Obsidian DevTools Skill

Enables deep inspection of the Obsidian application state via the Chrome DevTools Protocol.

Capabilities

• Execute arbitrary JavaScript in the Obsidian context (app.vault.getFiles())
• Read console logs for debugging plugins
• Inspect the DOM to understand UI state

Setup

This skill requires the obsidian-devtools MCP server to be running or available. The tools usually auto-launch Obsidian with --remote-debugging-port=9222.

Tools

obsidian_launch_debug

Launches or connects to Obsidian with remote debugging enabled.

• restart: (bool) Force restart Obsidian to enable debugging (default: False)

obsidian_eval

Executes JavaScript code in the Obsidian app context.

• expression: (str) JavaScript code to run
• await_promise: (bool) Wait for promises to resolve (default: True)

obsidian_inspect_dom

Gets a simplified snapshot of the DOM structure.

• selector: (str) CSS selector for root element (default: "body")

obsidian_read_console

(Experimental) Reads console logs. Currently requires persistent listener mode.

Examples

Get Vault Name:

app.vault.getName()

List Plugins:

Object.keys(app.plugins.manifests)

Get Active File:

app.workspace.getActiveFile()?.path