obsidian-daily

# Obsidian Daily Notes Interact with Obsidian Daily Notes: create notes, append entries, read by date, and search content. ## Setup Check if a default vault is configured: ```bash obsidian-cli print-default --path-only 2>/dev/null && echo "OK" || echo "NOT_SET" ``` If `NOT_SET`, ask the user: 1. **Vault name** (required) 2. **Daily notes folder** (default: vault root, common: `Daily Notes`, `Journal`, `daily`) 3. **Date format** (default: `YYYY-MM-DD`) Configure the vault: ```bash obsidian-cli set-default "VAULT_NAME" ``` **Obsidian Daily Notes plugin defaults:** - Date format: `YYYY-MM-DD` - New file location: Vault root - Template file location: (none) ## Date Handling Get current date: ```bash date +%Y-%m-%d ``` Cross-platform relative dates (GNU first, BSD fallback): | Reference | Command | |-----------|---------| | Today | `date +%Y-%m-%d` | | Yesterday | `date -d yesterday +%Y-%m-%d 2>/dev/null \|\| date -v-1d +%Y-%m-%d` | | Last Friday | `date -d "last friday" +%Y-%m-%d 2>/dev/null \|\| date -v-friday +%Y-%m-%d` | | 3 days ago | `date -d "3 days ago" +%Y-%m-%d 2>/dev/null \|\| date -v-3d +%Y-%m-%d` | | Next Monday | `date -d "next monday" +%Y-%m-%d 2>/dev/null \|\| date -v+monday +%Y-%m-%d` | ## Commands ### Open/Create Today's Note ```bash obsidian-cli daily ``` Opens today's daily note in Obsidian, creating it from template if it doesn't exist. ### Append Entry ```bash obsidian-cli daily && obsidian-cli create "$(date +%Y-%m-%d).md" --content "$(printf '\n%s' "ENTRY_TEXT")" --append ``` With custom folder: ```bash obsidian-cli daily && obsidian-cli create "Daily Notes/$(date +%Y-%m-%d).md" --content "$(printf '\n%s' "ENTRY_TEXT")" --append ``` ### Read Note Today: ```bash obsidian-cli print "$(date +%Y-%m-%d).md" ``` Specific date: ```bash obsidian-cli print "2025-01-10.md" ``` Relative date (yesterday): ```bash obsidian-cli print "$(date -d yesterday +%Y-%m-%d 2>/dev/null || date -v-1d +%Y-%m-%d).md" ``` ### Search Content ```bash obsidian-cli search-content "TERM" ``` ### Search Notes Interactive fuzzy finder: ```bash obsidian-cli search ``` ### Specific Vault Add `--vault "NAME"` to any command: ```bash obsidian-cli print "2025-01-10.md" --vault "Work" ``` ## Example Output ```markdown - Went to the doctor - [ ] Buy groceries - https://github.com/anthropics/skills - 15:45 This is a log line ``` ## Use Cases **Journal entry:** ```bash obsidian-cli daily && obsidian-cli create "$(date +%Y-%m-%d).md" --content "$(printf '\n%s' "- Went to the doctor")" --append ``` **Task:** ```bash obsidian-cli daily && obsidian-cli create "$(date +%Y-%m-%d).md" --content "$(printf '\n%s' "- [ ] Buy groceries")" --append ``` **Link:** ```bash obsidian-cli daily && obsidian-cli create "$(date +%Y-%m-%d).md" --content "$(printf '\n%s' "- https://github.com/anthropics/skills")" --append ``` **Timestamped log:** ```bash obsidian-cli daily && obsidian-cli create "$(date +%Y-%m-%d).md" --content "$(printf '\n%s' "- $(date +%H:%M) This is a log line")" --append ``` **Read last Friday:** ```bash obsidian-cli print "$(date -d 'last friday' +%Y-%m-%d 2>/dev/null || date -v-friday +%Y-%m-%d).md" ``` **Search for "meeting":** ```bash obsidian-cli search-content "meeting" ```