata

Name
properties
Description
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Obsidian Properties Management

Read, set, and remove YAML frontmatter properties on Obsidian notes using the official CLI.

Prerequisites

  • Obsidian desktop v1.12.4+ with CLI enabled
  • Obsidian must be running

When to Use

Use this skill automatically when:

  • User wants to read or inspect note metadata/frontmatter
  • User needs to set, update, or add properties to notes
  • User wants to remove properties from notes
  • User asks about note status, tags, dates, or custom fields
  • User needs to manage aliases on notes

Core Operations

Read Properties

# Read all properties from a note
obsidian properties file="Project Spec"

# JSON output for parsing
obsidian properties file="Project Spec" format=json

Set Properties

# Set a text property
obsidian properties:set file="Note" status=active

# Set a date property
obsidian properties:set file="Note" due=2026-03-15 type=date

# Set multiple properties
obsidian properties:set file="Note" status=draft priority=high

# Set tags property
obsidian properties:set file="Note" tags="blog,publish" type=tags

Remove Properties

# Remove a single property
obsidian properties:remove file="Note" key=draft

# Remove multiple properties
obsidian properties:remove file="Note" key=old_field

Property Types

| Type | Example | Notes | |------|---------|-------| | Text | status=active | Default type | | Date | due=2026-03-15 type=date | ISO 8601 format | | Tags | tags="a,b" type=tags | Comma-separated | | Number | priority=1 | Numeric values | | Boolean | published=true | true/false | | List | aliases="Name1,Name2" type=tags | Comma-separated |

Common Patterns

Status Workflow

# Set draft status
obsidian properties:set file="Post" status=draft

# Move to review
obsidian properties:set file="Post" status=review

# Mark published
obsidian properties:set file="Post" status=published published=true

Alias Management

# Add aliases for wikilink resolution
obsidian properties:set file="JavaScript" aliases="JS,js,ECMAScript" type=tags

Agentic Optimizations

| Context | Command | |---------|---------| | Read properties (structured) | obsidian properties file="X" format=json | | Set property | obsidian properties:set file="X" key=value | | Remove property | obsidian properties:remove file="X" key=field | | Typed property | obsidian properties:set file="X" field=val type=date |

Related Skills

  • vault-files — Read and create notes
  • search-discovery — Search by property values with [key:value] syntax