Read the contents of a markdown file from the vault. Supports pagination: read a single section by heading, last N lines, last N heading-level sections, chunk number, or line range. Files exceeding ~80k characters auto-redirect to peek data (file structure/outline) unless a pagination param or force=true is specified. Paths in this tool's output are formatted as markdown links [vault-relative-path.md](obsidian://...) so users can Cmd/Ctrl-click to open in Obsidian. Preserve the link form when relaying paths to the user; pass only the bracket text (e.g. 01-Projects/Foo/note.md) to other vault tools' path arguments, never the full markdown link.

Inspect a file's metadata and structure without reading full content. Returns file size, frontmatter, heading outline with approximate section sizes, and a brief preview. Use this to plan which sections to read from large files. Paths in this tool's output are formatted as markdown links [vault-relative-path.md](obsidian://...) so users can Cmd/Ctrl-click to open in Obsidian. Preserve the link form when relaying paths to the user; pass only the bracket text (e.g. 01-Projects/Foo/note.md) to other vault tools' path arguments, never the full markdown link.

Create a new note from a template. Notes must be created from templates to ensure proper frontmatter.

Available templates: (No templates found - add .md files to 05-Templates/)

Built-in variables (auto-substituted):

• <% tp.date.now("YYYY-MM-DD") %> - Current date

• <% tp.file.title %> - Derived from output path filename

Required: frontmatter.tags - provide at least one tag for the note. Optional: frontmatter.status, frontmatter.priority, frontmatter.project, frontmatter.deciders, frontmatter.due, frontmatter.source (depending on template type). Pass custom <%...%> variables via the 'variables' parameter. Paths in this tool's output are formatted as markdown links [vault-relative-path.md](obsidian://...) so users can Cmd/Ctrl-click to open in Obsidian. Preserve the link form when relaying paths to the user; pass only the bracket text (e.g. 01-Projects/Foo/note.md) to other vault tools' path arguments, never the full markdown link.

Append content to an existing file, optionally under a specific heading. When 'position' is specified, heading is required and must exist in the file. Paths in this tool's output are formatted as markdown links [vault-relative-path.md](obsidian://...) so users can Cmd/Ctrl-click to open in Obsidian. Preserve the link form when relaying paths to the user; pass only the bracket text (e.g. 01-Projects/Foo/note.md) to other vault tools' path arguments, never the full markdown link.

Edit a file by replacing an exact string match. The old_string must appear exactly once in the file for safety. Paths in this tool's output are formatted as markdown links [vault-relative-path.md](obsidian://...) so users can Cmd/Ctrl-click to open in Obsidian. Preserve the link form when relaying paths to the user; pass only the bracket text (e.g. 01-Projects/Foo/note.md) to other vault tools' path arguments, never the full markdown link.

Update YAML frontmatter fields in an existing note. Parses existing frontmatter, updates specified fields, preserves everything else. Set a field to null to remove it. Protected fields (type, created, tags) cannot be removed. Field values are validated against the note's type (e.g. task status must be: pending, active, done, cancelled; task priority must be: low, normal, high, urgent). Paths in this tool's output are formatted as markdown links [vault-relative-path.md](obsidian://...) so users can Cmd/Ctrl-click to open in Obsidian. Preserve the link form when relaying paths to the user; pass only the bracket text (e.g. 01-Projects/Foo/note.md) to other vault tools' path arguments, never the full markdown link.

Search for text across all markdown files in the vault. Paths in this tool's output are formatted as markdown links [vault-relative-path.md](obsidian://...) so users can Cmd/Ctrl-click to open in Obsidian. Preserve the link form when relaying paths to the user; pass only the bracket text (e.g. 01-Projects/Foo/note.md) to other vault tools' path arguments, never the full markdown link.

List files and folders in the vault. Paths in this tool's output are formatted as markdown links [vault-relative-path.md](obsidian://...) so users can Cmd/Ctrl-click to open in Obsidian. Preserve the link form when relaying paths to the user; pass only the bracket text (e.g. 01-Projects/Foo/note.md) to other vault tools' path arguments, never the full markdown link.

Get recently modified files. Paths in this tool's output are formatted as markdown links [vault-relative-path.md](obsidian://...) so users can Cmd/Ctrl-click to open in Obsidian. Preserve the link form when relaying paths to the user; pass only the bracket text (e.g. 01-Projects/Foo/note.md) to other vault tools' path arguments, never the full markdown link.

Get incoming and outgoing links for a note. Paths in this tool's output are formatted as markdown links [vault-relative-path.md](obsidian://...) so users can Cmd/Ctrl-click to open in Obsidian. Preserve the link form when relaying paths to the user; pass only the bracket text (e.g. 01-Projects/Foo/note.md) to other vault tools' path arguments, never the full markdown link.

Explore the graph neighborhood around a note by traversing wikilinks. Returns notes grouped by hop distance from the starting note, with frontmatter metadata for each node. Useful for understanding clusters, finding related context, and discovering connections. Paths in this tool's output are formatted as markdown links [vault-relative-path.md](obsidian://...) so users can Cmd/Ctrl-click to open in Obsidian. Preserve the link form when relaying paths to the user; pass only the bracket text (e.g. 01-Projects/Foo/note.md) to other vault tools' path arguments, never the full markdown link.

Query notes by YAML frontmatter metadata (type, status, tags, dates, custom fields, sorting). Paths in this tool's output are formatted as markdown links [vault-relative-path.md](obsidian://...) so users can Cmd/Ctrl-click to open in Obsidian. Preserve the link form when relaying paths to the user; pass only the bracket text (e.g. 01-Projects/Foo/note.md) to other vault tools' path arguments, never the full markdown link.

Discover all tags used across the vault with per-note occurrence counts. Useful for exploring tag conventions, finding hierarchical tag trees, and understanding vault organization.

Query or clear the activity log. Shows tool calls made across sessions with timestamps and arguments. Use action 'query' to retrieve entries, 'clear' to delete entries.

Soft-delete a file by moving it to .trash/ (Obsidian convention). Reports files with broken incoming links as warnings. Use vault_move to relocate files instead. Paths in this tool's output are formatted as markdown links [vault-relative-path.md](obsidian://...) so users can Cmd/Ctrl-click to open in Obsidian. Preserve the link form when relaying paths to the user; pass only the bracket text (e.g. 01-Projects/Foo/note.md) to other vault tools' path arguments, never the full markdown link.

Move or rename a markdown file within the vault. Automatically updates wikilinks in all files that reference the moved file. Both paths must be exact. Paths in this tool's output are formatted as markdown links [vault-relative-path.md](obsidian://...) so users can Cmd/Ctrl-click to open in Obsidian. Preserve the link form when relaying paths to the user; pass only the bracket text (e.g. 01-Projects/Foo/note.md) to other vault tools' path arguments, never the full markdown link.

Add annotated wikilinks to a note's section (default: ## Related). Deduplicates by basename (skips links already present). Creates the section if missing. Requires exact path. Paths in this tool's output are formatted as markdown links [vault-relative-path.md](obsidian://...) so users can Cmd/Ctrl-click to open in Obsidian. Preserve the link form when relaying paths to the user; pass only the bracket text (e.g. 01-Projects/Foo/note.md) to other vault tools' path arguments, never the full markdown link.

Graph health report — finds orphan notes, broken wikilinks, weakly connected notes, and ambiguous links. Scans all markdown files (or a specific folder). Use to audit link quality and find notes that need better connections. Paths in this tool's output are formatted as markdown links [vault-relative-path.md](obsidian://...) so users can Cmd/Ctrl-click to open in Obsidian. Preserve the link form when relaying paths to the user; pass only the bracket text (e.g. 01-Projects/Foo/note.md) to other vault tools' path arguments, never the full markdown link.