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Posts tagged #productivity
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obsidianSep 1, 2026· 4 min
Obsidian URI: Your Vault Has an API You're Not Using
Obsidian ships with a custom URI protocol that lets scripts, browsers, and phone shortcuts read and write your vault without you touching the app. Here's how the core actions work and where the Advanced URI plugin picks up the slack.
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obsidianAug 21, 2026· 5 min
Obsidian Hotkeys and the Command Palette: Building a Keyboard-First Vault
Most Obsidian friction is the round trip from keyboard to mouse and back. Here is how the command palette, a short list of hotkeys, and a little usage data get rid of it.
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obsidianAug 18, 2026· 4 min
Obsidian Workspaces: Stop Rebuilding Your Layout Every Time You Switch Tasks
Workspaces is a core Obsidian plugin that saves your entire pane layout under a name and restores it in one command. Here's how to design layouts worth saving, and the gotcha that trips everyone up.
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obsidianAug 11, 2026· 4 min
Obsidian Search Operators: Find Anything Without a Plugin
Obsidian's core Search has a real query language hiding behind the search box. Here's how file, path, line, block, section, task, and property operators replace half the plugins people install to find things.
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obsidianJul 28, 2026· 4 min
Obsidian QuickAdd: Capture, Templates, and Macros Without Leaving Your Keyboard
QuickAdd turns Obsidian into a keyboard-driven capture machine. Here is how its Captures, Templates, and Macros actually work, with copy-paste examples.
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obsidianJul 24, 2026· 4 min
Building an Obsidian Theme: A Practical Guide to CSS Variables
You do not need to fight cascade specificity to restyle Obsidian. Override a handful of CSS variables and you have a real theme that respects light and dark mode.
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obsidianJun 16, 2026· 4 min
Daily Notes in Obsidian: Build a Workflow That Actually Sticks
How to set up a daily notes workflow in Obsidian that you will actually use, from the core plugin to Templater templates and Dataview queries.
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obsidianJun 9, 2026· 5 min
The PARA Method in Obsidian: A Practical Guide to Organizing Your Vault
Learn how to implement the PARA method in Obsidian to organize your vault by actionability — Projects, Areas, Resources, and Archives — and finally stop losing track of what matters.
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obsidianJun 6, 2026· 3 min
Using Dataview for Project Tracking in Obsidian
Turn your Obsidian vault into a self-updating project tracker with Dataview: frontmatter conventions, a live dashboard, and task queries that never go stale.
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obsidianMay 29, 2026· 4 min
Obsidian Tasks: Query Your Entire Vault and Never Miss a Deadline
The Obsidian Tasks plugin turns scattered checkboxes into a vault-wide task management system — here's how to use its query syntax to build a dashboard that actually keeps you on top of things.
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