obsidian-mcp-pro

Instructions

Implementation Reference

• src/tools/read.ts:163-230 (handler)

  Implementation and registration of the 'get_daily_note' tool, which constructs the daily note path based on configuration and retrieves its content.

  server.registerTool(
    "get_daily_note",
    {
      description: "Get today's daily note or a specific date's daily note",
      inputSchema: {
        date: z
          .string()
          .optional()
          .describe(
            "Date in YYYY-MM-DD format (defaults to today)",
          ),
      },
    },
    async ({ date }) => {
      try {
        const config = getDailyNoteConfig(vaultPath);
        const targetDate = date ?? new Date().toISOString().slice(0, 10);
  
        // Build the filename from the configured format
        // Replace common date tokens with actual date parts
        const [year, month, day] = targetDate.split("-");
        let filename = config.format
          .replace("YYYY", year)
          .replace("MM", month)
          .replace("DD", day);
  
        if (!filename.endsWith(".md")) {
          filename += ".md";
        }
  
        const notePath = config.folder
          ? `${config.folder}/${filename}`
          : filename;
  
        let content: string;
        try {
          content = await readNote(vaultPath, notePath);
        } catch {
          return errorResult(`Daily note not found for ${targetDate} (expected at "${notePath}")`);
        }
  
        const { data: dailyFrontmatter, content: dailyBody } = parseFrontmatter(content);
        const header: string[] = [
          `Daily Note: ${targetDate}`,
          `Path: ${notePath}`,
          "",
        ];
  
        if (Object.keys(dailyFrontmatter).length > 0) {
          header.push("--- Frontmatter ---");
          for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(dailyFrontmatter)) {
            header.push(`${key}: ${JSON.stringify(value)}`);
          }
          header.push("--- End Frontmatter ---");
          header.push("");
        }
  
        return {
          content: [
            { type: "text" as const, text: header.join("\n") + dailyBody },
          ],
        };
      } catch (err) {
        console.error("get_daily_note error:", err);
        return errorResult(`Error reading daily note: ${err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)}`);
      }
    },
  );