Obsidian Search

by ballred

Obsidian Search is an Automation skill for Claude Code, published by ballred in obsidian-claude-pkm.

1.8K stars124 forkson ballred/obsidian-claude-pkmAdded 2026/08/18+4% in starsRepository updated 2026/02/18

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Install Obsidian Search

Copy Obsidian Search into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/ballred/obsidian-claude-pkm/tree/main/vault-template/.claude/skills/search ~/.claude/skills/search

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/ballred/obsidian-claude-pkm.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: vault-template/.claude/skills/search/SKILL.md in ballred/obsidian-claude-pkm
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/search
Collection: One of 13 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Automation — 1523 skills

What Obsidian Search does

Obsidian Search finds keywords across all markdown files in an Obsidian vault using Grep. Use it when you need to locate notes, TODOs, or project mentions without any setup or plugins.

Obsidian Search is cataloged under Automation on DirSkills. Obsidian Search comes from a repository tagged ai-agents, claude-code, goal-tracking, obsidian and pkm.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

Search Skill

Fast keyword search across all vault markdown files using the Grep tool. No indexes, no plugins, no setup — just structured search with directory grouping.

Usage

/search <term>

Examples:

/search project planning
/search weekly review
/search TODO

How to Execute

When the user invokes /search <term>:

Step 1: Search for the term

Use the Grep tool to search all .md files for the term:

Grep:
  pattern: <search term>
  glob: "*.md"
  output_mode: content
  -n: true
  -C: 1

Exclude hidden directories (.claude/, .obsidian/) and templates:

Grep:
  pattern: <search term>
  glob: "*.md"
  path: .
  output_mode: content
  -n: true
  -C: 1

Filter out results from .claude/, .obsidian/, and Templates/ directories.

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Commands Obsidian Search provides

Slash commands named in this skill’s SKILL.md, listed in the order they first appear.

/search
/daily

Frequently asked about Obsidian Search

What else does ballred publish alongside Obsidian Search?
Obsidian Search is one of 13 skills that DirSkills catalogs from ballred/obsidian-claude-pkm, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Adopt Vault, Check Links and Daily. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Obsidian Search does, and is maintained by ballred in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the ballred/obsidian-claude-pkm page.
How does Obsidian Search compare to other Automation skills?
Obsidian Search ranks #532 by stars among the 1523 Automation skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Autonomous Loops, Autonomous Agent Harness and Automation Audit Ops. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Obsidian Search against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.