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save-to-obsidian

Saves markdown content to remote Obsidian vault via SSH

skill-install — Terminal

Install via CLI (Recommended)

clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/chunhualiao/save-to-obsidian
Or

What This Skill Does

The save-to-obsidian skill provides a direct bridge between your OpenClaw agent and a remote Obsidian vault. Specifically designed for environments lacking iCloud synchronization—such as Linux/Ubuntu servers—it enables the seamless transfer of Markdown-formatted content from your local machine or server to your Obsidian storage directory. By leveraging Secure Shell (SSH) and the scp utility, the skill ensures that your notes, documentation, and data exports are moved securely to your vault. The skill handles the temporary file creation, secure transfer, and cleanup process, abstracting the underlying infrastructure from the user.

Installation

To integrate this skill into your environment, use the OpenClaw repository manager. Execute the following command in your terminal:

clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/chunhualiao/save-to-obsidian

Ensure that you have configured your SSH access and the target vault path within your workspace's TOOLS.md file. The agent relies on these pre-defined variables to establish a connection to your remote host.

Use Cases

This skill is ideal for power users who maintain a "second brain" on Obsidian while performing technical tasks in a headless or remote server environment. It is perfect for logging session outputs, archiving diagnostic reports as Markdown files, or saving synthesized research directly into a searchable Obsidian structure. Developers, data analysts, and knowledge managers who prefer server-side automation for their documentation workflow will find this tool essential.

Example Prompts

  1. "Save the summary of our current research session to Obsidian as research-summary-2023.md."
  2. "Send this Mermaid flowchart I just generated to my Obsidian vault."
  3. "Copy the analysis report to the vault so I can review it later."

Tips & Limitations

To maximize the utility of this skill, strictly adhere to the formatting rules provided. Always use Mermaid syntax for diagrams, as ASCII art will not render correctly within the Obsidian interface. Use kebab-case for your filenames to prevent cross-platform file path errors. Remember that this skill requires an active SSH connection to the destination host; verify your SSH keys are set up correctly on the remote machine. Note that this skill is not intended for machines where iCloud Desktop sync is already active, as native file operations are more efficient in those cases.

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Add to Configuration

Paste this into your clawhub.json to enable this plugin.

{
  "plugins": {
    "official-chunhualiao-save-to-obsidian": {
      "enabled": true,
      "auto_update": true
    }
  }
}

Tags(AI)

#obsidian#markdown#automation#knowledge-management#ssh
Safety Score: 4/5

Flags: network-access, file-write, file-read, code-execution