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Obsidian YAML frontmatter property management via the official CLI. Covers reading, setting, and removing properties/metadata on notes. Use when user mentions frontmatter, properties, metadata, YAML, or note attributes like status, tags, dates, aliases.

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Added on2026-05-05

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npx skill4agent add laurigates/claude-plugins properties

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Obsidian Properties Management

When to Use This Skill

Use this skill when...	Use the alternative instead when...
Reading, setting, or removing a single YAML property on a live note via the running CLI	Doing offline bulk frontmatter rewrites across many files — use `vault-frontmatter`
Updating `status:` , `tags:` , or `aliases:` on a note Obsidian currently has open	Editing note body content rather than frontmatter — use `vault-files`
Confirming a property change is reflected in Obsidian's metadata cache	Repairing broken wikilinks after a rename — use `vault-wikilinks`

Read, set, and remove YAML frontmatter properties on Obsidian notes using the official CLI.

Prerequisites

Obsidian desktop v1.12.4+ with CLI enabled
Obsidian must be running

When to Use

Use this skill automatically when:

User wants to read or inspect note metadata/frontmatter
User needs to set, update, or add properties to notes
User wants to remove properties from notes
User asks about note status, tags, dates, or custom fields
User needs to manage aliases on notes

Core Operations

Read Properties

bash

# Read all properties from a note
obsidian properties file="Project Spec"

# JSON output for parsing
obsidian properties file="Project Spec" format=json

Set Properties

bash

# Set a text property
obsidian properties:set file="Note" status=active

# Set a date property
obsidian properties:set file="Note" due=2026-03-15 type=date

# Set multiple properties
obsidian properties:set file="Note" status=draft priority=high

# Set tags property
obsidian properties:set file="Note" tags="blog,publish" type=tags

Remove Properties

bash

# Remove a single property
obsidian properties:remove file="Note" key=draft

# Remove multiple properties
obsidian properties:remove file="Note" key=old_field

Property Types

Type	Example	Notes
Text	`status=active`	Default type
Date	`due=2026-03-15 type=date`	ISO 8601 format
Tags	`tags="a,b" type=tags`	Comma-separated
Number	`priority=1`	Numeric values
Boolean	`published=true`	true/false
List	`aliases="Name1,Name2" type=tags`	Comma-separated

Common Patterns

Status Workflow

bash

# Set draft status
obsidian properties:set file="Post" status=draft

# Move to review
obsidian properties:set file="Post" status=review

# Mark published
obsidian properties:set file="Post" status=published published=true

Alias Management

bash

# Add aliases for wikilink resolution
obsidian properties:set file="JavaScript" aliases="JS,js,ECMAScript" type=tags

Agentic Optimizations

Context	Command
Read properties (structured)	`obsidian properties file="X" format=json`
Set property	`obsidian properties:set file="X" key=value`
Remove property	`obsidian properties:remove file="X" key=field`
Typed property	`obsidian properties:set file="X" field=val type=date`

Related Skills

vault-files — Read and create notes
search-discovery — Search by property values with
```
[key:value]
```
syntax

properties

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SKILL.md Content

Obsidian Properties Management

When to Use This Skill

Prerequisites

When to Use

Core Operations

Read Properties

Set Properties

Remove Properties

Property Types

Common Patterns

Status Workflow

Alias Management

Agentic Optimizations

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