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Obsidian

Obsidian is a local markdown editor with a link graph between notes. I store my Skills, research, meeting notes and drafts there. Everything is .md so Claude Code can read and write directly.

My cockpit for Skills

Visit the site ↗Free. Sync $4/month, Publish $8/month

How I use it

›Store reusable Skills (symlink to ~/.claude/skills)
›Research inbox with auto-triage
›Journal and linked meeting notes

Installation

Prérequis.No prerequisites. Also available on Windows, Linux, iOS, Android.

One line, one terminal

$ brew install --cask obsidian

On first launch, create a Vault in ~/Documents/MyVault. It's just a folder with .md files inside: nothing proprietary, your notes stay on your disk.

Configs and workflows worth knowing

Symlink your Skills to ~/.claude/skills

Edit your SKILL.md files in Obsidian (native markdown, preview, syntax highlight), and Claude Code reads them directly via the symlink. Edit in the vault = immediate effect in Claude, no copy-paste.

Example

ln -s ~/Documents/MyVault/Skills/writing:coach \
       ~/.claude/skills/writing:coach

Bases — your vault becomes a database (native)

Bases is Obsidian's native DB feature (not a plugin). Point it at a folder, define views (table, card, gallery) with filters and sorts on note properties. Faster than Dataview, more robust, officially supported. For 95% of DB needs, Bases is enough; Dataview only makes sense now for exotic queries.

Example

# 1. Crée une base : New base → pointe vers le dossier "meetings"
# 2. Ajoute les propriétés à afficher (type, people, date, summary)
# 3. Filtre : type = "1:1" AND date is within "30 days"
# 4. Sort : date DESC
# 5. Sauvegarde la vue, épingle-la dans la sidebar

# Les notes restent en .md pur, Bases lit leurs frontmatter.
# Aucun plugin requis, fonctionne offline et en sync multi-appareils.

Obsidian Sync to get your vault on iPhone

$4/month, E2E encrypted sync. The point: you dictate a note on iPhone (with Wispr Flow), it shows up on your Mac 5 seconds later. Claude Code reads it immediately. Better than iCloud Drive (faster, more reliable for small .md files).

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