Skill

read-notes

Search and read Obsidian vault notes by topic. Use when needing context from past sessions, project notes, or any stored knowledge.

Install

npx claudepluginhub arosenkranz/claude-code-config --plugin workflow-skills

Tool Access

This skill uses the workspace's default tool permissions.

Preview

Refer to `~/.claude/skills/obsidian-core/SKILL.md` for CLI patterns, preflight checks, and error handling.

SKILL.md

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Read Obsidian Notes by Topic

Refer to ~/.claude/skills/obsidian-core/SKILL.md for CLI patterns, preflight checks, and error handling.

If no argument is provided, inform the user they need to pass a topic as an argument.

Search Strategy

Primary search — full-text search across the vault:

obsidian search:context query="<topic>" format=json limit=10 2>/dev/null

Folder-scoped search — when the user specifies a context or folder:

obsidian search:context query="<topic>" path="Sessions" format=json limit=10 2>/dev/null

Tag-based search — secondary vector when the topic maps to a known tag:

obsidian tag name="<topic>" verbose 2>/dev/null

Backlinks — for the top result, surface related notes:

obsidian backlinks path="<top-result-path>" 2>/dev/null

Output Format

List files with relevance indicators

Show brief excerpts of matching content

Group by category: Sessions, Projects, Daily Notes, General

Include note paths for easy navigation

Show total match count

Exclude template files (anything in 99-Meta/) from results

Multiple Topics

For space- or comma-separated topics, run a separate search per term then merge and deduplicate results by note path.

Priority Order

Exact matches in file names or headers

Session notes that mention the topic

Project notes containing the topic

General content matches

Examples

/read-notes terraform - Find notes about Terraform

/read-notes docker kubernetes - Find notes about Docker or Kubernetes

/read-notes "datadog curriculum" - Find notes about Datadog curriculum

Read Obsidian Notes by Topic

Refer to ~/.claude/skills/obsidian-core/SKILL.md for CLI patterns, preflight checks, and error handling.

If no argument is provided, inform the user they need to pass a topic as an argument.

Search Strategy

Primary search — full-text search across the vault:

obsidian search:context query="<topic>" format=json limit=10 2>/dev/null

Folder-scoped search — when the user specifies a context or folder:

obsidian search:context query="<topic>" path="Sessions" format=json limit=10 2>/dev/null

Tag-based search — secondary vector when the topic maps to a known tag:
```
obsidian tag name="<topic>" verbose 2>/dev/null
```

Backlinks — for the top result, surface related notes:

obsidian backlinks path="<top-result-path>" 2>/dev/null

Output Format

List files with relevance indicators
Show brief excerpts of matching content
Group by category: Sessions, Projects, Daily Notes, General
Include note paths for easy navigation
Show total match count
Exclude template files (anything in 99-Meta/) from results

Multiple Topics

For space- or comma-separated topics, run a separate search per term then merge and deduplicate results by note path.

Priority Order

Exact matches in file names or headers
Session notes that mention the topic
Project notes containing the topic
General content matches

Examples

/read-notes terraform - Find notes about Terraform
/read-notes docker kubernetes - Find notes about Docker or Kubernetes
/read-notes "datadog curriculum" - Find notes about Datadog curriculum