Obsidian Skills for Codex
Agent skills for Obsidian. Teach your agent to use Obsidian CLI and open formats including Markdown, Bases, JSON Canvas.
How to install Obsidian Skills in Codex
In Codex, ask the built-in skill installer for it:
$skill-installer install https://github.com/kepano/obsidian-skills/tree/main/skills/<skill>Type this in Codex and replace <skill> with a folder name from 'What it contains'. $skill-installer is the skill installer built into Codex, and it downloads the skill from GitHub. Restart Codex if the skill doesn't show up. Check the repo README for any setup it needs. Source: Codex skills docs.
Or copy the skill folder (the one with SKILL.md) into ~/.agents/skills to use it in every project, or into .agents/skills in a repo to share it with that repo. Codex picks up new skills automatically. (where Codex loads skills)
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What it contains
Skills (6)
defuddle— Extract clean Markdown from HTML pages with Defuddle CLI.json-canvas— Create and edit JSON Canvas files (.canvas) with nodes, edges, groups, and connections. Use when working with .canvas files, creating visual canvases, mind maps, flowcharts, or when the user mentions Canvas files in Obsidian.knap— Render Markdown from templates and structured data using Knap CLI. Use when the user asks to apply a Knap template, turn JSON or CSV data into notes, batch-generate Markdown files, or format Defuddle output into a note.obsidian-bases— Create and edit Obsidian Bases (.base files) with views, filters, formulas, and summaries. Use when working with .base files, creating database-like views of notes, or when the user mentions Bases, table views, card views, filters, or formulas in Obsidian.obsidian-cli— Interact with Obsidian vaults using the Obsidian CLI to read, create, search, and manage notes, tasks, properties, and more. Also supports plugin and theme development with commands to reload plugins, run JavaScript, capture errors, take screenshots, and…obsidian-markdown— Create and edit Obsidian Flavored Markdown with wikilinks, embeds, callouts, properties, and other Obsidian-specific syntax. Use when working with .md files in Obsidian, or when the user mentions wikilinks, callouts, frontmatter, tags, embeds, or Obsidian…
About this listing
Obsidian Skills is a community collection of agent skills on GitHub by kepano: folders with a SKILL.md file, the format Codex loads skills from. Its README mentions Codex. It passed the CodexStacks quality filter for skills (at least 100 stars, pushed in the last 90 days, not a fork or a list, and at least one SKILL.md with a name and description). OpenAI hasn't reviewed it, but it passed our Codex install check on Oct 25, 2026 (an install and load check, not a code review). From its files we found 6 skills. It's one of 311 listings in the Productivity category (category assigned by CodexStacks from the repo's topics and description).
Obsidian Skills FAQ
How do I install Obsidian Skills in Codex?
In Codex, type $skill-installer install https://github.com/kepano/obsidian-skills/tree/main/skills/<skill>. $skill-installer is the skill installer built into Codex (Codex skills docs). Or copy the skill folder (the one with SKILL.md) into ~/.agents/skills to use it in every project, or into .agents/skills in a repo to share it with that repo. Codex picks up new skills automatically.
Is Obsidian Skills an official Codex skill?
No. Obsidian Skills is a community repo on GitHub by kepano. It passed the CodexStacks quality filter, but OpenAI hasn't reviewed it, but it passed our Codex install check on Oct 25, 2026 (an install and load check, not a code review), so read the code before you install it.
What does Obsidian Skills include?
From its manifest and repo files, Obsidian Skills includes 6 skills: defuddle, json-canvas, knap, obsidian-bases, obsidian-cli, obsidian-markdown.
Details
- Type
- Skill
- Category
- Productivity (assigned by us)
- Source
- Community
- Author
- kepano
- License
- MIT
- GitHub stars
- 50,368 (at last sync)
- Last push
- 2026-09-15
- GitHub topics
- agents, agentskills, bases, claude, clawdbot, cli, defuddle, hermes, jsoncanvas, knap, markdown, md
- Source
- https://github.com/kepano/obsidian-skills
- Listed via
- GitHub search: Codex skills (SKILL.md)
- Install check by CodexStacks
- Passed on Oct 25, 2026 with Codex CLI 0.163.0: Codex loaded its skills. proof · how we check
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