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Control Obsidian features through URIs to automate your workflow. Open, edit, and create files; navigate to headings; perform searches; and manage frontmatter—all without mouse clicks or keyboard inputs. Streamline your tasks and enhance productivity with simple text commands.
Advanced URI
A plugin for Obsidian
Overview
Advanced URI allows you to control many different features in Obsidian just by opening some URIs. Because they are just text and don't require any mouse clicks or keyboard inputs, they are perfect to automate your Obsidian workflow.
You can for example
- open files
- edit files
- create files
- open workspaces
- open bookmarks
- navigate to headings/blocks
- automated search and replace in a file
- call commands
- edit and read from frontmatter
- canvas movement
- and much more
Please read the documentation for a detailed explanation.
Examples
Append content from the clipboard to today's daily note
obsidian://adv-uri?vault=<your-vault>&daily=true&clipboard=true&mode=append
Export a file to PDF by calling the command "Export to PDF" via its command ID
obsidian://adv-uri?vault=<your-vault>&filepath=<your-file>&commandid=workspace%3Aexport-pdf
Open heading in a file
obsidian://adv-uri?vault=<your-vault>&filepath=my-file&heading=Goal
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Created
Mar 31, 2021
Last updated
Aug 26, 2025
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86 releases
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License
MIT