Read, search, and create notes in the Obsidian vault.
Location: ~/Library/Mobile Documents/iCloud~md~obsidian/Documents
This is the iCloud-synced primary vault. The vault uses PARA organization method with the following structure:
00 - Inbox/ - Temporary notes01 - Daily Notes/ - Daily notes organized by year02 - Projects/ - Active projects03 - Areas/ - Ongoing areas of responsibility (e.g., AI Agent Research)04 - Resources/ - Reference materials (e.g., Papers)05 - Archives/ - Completed/inactive items99 - Meta/ - Templates, MOC, indexesOpenAI Research/ - OpenAI-specific researchResearch Tracking/ - Research tracking notesengineering/ - Engineering notesnotes/ - General notesstock/ - Stock-related notesNote: Vault paths may contain spaces - always quote them.
VAULT="$HOME/Library/Mobile Documents/iCloud~md~obsidian/Documents"
cat "$VAULT/Note Name.md"
VAULT="$HOME/Library/Mobile Documents/iCloud~md~obsidian/Documents"
# All notes
find "$VAULT" -name "*.md" -type f
# In a specific folder
ls "$VAULT/Subfolder/"
VAULT="$HOME/Library/Mobile Documents/iCloud~md~obsidian/Documents"
# By filename
find "$VAULT" -name "*.md" -iname "*keyword*"
# By content
grep -rli "keyword" "$VAULT" --include="*.md"
VAULT="$HOME/Library/Mobile Documents/iCloud~md~obsidian/Documents"
cat > "$VAULT/New Note.md" << 'ENDNOTE'
# Title
Content here.
ENDNOTE
VAULT="$HOME/Library/Mobile Documents/iCloud~md~obsidian/Documents"
echo "
New content here." >> "$VAULT/Existing Note.md"
Obsidian links notes with [[Note Name]] syntax. When creating notes, use these to link related content.