obsidian-rest-api SKILL.md skillA
obsidian-rest-api from davepoon/buildwithclaude is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add davepoon/buildwithclaude/obsidian-rest-api@git:20260703.db0a897Pins git:20260703.db0a897 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
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- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- davepoon/buildwithclaude
- Path
plugins/all-skills/skills/obsidian-rest-api/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260703.db0a897, committed Jul 3, 2026
- Size
- 4,097 bytes
- Repository stars
- 3,724
- License
- MIT
Call the Obsidian Local REST API directly (over HTTP) for vault operations the mcp__obsidian__* tools do NOT expose — move/rename a note, overwrite a whole file atomically (PUT), act on the currently-open active file, run an Obsidian command, open a note in the UI, list all tags, or do date-specific periodic-note CRUD. Prefer the mcp__obsidian__* tools for plain read/append/patch/delete/search; fall back to this skill only when the required method is missing from MCP.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Obsidian Local REST API The connected `obsidian` MCP server exposes only a subset of the Obsidian [Local REST API](https://coddingtonbear.github.io/obsidian-local-rest-api/) (plugin `obsidian-local-rest-api`). This skill provides the full API surface plus an authenticated request wrapper, so a missing MCP method is called over HTTP instead of being worked around with hacks (e.g. delete+recreate to rename a note). ## When to Use This Skill Use the `mcp__obsidian__*` tools first for read, append, patch, delete, and search. Fall back to this skill only for operations that have **no MCP tool**: - Move / rename a note (preserves history, updates internal links) - Overwrite a whole file atomically (PUT) instead of delete+recreate - Act on the currently-open "active" file in the Obsidian UI - Run an Obsidian command from the command palette - Open / focus a note in the UI - List all vault tags with counts - Create/update/delete date-specific periodic notes ## What This Skill Does 1. Resolves the API host, port, and key from the connected obsidian MCP server config (`~/.claude.json`) or `OBSIDIAN_*` env vars — no hardcoded secrets. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add davepoon/buildwithclaude/obsidian-rest-api@sha256:2bc498880a0441dfThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260703.db0a897, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Jul 3, 2026.
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Source
davepoon/buildwithclaude · 3,724 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-05 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_uiyotyhja6toktvr GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=davepoon/buildwithclaude/obsidian-rest-api GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/2bc498880a0441df49dacfe152bca05ff3bb1379a471700bb332205c41784b25
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