Overview
Skills that teach an agent Obsidian Flavored Markdown, Obsidian Bases, JSON Canvas and the Obsidian CLI, plus clean web-page extraction with Defuddle.
What it does
- Obsidian Flavored Markdown editing
- Obsidian Bases views and formulas
- JSON Canvas files
- Obsidian CLI and plugin development
Capability source: Project documentation
Who Obsidian Skills fits
Obsidian users who want an agent to read and edit their vault correctly.
How you run it
Obsidian Skills runs on infrastructure you manage.
Documented deployment options: Claude Code plugin, npx skills, Codex, OpenCode.
Before you choose it
An agent with these skills can change files in your vault. Use version control or a backup before letting it edit notes.
Self-hosting and deployment
- Self-hostable
- Yes
- Cloud / hosted offering
- Not recorded
- Docker noted in deployment tags
- Not recorded
- Deployment tags
- Claude Code plugin, npx skills, Codex, OpenCode
- Difficulty
- Easy
Obsidian Skills questions
- What is Obsidian Skills?
- Agent skills for Obsidian notes, Bases, canvases, and the Obsidian CLI. It is listed under Agent skills on PickOpenSource.
- Is Obsidian Skills open source?
- Yes. Its source code is public on GitHub under the MIT license.
- Can you self-host Obsidian Skills?
- Yes. Listed deployment options: Claude Code plugin, npx skills, Codex, OpenCode.
- Is Obsidian Skills free?
- Pricing is not recorded in this catalog. Check the official website for hosted plans and edition limits, and the MIT license for usage conditions. Self-hosting also requires infrastructure and maintenance.
- What are alternatives to Obsidian Skills?
- Similar agent skills projects include Superpowers, Skills by Matt Pocock, and Ponytail.
- Is Obsidian Skills actively maintained?
- The latest commit on GitHub was September 15, 2026, and the repository has 49k stars (up 50 since October 11, 2026).
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