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Squire 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 notes.

install
source · Clone the upstream repo
git clone https://github.com/eddiebelaval/squire
Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/
T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/eddiebelaval/squire "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/obsidian-markdown" ~/.claude/skills/eddiebelaval-squire-obsidian-markdown && rm -rf "$T"
manifest: skills/obsidian-markdown/SKILL.md
source content

## Properties (Frontmatter)

Properties use YAML frontmatter at the start of a note:

```yaml
---
title: My Note Title
date: 2024-01-15
tags:
  - project
  - important
aliases:
  - My Note
  - Alternative Name
cssclasses:
  - custom-class
status: in-progress
rating: 4.5
completed: false
due: 2024-02-01T14:30:00
---

Property Types

TypeExample
Text
title: My Title
Number
rating: 4.5
Checkbox
completed: true
Date
date: 2024-01-15
Date & Time
due: 2024-01-15T14:30:00
List
tags: [one, two]
or YAML list
Links
related: "[[Other Note]]"

Default Properties

  • tags
    - Note tags
  • aliases
    - Alternative names for the note
  • cssclasses
    - CSS classes applied to the note

Tags

#tag
#nested/tag
#tag-with-dashes
#tag_with_underscores

In frontmatter:
---
tags:
  - tag1
  - nested/tag2
---

Tags can contain:

  • Letters (any language)
  • Numbers (not as first character)
  • Underscores 
    _
  • Hyphens 
    -
  • Forward slashes 
    /
    (for nesting)

HTML Content

Obsidian supports HTML within Markdown:

<div class="custom-container">
  <span style="color: red;">Colored text</span>
</div>

<details>
  <summary>Click to expand</summary>
  Hidden content here.
</details>

<kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>C</kbd>

Complete Example

---
title: Project Alpha
date: 2024-01-15
tags:
  - project
  - active
status: in-progress
priority: high
---

# Project Alpha


## Core Workflows

### Workflow 1: Primary Action
1. Analyze the input and context
2. Validate prerequisites are met
3. Execute the core operation
4. Verify the output meets expectations
5. Report results

## Overview

This project aims to [[improve workflow]] using modern techniques.

> [!important] Key Deadline
> The first milestone is due on ==January 30th==.

## Tasks

- [x] Initial planning
- [x] Resource allocation
- [ ] Development phase
  - [ ] Backend implementation
  - [ ] Frontend design
- [ ] Testing
- [ ] Deployment

## Technical Notes

The main algorithm uses the formula $O(n \log n)$ for sorting.

```python
def process_data(items):
    return sorted(items, key=lambda x: x.priority)
```

## Architecture

```mermaid
graph LR
    A[Input] --> B[Process]
    B --> C[Output]
    B --> D[Cache]
```

## Related Documents

- ![[Meeting Notes 2024-01-10#Decisions]]
- [[Budget Allocation|Budget]]
- [[Team Members]]

## References

For more details, see the official documentation[^1].

[^1]: https://example.com/docs

%%
Internal notes:
- Review with team on Friday
- Consider alternative approaches
%%

References