ClawHub Obsidian Skills Directory: 55 Skills for Vault Automation, Sync & Knowledge Management
Obsidian direction on ClawHub currently has 55 dedicated skills — one of the more technically engaged ecosystems on the platform, with 69% of skills showing real install activity. Here's the complete breakdown.
Data Overview
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Total dedicated skills | 55 |
| Skills with installs (>0) | 38 (69%) |
| Skills with zero installs | 17 (31%) |
| Top skill by downloads | obsidian — 52,388 dl |
| Top skill by installs | obsidian — 1,608 installs |
| Highest install rate (non-main) | obsidian-ontology-sync — 79 installs |
| Top coverage skill | morning-manifesto — 1,910 dl |
1. Core Vault API Clients (18 skills)
The dominant category: vault CRUD via obsidian-cli or the official Obsidian CLI (v1.12+). Most of these are equivalent in capability — they differ in implementation language, CLI choice (obsidian-cli vs. notesmd-cli vs. official), or environment target (desktop, Linux, headless server).
obsidian leads by a massive margin. obsidian-cli-official and obsidian-cli both implement the official Obsidian CLI with 37 and 27 installs respectively, making them the go-to choices if you need the latest API. For headless/server environments, obsidian-official-cli-headless and obsidian-headless cover that niche.
| # | Skill | Downloads | Installs | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | obsidian | 52,388 | 1,608 | Full vault CRUD via obsidian-cli |
| 2 | obsidian-cli-official | 2,376 | 37 | Official CLI v1.12+ |
| 3 | mh-obsidian | 1,034 | 11 | obsidian-cli wrapper |
| 4 | obsidian-official-cli | 1,218 | 10 | Official CLI, search + open |
| 5 | obsidian-cli | 926 | 27 | Official CLI, full automation |
| 6 | obsidian-linux | 537 | 3 | Linux, notesmd-cli |
| 7 | obsidian-1-0-0 | 286 | 12 | obsidian-cli v1 |
| 8 | obsidian-cli-tool | 245 | 1 | Read, create, search |
| 9 | obsidian-guide | 200 | 1 | CLI instructions |
| 10 | obsidian-official-cli-headless | 122 | 0 | Headless Linux server |
| 11 | obsidian-headless | 92 | 0 | No-GUI environment (zh) |
| 12 | git-backed-obsidian-cli-workflows | 90 | 0 | Git-backed vault workflows |
| 13 | pop-obsidian | 92 | 0 | Plugin Orchestration Protocol |
| 14 | obsidian-cli-skills | 52 | 1 | CLI note management |
| 15 | obsidian-1 | 100 | 0 | obsidian-cli basic |
| 16 | obsidians | 99 | 0 | obsidian-cli basic |
| 17 | nidhov01-obsidian | 71 | 0 | obsidian-cli basic |
| 18 | obsidian-notesmd-cli | 0 | 0 | notesmd-cli |
2. Sync & Bidirectional Integration (5 skills)
The standout category. obsidian-ontology-sync is the most interesting skill in the entire Obsidian set: it does bidirectional sync between human-friendly PKM notes and structured ontologies (RDF/knowledge graphs). With 79 installs, it has the highest adoption rate among non-core skills — clearly serving a specific research/academic audience that no other tool targets.
obsidian-conversation-backup solves a real pain point: automatically backing up OpenClaw conversations to Obsidian with incremental snapshots, so nothing is lost when context windows reset.
| # | Skill | Downloads | Installs | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | obsidian-ontology-sync | 5,685 | 79 | PKM ↔ structured ontology, bidirectional |
| 2 | obsidian-conversation-backup | 2,305 | 12 | Auto backup AI conversations to vault |
| 3 | obsidian-sync | 1,993 | 6 | Workspace ↔ Obsidian file sync |
| 4 | obsidian-openclaw-sync | 643 | 8 | Sync OpenClaw config across iCloud devices |
| 5 | notion-sync-obsidian | 262 | 1 | Notion → Obsidian (one-way, zh) |
3. Daily Notes & Task Management (6 skills)
Obsidian's daily notes and task systems are mature and opinionated, which is reflected in the skill quality here. obsidian-daily (19 installs) and obsidian-tasks (8 installs) show real adoption. The Kanban + Dataview combination in obsidian-tasks is a popular community setup — the skill automates its configuration.
obsidian-plugin-tasknotes targets the TaskNotes plugin specifically, but zero installs suggest limited plugin adoption overall.
| # | Skill | Downloads | Installs | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | obsidian-daily | 3,518 | 19 | Daily notes via obsidian-cli |
| 2 | obsidian-tasks | 2,161 | 8 | Kanban + Dataview task board |
| 3 | openclaw-obsidian-tasks | 1,640 | 0 | Same as above, different author |
| 4 | obsidian-plugin-tasknotes | 1,438 | 0 | TaskNotes plugin API |
| 5 | obsidian-task | 437 | 5 | Tasks via obsidian-cli |
| 6 | obsidian-daily-mai | 373 | 4 | Create and manage daily notes |
4. Content Import & Web Clipping (10 skills)
The largest specialized category — Obsidian users actively use it as a personal knowledge accumulator, pulling in content from everywhere. Chinese-language skills dominate this section (5 of 10), reflecting a strong Chinese user community around Obsidian as a PKM tool.
defuddle-obsidian uses the Defuddle CLI to strip web page clutter before saving — technically cleaner than naive HTML scrapers. multimedia-to-obsidian is the most ambitious: it handles PPT, PDF, DOCX, and images using multimodal models to generate text descriptions before writing to the vault.
| # | Skill | Downloads | Installs | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | save-to-obsidian | 726 | 3 | Markdown → remote vault via SSH |
| 2 | obsidian-clip | 240 | 0 | Web/article clip notes |
| 3 | x-grok-to-obsidian | 238 | 0 | Grok conversations → Obsidian |
| 4 | ai-research-to-obsidian | 231 | 1 | AI search results → Obsidian (zh) |
| 5 | obsidian-save-article | 228 | 1 | Web articles → local vault (zh) |
| 6 | book-capture-obsidian | 219 | 1 | Book metadata from photos → Obsidian |
| 7 | defuddle-obsidian | 302 | 3 | Clean web → Markdown via Defuddle CLI |
| 8 | multimedia-to-obsidian | 176 | 1 | PPT/PDF/DOCX/images → vault (zh) |
| 9 | web-to-obsidian | 171 | 1 | Web pages → vault (zh) |
| 10 | flomo-to-obsidian | 116 | 0 | Flomo exported HTML → Obsidian |
5. Knowledge Base & Search (3 skills)
obsidian-direct is technically differentiated: fuzzy and phonetic search across the vault, making it useful when you can't remember exact note titles. The typo-slug obisdian-direct is a duplicate. obsidian-curator uses LiveSync CouchDB for vault management with AI enrichment — a more advanced setup for collaborative or cloud-backed vaults.
| # | Skill | Downloads | Installs | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | obsidian-direct | 3,442 | 29 | Fuzzy/phonetic search across vault |
| 2 | obsidian-curator | 468 | 2 | LiveSync CouchDB + AI enrichment |
| 3 | obisdian-direct | 544 | 1 | Duplicate of obsidian-direct (typo slug) |
6. Diagrams, Canvas & Markdown (3 skills)
Obsidian has a rich plugin ecosystem for visual thinking. excalidraw-diagrams generates Excalidraw files directly into the vault. obsidian-canvas-creator builds Canvas files (Obsidian's built-in whiteboard format) from text. obsidian-markdown focuses on Obsidian Flavored Markdown — wikilinks, embeds, callouts, properties — which is distinct enough from standard Markdown to warrant its own skill.
| # | Skill | Downloads | Installs | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | obsidian-markdown | 332 | 19 | Obsidian Flavored Markdown |
| 2 | excalidraw-diagrams | 408 | 3 | Excalidraw diagrams in Obsidian |
| 3 | obsidian-canvas-creator | 132 | 4 | Canvas (MindMap/freeform) files |
7. Vault Organization & Publishing (5 skills)
obsidian-organizer (8 installs) standardizes vault structure for long-term reliability — a real use case as vaults grow. obsidian-cleaner targets the common problem of orphaned attachments in the vault root. The two Cloudflare Pages skills let you publish selected Obsidian markdown as a static site — a popular workflow for digital gardens.
| # | Skill | Downloads | Installs | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | obsidian-organizer | 693 | 8 | Standardize vault structure |
| 2 | obsidian-cleaner | 665 | 0 | Remove orphaned images/attachments |
| 3 | obsidian-cloudflare-pages-skill | 213 | 1 | Publish vault → Cloudflare Pages |
| 4 | openclaw-skill-obsidian-cloudflare-pages | 153 | 2 | Same, OpenClaw variant |
| 5 | obsidian-writer | 143 | 0 | Write .md and .canvas files |
8. Configuration, Plugins & Advanced Features (4 skills)
obsidian-openclaw (10 installs, Chinese) is an opinionated configuration guide based on YouTube tutorials — covering plugins, template systems, AI integration, and workflow design. It's not an API wrapper but a setup consultant. obsidian-bases targets Obsidian's new Bases feature (.base files with views, filters, and formulas). obsidian-plugin-dev scaffolds full plugin development from scratch.
| # | Skill | Downloads | Installs | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | obsidian-openclaw | 550 | 10 | Master config guide (zh, YouTube-based) |
| 2 | obsidian-bases | 275 | 19 | Obsidian Bases (.base files) |
| 3 | obsidian-plugin-dev | 1,136 | 0 | Scaffold Obsidian plugins |
| 4 | obsidian-writer | 143 | 0 | Write .md and .canvas files |
9. Multi-Platform Notes (2 skills)
| # | Skill | Downloads | Installs | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | notes | 2,596 | 23 | Obsidian + Apple Notes + Bear + Notion |
| 2 | craft-do | 1,220 | 0 | Craft.do workspace automation |
Quick Selection Guide
| If you want to... | Use this skill |
|---|---|
| Do anything with Obsidian (default) | obsidian |
| Use the latest official Obsidian CLI | obsidian-cli-official |
| Fuzzy/phonetic vault search | obsidian-direct |
| Sync PKM with structured knowledge graph | obsidian-ontology-sync |
| Auto-backup AI conversations to vault | obsidian-conversation-backup |
| Manage daily notes | obsidian-daily |
| Set up Kanban + Dataview task board | obsidian-tasks |
| Clip web pages into vault | obsidian-clip or defuddle-obsidian |
| Import multimedia (PDF/PPT/images) | multimedia-to-obsidian |
| Publish vault as a website | obsidian-cloudflare-pages-skill |
| Organize and clean up a messy vault | obsidian-organizer |
| Create Excalidraw diagrams in vault | excalidraw-diagrams |
Closing Observations
Obsidian users are more committed than the average ClawHub user. 69% install rate (38/55) vs Notion's 48% signals a technically engaged, power-user audience that actually deploys what it installs — not just window shopping.
obsidian-ontology-sync is the most interesting skill in the set. 79 installs for a bidirectional PKM-to-ontology sync tool is exceptional. It solves a genuine research workflow problem that no mainstream tool addresses: keeping human-readable notes and machine-readable structured data in sync. High signal of a niche but loyal user base.
Content import is the most active frontier. 10 skills dedicated to pulling external content into Obsidian — web, AI conversations, books, videos, social media. Obsidian's local-first, plain-text architecture makes it a natural landing zone for "save everything" workflows.
The Chinese user community is disproportionately active. 5 of 10 content import skills are Chinese-language, plus a Chinese-language configuration guide with 10 installs. Obsidian has strong Chinese PKM community adoption, and that's showing up in the skill ecosystem.
Headless server use is a real edge case here. Two skills target Obsidian in no-GUI environments — something you'd never see for Notion (which is browser-only). This reflects Obsidian's file-based architecture that makes server-side automation actually possible.
Data source: ClawHub platform install and download stats as of March 20, 2026. Browse more skills at clawhub-skills.com.