Obsidian CLI Assistant
Lets your AI agent read, search and add to your Obsidian notes and daily tasks
by Steph Ango (kepano)
Obsidian Bases Builder
by Steph Ango (kepano)SkillGet organised
Builds table and card views of your Obsidian notes, with filters and formulas
About Obsidian Bases Builder
A skill that teaches your AI assistant to write Obsidian Bases files: database-style views of your notes, shown as tables, cards, lists or maps, with filters, formulas and summaries.
For Obsidian usersPersonal knowledge base keepersPeople tracking projects in notes
Made by Steph Ango (kepano)
Steph Ango, known as kepano, is the CEO of Obsidian, the note-taking app built on open file formats and funded by its users.
- Stars
- ★ 50k
- License
- MIT
- Cost
- Free
- Level
- Beginner
- Contents
- Instructions only
Overview
Teaches your AI assistant to write Obsidian Bases files, the database-style views of notes built into Obsidian. You say what you want to see, such as the books you have not finished; it writes a .base file that picks the matching notes by tag, folder or property and shows them as a table, cards, a list or a map, with formulas and summaries where needed. Made by Obsidian's CEO for people who keep projects, reading lists or plans in an Obsidian vault.
Bases mixes YAML and formulas that are easy to get wrong; the skill carries the syntax rules and checks the file before you open it.
Try these first
Start with the first one: it is a small task you can check easily.
- Create a base that lists every note tagged #book as a table with title, author and status. I'll open it in Obsidian to check.First try · writes one file
- Add a cards view to [reading.base] that shows only unfinished books.edits a file
- Add a formula column with the number of days since each note was created.
- Why does [projects.base] show a YAML error? Explain the problem before changing anything.
Example prompts written by Agent Flows Hub.
What you get
From the creator's documentation.
| Output | What it is | Reads |
|---|---|---|
| Filters | Pick notes by tag, folder, property or date | Your files |
| Views | Table, cards, list or map layouts with the columns you choose | Your files |
| Formulas | Computed columns, such as days since a note was created | Your files |
| Summaries | Averages and other summaries at the foot of a column | Your files |
| File edits | Creates or edits .base files in your vault | Your files |
Good to know
Create a view that lists notes with a given tag as a table, with a computed column. The skill covers filters, formulas, properties, summaries and views in the .base file format.
Limits
- A base only shows what your notes' properties hold; missing or differently named properties leave columns empty. A quoting mistake in a formula stops the file from loading, so open it in Obsidian after each change.
Notes by Agent Flows Hub (original project name: obsidian-bases), written from the creator's documentation, not from running it ourselves. obsidian-bases: SKILL.md · Obsidian Help: Introduction to Bases · Obsidian: About (Steph Ango, CEO)
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