Obsidian Flavored Markdown Skill

This skill enables Claude Code to create and edit valid Obsidian Flavored Markdown, including all Obsidian-specific syntax extensions.

Overview

Obsidian uses a combination of Markdown flavors:

• CommonMark
• GitHub Flavored Markdown
• LaTeX for math
• Obsidian-specific extensions (wikilinks, callouts, embeds, etc.)

Basic Formatting

Paragraphs and Line Breaks

This is a paragraph.

This is another paragraph (blank line between creates separate paragraphs).

For a line break within a paragraph, add two spaces at the end  
or use Shift+Enter.

Headings

# Heading 1
## Heading 2
### Heading 3
#### Heading 4
##### Heading 5
###### Heading 6

Text Formatting

Style	Syntax	Example	Output
Bold	**text** or __text__	**Bold**	Bold
Italic	*text* or _text_	*Italic*	Italic
Bold + Italic	***text***	***Both***	Both
Strikethrough	~~text~~	~~Striked~~	Striked
Highlight	==text==	==Highlighted==	==Highlighted==
Inline code	`code`	`code`	code

Escaping Formatting

Use backslash to escape special characters:

\*This won't be italic\*
\#This won't be a heading
1\. This won't be a list item

Common characters to escape: \*, \_, \#, \`, \|, \~

Internal Links (Wikilinks)

Basic Links

[[Note Name]]
[[Note Name.md]]
[[Note Name|Display Text]]

Link to Headings

[[Note Name#Heading]]
[[Note Name#Heading|Custom Text]]
[[#Heading in same note]]
[[##Search all headings in vault]]

Link to Blocks

[[Note Name#^block-id]]
[[Note Name#^block-id|Custom Text]]

Define a block ID by adding ^block-id at the end of a paragraph:

This is a paragraph that can be linked to. ^my-block-id

For lists and quotes, add the block ID on a separate line:

> This is a quote
> With multiple lines

^quote-id

Search Links

[[##heading]]     Search for headings containing "heading"
[[^^block]]       Search for blocks containing "block"

Markdown-Style Links

[Display Text](Note%20Name.md)
[Display Text](Note%20Name.md#Heading)
[Display Text](https://example.com)
[Note](obsidian://open?vault=VaultName&file=Note.md)

Note: Spaces must be URL-encoded as %20 in Markdown links.

Embeds

Embed Notes

![[Note Name]]
![[Note Name#Heading]]
![[Note Name#^block-id]]

Embed Images

![[image.png]]
![[image.png|640x480]]    Width x Height
![[image.png|300]]        Width only (maintains aspect ratio)

External Images

![Alt text](https://example.com/image.png)
![Alt text|300](https://example.com/image.png)

Embed Audio

![[audio.mp3]]
![[audio.ogg]]

Embed PDF

![[document.pdf]]
![[document.pdf#page=3]]
![[document.pdf#height=400]]

Embed Lists

![[Note#^list-id]]

Where the list has been defined with a block ID:

- Item 1
- Item 2
- Item 3

^list-id

Embed Search Results

```query
tag:#project status:done
```

Callouts

Basic Callout

> [!note]
> This is a note callout.

> [!info] Custom Title
> This callout has a custom title.

> [!tip] Title Only

Foldable Callouts

> [!faq]- Collapsed by default
> This content is hidden until expanded.

> [!faq]+ Expanded by default
> This content is visible but can be collapsed.

Nested Callouts

> [!question] Outer callout
> > [!note] Inner callout
> > Nested content

Supported Callout Types

Type	Aliases	Description
note	-	Blue, pencil icon
abstract	summary, tldr	Teal, clipboard icon
info	-	Blue, info icon
todo	-	Blue, checkbox icon
tip	hint, important	Cyan, flame icon
success	check, done	Green, checkmark icon
question	help, faq	Yellow, question mark
warning	caution, attention	Orange, warning icon
failure	fail, missing	Red, X icon
danger	error	Red, zap icon
bug	-	Red, bug icon
example	-	Purple, list icon
quote	cite	Gray, quote icon

Custom Callouts (CSS)

.callout[data-callout="custom-type"] {
  --callout-color: 255, 0, 0;
  --callout-icon: lucide-alert-circle;
}

Lists

Unordered Lists

- Item 1
- Item 2
  - Nested item
  - Another nested
- Item 3

* Also works with asterisks
+ Or plus signs

Ordered Lists

1. First item
2. Second item
   1. Nested numbered
   2. Another nested
3. Third item

1) Alternative syntax
2) With parentheses

Task Lists

- [ ] Incomplete task
- [x] Completed task
- [ ] Task with sub-tasks
  - [ ] Subtask 1
  - [x] Subtask 2

Quotes

> This is a blockquote.
> It can span multiple lines.
>
> And include multiple paragraphs.
>
> > Nested quotes work too.

Code

Inline Code

Use `backticks` for inline code.
Use double backticks for ``code with a ` backtick inside``.

Code Blocks

```
Plain code block
```

```javascript
// Syntax highlighted code block
function hello() {
  console.log("Hello, world!");
}
```

```python
# Python example
def greet(name):
    print(f"Hello, {name}!")
```

Nesting Code Blocks

Use more backticks or tildes for the outer block:

````markdown
Here's how to create a code block:
```js
console.log("Hello")
```
````

Tables

| Header 1 | Header 2 | Header 3 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Cell 1   | Cell 2   | Cell 3   |
| Cell 4   | Cell 5   | Cell 6   |

Alignment

| Left     | Center   | Right    |
|:---------|:--------:|---------:|
| Left     | Center   | Right    |

Using Pipes in Tables

Escape pipes with backslash: