I found a useful repo for turning AI agents into an Obsidian power user.

No more vague “read my notes” prompts…

→ github.com/kepano/obsid…

Most people use agents with Obsidian in a very shallow way.

They ask the model to summarize notes or search markdown files.

But the agent doesn’t understand the Obsidian ecosystem itself.

So Steph Ango (CEO at Obsidian) built a set of Agent Skills specifically for the platform.

The skills follow the open Agent Skills specification.

Which means they work across:

• Claude Code

• Codex CLI

• OpenCode

• Any skills-compatible agent

The repo gives agents native understanding of:

1. Obsidian Flavored Markdown

2. Bases (.base) with filters + formulas

3. JSON Canvas relationships and layouts

4. Obsidian CLI workflows

5. Web-to-markdown extraction with Defuddle

This changes the role of the agent completely.

Instead of “generate text”…

The agent can now operate on top of your knowledge system itself.

The setup is also surprisingly simple:

• Install via marketplace, npx, or git clone

• Drop the skills into your agent directory

• Restart the harness

• Your agent now understands Obsidian primitives

I think this is where agent workflows are heading.

Not generic assistants…

But agents deeply specialized around real ecosystems and file formats.

Repo here: github.com/kepano/obsid…