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napkin

Read, create, search, and manage notes in Obsidian vaults using the napkin CLI. Works directly on markdown files and canvas files — no Obsidian app required. Use when the user asks to interact with their Obsidian vault, manage notes, search vault content, work with tasks, tags, properties, daily notes, templates, bases, bookmarks, aliases, or canvas files from the command line.

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Installation and usage

Read, create, search, and manage notes in Obsidian vaults using the napkin CLI. Works directly on markdown files and canvas files — no Obsidian app required. Use when the user asks to interact with their Obsidian vault, manage notes, search vault content, work with tasks, tags, properties, daily notes, templates, bases, bookmarks, aliases, or canvas files from the command line.

Installation
$ install --globalskills.sh
Usage

Once installed, you can use this skill by running the following command in your terminal:

skills use napkin