Obsidian

Quick daily capture and git sync for a local Obsidian vault from Noctalia.

Plugin

Field	Value
ID	davemhammer/obsidian
Entries	Bar widget: status; panel: manager; service: service; launcher: ob
Launcher Prefix	/ob

Requirements

Install these on PATH (declared in plugin.toml dependencies):

• obsidian — desktop app / URI handler so obsidian:// opens work (the plugin launches URIs via xdg-open, not the CLI)
• git — status, commit, pull, push, abort
• xdg-open — launches obsidian:// URIs
• find, sort, head — recent-notes scan under the vault (find -P)
• realpath — canonicalize paths before read/write (symlink escape checks)

Also configure a local vault path (must contain .obsidian).

Usage

Set Vault path (and optional daily folder/format) in plugin settings. Daily notes default to the vault root with filenames %Y-%m-%d (override folder/format to match your Daily Notes plugin).

Add the status bar widget (davemhammer/obsidian:status):

• Click — open panel
• Right-click — open today’s daily note

Panel tabs:

• Daily — type a line and Add to daily (appends - HH:MM text); open daily
• Recent — last modified markdown notes; open / copy [[link]] / path
• Git — dirty list; commit (optional message), pull, push, pull+push; Abort if rebase/merge stuck

Launcher:

• /ob — categories
• /ob capture buy milk — append timestamped line to daily
• /ob daily — open daily
• /ob git — git actions

noctalia msg panel-toggle davemhammer/obsidian:manager

Settings

Setting	Type	Default	Description
vault_path	folder	~/Documents/Obsidian Vault	Vault root (must contain .obsidian).
vault_name	string	(empty)	Name for obsidian:// URIs; empty = folder name.
daily_folder	string	(empty)	Daily notes folder relative to vault (empty = vault root). Must stay under the vault (.. rejected).
daily_format	string	%Y-%m-%d	Daily filename stem without path separators (strftime); .md is appended.
git_commit_message	string	vault: capture from Noctalia	Default commit message.
refresh_interval	int	20	Rescan recent notes + git every N seconds.
notify_on_action	bool	true	Notify after capture/git actions.
show_dirty	bool (widget)	true	Show dirty file count on the bar.

IPC

noctalia msg panel-toggle davemhammer/obsidian:manager
noctalia msg plugin davemhammer/obsidian:service all refresh
noctalia msg plugin davemhammer/obsidian:service all daily
noctalia msg plugin davemhammer/obsidian:service all pull
noctalia msg plugin davemhammer/obsidian:service all push
noctalia msg plugin davemhammer/obsidian:service all sync

Capture with payload (text line for daily):

noctalia msg plugin davemhammer/obsidian:service all capture '{"text":"buy milk"}'

(Exact payload syntax depends on your Noctalia IPC version; the service expects event capture with a table containing text or line.)

Notes

• Filesystem: reads/writes daily note markdown only under the configured vault; daily_folder / note paths reject .. and absolute paths; existing path components that are symlinks are refused; realpath must keep the target under the vault. Recent scan uses find -P (never follows symlinks) for *.md mtimes (skips .obsidian, .git, .claudian); listed paths are re-normalized before display and again before open.
• Processes: find -P, sort, head (recent notes); realpath + test -L (path confinement); git status|add|commit|pull|push and git rebase|merge --abort when requested; xdg-open for obsidian:// URIs only.
• Vault required: capture and open-daily refuse to create files unless vault_path is a real vault (contains .obsidian).
• Git pull uses git pull --no-rebase --autostash so the vault is not left mid-rebase. If a rebase/merge is already in progress, use Abort rebase/merge on the Git tab.
• Does not talk to Obsidian Sync cloud APIs; git is your sync layer.
• Brand assets under assets/ (Simple Icons–style mark).