Obsidian Vault Operations

by ballred

Obsidian Vault Operations 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 Vault Operations

Copy Obsidian Vault Operations 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/obsidian-vault-ops ~/.claude/skills/obsidian-vault-ops

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

What Obsidian Vault Operations does

Obsidian Vault Operations reads, writes, and manages files in an Obsidian vault, including note creation, wiki-link handling, and YAML frontmatter processing. Use it when working with vault file operations, creating notes, or managing links.

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

Documentation

README

Excerpt

Obsidian Vault Operations Skill

Core operations for reading, writing, and managing files in an Obsidian vault.

Vault Structure

vault-root/
├── CLAUDE.md           # Main context (always read first)
├── Daily Notes/        # YYYY-MM-DD.md format
├── Goals/              # Goal cascade files
├── Projects/           # Project folders with CLAUDE.md
├── Templates/          # Reusable note structures
└── Archives/           # Completed/inactive content

File Operations

Reading Notes

Use Glob to find files: *.md, Daily Notes/*.md
Read CLAUDE.md first for vault context
Check for wiki-links to related notes

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

Frequently asked about Obsidian Vault Operations

What else does ballred publish alongside Obsidian Vault Operations?
Obsidian Vault Operations 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 Vault Operations 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 Vault Operations compare to other Automation skills?
Obsidian Vault Operations ranks #533 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 Vault Operations against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.