claude-obsidian
claude-obsidian is a set of Claude Code skills that turns sources you save into a linked Obsidian notes wiki for people who want to keep their research organized.
What it is good for
- Turning articles and papers into linked notes with sources
- Searching your own notes and getting answers with citations
- Finding dead links and orphan pages in a notes vault
- Keeping personal research organized in plain Markdown files
At a glance
- Who it is for
- Setup
- Guided command-line setup
Level 4 of 5. You copy and paste commands into a terminal by following the instructions. Comfortable territory for vibe coders.
- Cost
- Free and open source
- Type
- Skill or plugin
- Tasks
- Works with
- Claude Code, Obsidian, Codex, OpenCode, Gemini, Cursor
Momentum
- Rank this week
- Not ranked yet
- Best rank
- None yet
- GitHub stars
- 16,065
GitHub numbers as of Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
Official links
Setup steps are on the official pages. We do not repeat them here, since they change.
Questions
- Is claude-obsidian free?
- Yes. It is free and open source (MIT license).
- Do I need to know how to code to use claude-obsidian?
- You do not need to write code, but setup means copying and pasting commands into a terminal by following its instructions.
- What does claude-obsidian work with?
- According to its own documentation, it works with Claude Code, Obsidian, Codex, OpenCode, Gemini, and Cursor.
- What is claude-obsidian good for?
- Turning articles and papers into linked notes with sources, searching your own notes and getting answers with citations, finding dead links and orphan pages in a notes vault, and keeping personal research organized in plain Markdown files.
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