Obsidian

A comprehensive reference for building Obsidian plugins the right way, pulled from eslint-plugin-obsidianmd v0.3.0 and community standards. Covers 40+ specific rules including the naming conventions that'll get your plugin rejected (don't say "Obsidian" in the name, use sentence case for UI text), memory management patterns (registerEvent for auto cleanup, never store view references), and API gotchas like using requestUrl instead of fetch. The popout window compatibility section alone will save you debugging headaches. Also includes an interactive boilerplate generator to start new projects clean. If you're writing plugins or reviewing PRs for community.obsidian.md submission, this beats hunting through fragmented docs.

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last updated: Jun 3, 2026

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Install

$ npx -y skills add gapmiss/obsidian-plugin-skill --skill obsidian --agent claude-code

Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.

Files

Obsidian Plugin Development Guidelines

Follow these comprehensive guidelines derived from the official Obsidian ESLint plugin rules, submission requirements, and best practices.

Getting Started

Quick Start Tool

For new plugin projects, an interactive boilerplate generator is available:

Script: tools/create-plugin.js in the skill repository
Command: Invoke create-plugin using your agent's method (/create-plugin, $create-plugin, or @create-plugin)
Generates minimal, best-practice boilerplate with no sample code
Detects existing projects and only adds missing files

Recommend the boilerplate generator when users ask how to create a new plugin, want to start a new project, or need help setting up the basic structure.