Best Claude skills for obsidian.
231 skills in ahel's catalog match "obsidian". This list ranks 25 of them by GitHub stars, with the ones named for obsidian first. The top three are json-canvas, obsidian-bases and obsidian-cli. They come from 9 different publishers. All 25 have GitHub stars on record, and json-canvas has the most, 49,047. 5 of the 25 show weekly installs, and obsidian-markdown leads with 1,195 a week. All 25 come from the community rather than from the vendor of the product they work with. All 25 were read in full by ahel's safety review. All 25 work through ahel today, so one connection brings them to Claude, ChatGPT and Ahel Desktop. 24 of the 25 had a commit in the last 90 days. Most sit in Docs & knowledge and Dev tools. Each row links to the item's own page, with its install steps and safety review.
25 results
| # | Name | Stars | Installs a week | Publisher | Use in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | json-canvasLets your agent create and edit JSON Canvas skill files (.canvas) with nodes, edges, and groups for Obsidian. | 49k | 923 | Communitykepano | ClaudeChatGPTAhel Desktop |
| 2 | obsidian-basesLets your agent create and edit Obsidian Bases files that turn notes into table, card, list, or map views. | 49k | 1k | Communitykepano | ClaudeChatGPTAhel Desktop |
| 3 | obsidian-cliLets your agent read, create, search, and edit notes in an open Obsidian vault, and help develop plugins. | 49k | 986 | Communitykepano | ClaudeChatGPTAhel Desktop |
| 4 | obsidian-markdownLets your agent write and edit Obsidian notes with wikilinks, embeds, callouts, and frontmatter. | 49k | 1k | Communitykepano | ClaudeChatGPTAhel Desktop |
| 5 | wikiLets your agent set up and manage an Obsidian knowledge vault, organizing notes and routing wiki work safely. | 15k | none | Communityagricidaniel | ClaudeChatGPTAhel Desktop |
| 6 | obsidian-citation-guideCitation plugin for Obsidian note-taking with BibTeX support | 4k | none | Communitybrycewang-stanford | ClaudeChatGPTAhel Desktop |
| 7 | obsidian-experiment-logUse this skill when the user discusses experiment design, ablations, training runs, evaluation, baselines, metrics, failures, or result interpretation that should be logged into Obsidian experiment and result notes. | 4k | none | Communitybrycewang-stanford | ClaudeChatGPTAhel Desktop |
| 8 | obsidian-link-graphUse this skill when the user wants to repair or strengthen Obsidian wikilinks among existing canonical project notes, especially across papers, knowledge notes, experiments, results, and writing. | 4k | none | Communitybrycewang-stanford | ClaudeChatGPTAhel Desktop |
| 9 | obsidian-project-bootstrapThis skill should be used when the user asks to start a new research project, import an existing code-plus-Markdown repository into Obsidian, or bind the current repository to a compact research knowledge base for future syncing. | 4k | none | Communitybrycewang-stanford | ClaudeChatGPTAhel Desktop |
| 10 | obsidian-project-lifecycleUse this skill when the user wants to detach, archive, purge, or otherwise change the lifecycle state of an Obsidian project knowledge base. | 4k | none | Communitybrycewang-stanford | ClaudeChatGPTAhel Desktop |
| 11 | obsidian-project-memoryThis skill should be used when the user asks to maintain an Obsidian knowledge base for a research project, import an existing research repository into Obsidian, keep project memory or daily notes synchronized, summarize project context into durable notes, or update experiments, results, papers, wri | 4k | none | Communitybrycewang-stanford | ClaudeChatGPTAhel Desktop |
| 12 | obsidian-research-logUse this skill when the user is discussing daily research work, TODOs, plans, standups, meetings, milestones, or general project progress that should be reflected in Obsidian daily notes, plan notes, and hub updates. | 4k | none | Communitybrycewang-stanford | ClaudeChatGPTAhel Desktop |
| 13 | obsidian-synthesis-mapUse this skill when generating higher-level synthesis notes such as literature reviews, comparison matrices, project summaries, or other cross-note summaries inside the project knowledge base. | 4k | none | Communitybrycewang-stanford | ClaudeChatGPTAhel Desktop |
| 14 | obsidian-zotero-guideInsert citations and notes from Zotero into Obsidian knowledge bases | 4k | none | Communitybrycewang-stanford | ClaudeChatGPTAhel Desktop |
| 15 | llm-wikiLets your agent set up and organize a personal Obsidian knowledge wiki with categories, projects, and page conventions. | 4k | none | Communityar9av | ClaudeChatGPTAhel Desktop |
| 16 | claude-obsidian-wikiLets your agent build and maintain an Obsidian claude skill wiki that ingests sources, answers questions, and files notes automatically. | 83 | none | Communityreason-machines | ClaudeChatGPTAhel Desktop |
| 17 | obsidianWork with Obsidian vaults (plain Markdown notes) and automate via obsidian-cli. | 61 | none | Communityhvwin8 | ClaudeChatGPTAhel Desktop |
| 18 | obsidian-vaultLets your agent search, create, and organize notes in your Obsidian vault with wikilinks using this obsidian claude skill. | 59 | 499 | Communityandrebrait | ClaudeChatGPTAhel Desktop |
| 19 | baoyu-electron-extractLets your agent extract the code and resources from an installed Electron app's asar bundle into readable source files. | 26k | none | Communityjimliu | ClaudeChatGPTAhel Desktop |
| 20 | research-wikiLets your agent build and maintain a structured research wiki with source summaries, decisions, and open questions. | 17k | none | Communityudecode | ClaudeChatGPTAhel Desktop |
| 21 | academic-paper-summarizerSummarize academic papers with structured extraction of key elements | 4k | none | Communitybrycewang-stanford | ClaudeChatGPTAhel Desktop |
| 22 | excalidraw-diagram-guideGenerate hand-drawn style Excalidraw diagrams from text descriptions | 4k | none | Communitybrycewang-stanford | ClaudeChatGPTAhel Desktop |
| 23 | khoj-research-guideAI second brain for deep research and personal knowledge management | 4k | none | Communitybrycewang-stanford | ClaudeChatGPTAhel Desktop |
| 24 | knowledge-graph-skills9 knowledge graphs skills. Trigger: building knowledge graphs, connecting concepts, ontology design. Design: graph construction, traversal, and visualization for research knowledge. | 4k | none | Communitybrycewang-stanford | ClaudeChatGPTAhel Desktop |
| 25 | literature-review-writingStructure and write comprehensive literature reviews for any field | 4k | none | Communitybrycewang-stanford | ClaudeChatGPTAhel Desktop |