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Create, modify, and validate Obsidian-compatible JSON Canvas (.canvas) files to build visual boards, mind maps, flowcharts, or note-link diagrams with nodes, edges, groups, and colors.

A comprehensive guide for setting up Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) workflows for Obsidian plugins using GitHub Actions. This setup automates critical tasks like build validation on every push, manifest consistency checks, version number bumping, and structured GitHub releases, ensuring robust and reliable plugin deployment lifecycles.

A comprehensive guide for developers to diagnose and fix the six most common errors encountered when building Obsidian plugins. It covers critical technical issues such as null pointer exceptions, manifest loading failures, incorrect CSS paths, command registration timing, and state persistence bugs, ensuring reliable and stable plugin functionality.

This comprehensive workflow guides users through building a complete Obsidian plugin from an empty directory. It covers all necessary components, including the core Plugin class, settings panel, command definitions, ribbon icons, manifest configuration, and production build setup using esbuild and TypeScript. It is essential for developers starting a new plugin project or learning the entire Obsidian plugin lifecycle.

Master the art of building complex, production-grade user interfaces for Obsidian plugins. This guide covers implementing custom sidebar views (ItemView), interactive modal dialogs (for forms and confirmations), context menus, status bar widgets, and advanced editor commands. Learn how to interact with the Obsidian Vault API for file manipulation, significantly enhancing your plugin's functionality and user experience.

A comprehensive guide for developers implementing robust data persistence and file handling within Obsidian plugins. It covers best practices for saving plugin configurations, reliable vault file I/O (read, write, append), safe manipulation of YAML frontmatter via metadata cache, and registering event listeners for file renames and deletions. Essential for building stable, data-intensive plugins.

A comprehensive guide for the full lifecycle release and distribution of Obsidian plugins. This skill covers all necessary steps, including building release assets, managing version bumps, creating GitHub releases, and submitting the required Pull Requests to the official Obsidian community plugin directory. Essential for developers launching or updating plugins.

Implements advanced Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) for collaborative Obsidian workspaces. This system allows administrators to define granular permissions (read, write, delete, manage) for different user roles (Admin, Editor, Viewer) across specific folders or paths within a shared vault. It is achieved via a custom plugin that intercepts file operations, ensuring data integrity and proper collaboration control in enterprise team environments. Ideal for managing large, secure knowledge bases.

A comprehensive, hands-on guide to building a minimal working Obsidian plugin. This skill demonstrates the five core building blocks of any Obsidian plugin, including defining typed settings, creating various command types (palette, editor, callback), implementing modals, and utilizing status bar updates. Perfect for developers new to the Obsidian API or those needing a structured way to learn core plugin patterns.

This runbook provides systematic procedures for diagnosing and resolving critical failures within the Obsidian knowledge base. It guides users through recovering from plugin crashes, vault corruption, sync conflicts, and performance degradation using advanced command-line tools and developer console access. Essential for advanced users and technical support.

This comprehensive guide provides a step-by-step workflow for establishing a professional Obsidian plugin development environment. It covers cloning the official sample, installing necessary dependencies (Node.js, TypeScript, esbuild), configuring essential project metadata (`manifest.json`, `versions.json`), and setting up a symlinked development vault for seamless testing and building.

This guide establishes a comprehensive and rapid development loop for Obsidian plugins. It covers the entire workflow, from setup (cloning templates, symlinking) to advanced features, including running esbuild in watch mode, achieving hot-reloading (via Ctrl+R or automatic methods), deep debugging with Chrome DevTools, and running unit tests with vitest. Essential for developers seeking fast feedback and reliable plugin iteration.