Lists every note in the vault. Returns JSON by default. Useful as a first step to discover what exists.

Displays the vault folder structure as a tree.

Returns the full markdown content of a note.

Returns metadata for a note (frontmatter, tags, links, file stats) as JSON.

Creates a new note. name is the path (relative to the vault root), with or without the .md extension.

Appends markdown content to the end of an existing note.

Inserts content near the top of a note (after frontmatter, if present).

Moves or renames a note. Wikilinks across the vault are updated automatically.

Moves a note to the system trash. Set permanent: true to bypass trash and delete immediately (irreversible).

Returns the YAML frontmatter properties of a note as JSON.

Sets a frontmatter property on a note. Creates the frontmatter block if missing.

Removes a frontmatter property from a note.

Full-text search across the vault. Returns matching files.

Full-text search that returns surrounding lines of context for each hit.

Lists every tag used in the vault, with usage counts.

Lists every note tagged with the given tag.

Renames a tag across every note in the vault.

Returns the outgoing wikilinks from a note.

Returns notes that link to the target note.

Finds wikilinks that point to non-existent notes.

Finds notes that have no incoming wikilinks.

Returns the content of today's daily note.

Appends content to today's daily note (creates it if missing).

Returns the file path of today's daily note.

Lists installed community + core plugins with enabled state.

Enables a community plugin by id.

Disables a community plugin by id.

Reloads a plugin's code (useful during plugin development).

Runs arbitrary JavaScript inside the running Obsidian instance with access to the app object. DANGEROUS: can read/modify any vault data and execute side effects. Use only when no narrower tool fits.

Returns a base64-encoded PNG screenshot of the running Obsidian window.

Returns recent JS errors from the Obsidian DevTools console.

Returns recent console messages from Obsidian DevTools.

Returns the version of the Obsidian CLI binary in use.

Shows the underlying obsidian help output — useful when a command behaves unexpectedly.