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Obsidian Sync now has a headless client

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Re: Obsidian Sync now has a headless client

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Also new: Obsidian joins the CLI gang https://help.obsidian.md/cli I’ve been having a lot of fun recently using AI CLIs with Obsidian. No plugins necessary because it’s just a directory tree of markdown files.

I love that CLIs are getting a second wind.

I must be a fossil living under a rock, but: were they ever gone? As the amount of new CLI based applications I install on a monthly basis is always far more than the amount of new GUI based applications.

Re: Obsidian Sync now has a headless client

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post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've been using iCloud to sync Obsidian, and have consistently run into the problem that iCloud file container access needs full disk permissions that I don't want to give the agent (or Ghostty). Does everybody use Obsidian's paid sync instead or what? Or SyncThing?

I've had good luck with syncthing. But I only sync between laptop and desktop.. the mobile story with syncthing isn't ideal.

Why not? I've used it between my desktops and my phone with no problem for years.

Re: Obsidian Sync now has a headless client

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post #36

Oh! I worked on this project. If anyone has questions, I'll do my best to answer them!

Thank you for making Obsidian! I am wondering if you have any plans to package the headless sync client up for container use in Docker or Podman?

Also, is the Obsidian CLI available when obsidian-headless is installed? Or is obsidian-headless only a sync client at this time?

Re: Obsidian Sync now has a headless client

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post #115

Kinda related, does anyone have a favorite obsidian plugin for AI editing on mobile? I wanna be able to talk to a document and iterate on it just like chatgpt with canvas but inside obsidian. I've been digging around and haven't quite found anything to do that. One potential challenge is I'm not sure how easy it would be to let it do tool calling to edit the document rather than spitting out the whole document each t…

I've tried a bunch of them only to settle on using Claude Code with remote control.

Re: Obsidian Sync now has a headless client

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post #17

Also new: Obsidian joins the CLI gang https://help.obsidian.md/cli I’ve been having a lot of fun recently using AI CLIs with Obsidian. No plugins necessary because it’s just a directory tree of markdown files.

I've been using iCloud to sync Obsidian, and have consistently run into the problem that iCloud file container access needs full disk permissions that I don't want to give the agent (or Ghostty). Does everybody use Obsidian's paid sync instead or what? Or SyncThing?

I gave up on iCloud sync.

After the tenth time iCloud absolutely destroyed my vault’s file layout and scattered copies of my files all over my iCloud Drive, I just gave up and shell out for paid sync now. It’s fine. I don’t mind paying for things I get actual value from.

Re: Obsidian Sync now has a headless client

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post #70

Nice! I rely on Obsidian a lot for syncing knowledge while working with Claude agents, such as storing research and daily logs to catch up on the prior day’s work. It already works quite well with a custom skill that I build, but this may make the workflow smoother. I also built a cli tool to index embeddings in LanceDB and do semantic search. It helps agents create better internal links between notes. https://github…

Can you share more details on your setup with Claude Code ?

It's nothing too fancy - I use Obsidian as a memory layer for both agents and myself. I keep a daily programming journal, and ask agents to update it as we work. I often have to nudge it to use the skill, but sometimes it asks me if I want to note things down. The core of the skills is just templates that teach claude how I like my notes formatted, and how my vault is laid out.

I find that it is useful as a way to quickly catch up a new session by asking it to read what we did yesterday or earlier that day.

The semantic search layer allows it to search further back in time, or find connections across unrelated notes. I built it because it used to waste a lot of tool calls with grep commands whenever I asked it to find something.

I'm still iterating, but I put together a repo with some of the skills that I find most useful for organization: https://github.com/ravila4/claude-adhd-skills

Re: Obsidian Sync now has a headless client

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post #88
post #70

Nice! I rely on Obsidian a lot for syncing knowledge while working with Claude agents, such as storing research and daily logs to catch up on the prior day’s work. It already works quite well with a custom skill that I build, but this may make the workflow smoother. I also built a cli tool to index embeddings in LanceDB and do semantic search. It helps agents create better internal links between notes. https://github…

How does this affect your token/quota usage?

Not much, the main cost is having Claude write notes as we work, which isn't too different from what it does anyway with Plan mode, and it helps me onboard new sessions more easily. It also may save me some tokens because the tool I built helps it semantically search for relevant notes instead of wasting tool calls on grep and reading irrelevant documents.

Re: Obsidian Sync now has a headless client

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post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I love that CLIs are getting a second wind.

I must be a fossil living under a rock, but: were they ever gone? As the amount of new CLI based applications I install on a monthly basis is always far more than the amount of new GUI based applications.

I think a lot of new developers used GUIs very exclusively for a very long time. Agentic workflows and Claude code have brought CLI tools to the forefront again.
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