Create and edit Obsidian Flavored Markdown with wikilinks, embeds, callouts, properties, and other Obsidian-specific syntax. Use when working with .md files in Obsidian, or when the user mentions wikilinks, callouts, frontmatter, tags, embeds, or Obsidian notes.
This skill enables Claude Code to create and edit valid Obsidian Flavored Markdown including wikilinks, embeds, callouts, properties, and all related syntax.
When to Use This Skill
Working with .md files in an Obsidian vault
Creating notes with wikilinks or internal links
Adding embeds for notes, images, audio, or PDFs
Using callouts (info boxes, warnings, tips, etc.)
Managing frontmatter/properties in YAML format
Working with tags and nested tags
Creating block references and block IDs
Basic Formatting
Paragraphs and Line Breaks
Paragraphs are separated by blank lines. Single line breaks within a paragraph are ignored unless you use:
```javascript
function hello() {
console.log("Hello, world!");
}
```
Supported Languages
Obsidian supports syntax highlighting for many languages including:
javascript, typescript, python, rust, go, java, c, cpp, csharp, ruby, php, html, css, json, yaml, markdown, bash, sql, and many more.
Tables
| Header 1 | Header 2 | Header 3 |
|----------|:--------:|---------:|
| Left | Center | Right |
| aligned | aligned | aligned |
Math (LaTeX)
Inline Math
The equation $E = mc^2$ is famous.
Block Math
$$
\frac{-b \pm \sqrt{b^2 - 4ac}}{2a}
$$
Diagrams (Mermaid)
```mermaid
graph TD
A[Start] --> B{Decision}
B -->|Yes| C[Do Something]
B -->|No| D[Do Something Else]
C --> E[End]
D --> E
```
Footnotes
This is a sentence with a footnote.[^1]
[^1]: This is the footnote content.
Comments
%%
This is a comment that won't be rendered.
%%
Inline %%comment%% within text.
Properties (Frontmatter)
Basic Properties
---
title: My Note Title
date: 2024-01-15
tags:
- tag1
- tag2
author: John Doe
---
Property Types
Type
Example
Text
title: My Title
Number
rating: 5
Checkbox
completed: true
Date
date: 2024-01-15
Date & time
created: 2024-01-15T10:30:00
List
tags: [a, b, c] or multiline
Link
related: "[[Other Note]]"
Multi-value Properties
---
tags:
- project
- work
- important
aliases:
- My Alias
- Another Name
cssclasses:
- wide-page
- cards
---