Obsidian: Control from Chrome

Gareth Stretton
4 min readDec 17, 2022

This article shares how to interact with your Obsidian Vault from within the Chrome web browser — specifically via the address bar. This technique can be used to search your vault, create a new note, or append content to an existing note.

I’m sharing this because it’s fun and interesting but not necessarily “the best way” to work with Obsidian.

I think it can be useful if you are already in Chrome and want to offload a bit of information. For example, you may wish to save a website address, save a TODO item, or create a new note for a fleeting idea.

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Gareth Stretton

Entrepreneur, software engineer, electronics enthusiast, creator, dad, husband, inventor. What brings me joy is creating and sharing. https://ko-fi.com/gahrae