plugins-themes — Skillopedia

Obsidian Plugins, Themes & Snippets When to Use This Skill | Use this skill when... | Use the alternative instead when... | |---|---| | Installing, enabling, disabling, or reloading community plugins | Running JavaScript in the app or capturing screenshots — use | | Switching the active theme or installing a new one | Triggering a plugin-registered command — use | | Toggling CSS snippets on/off | Editing snippet CSS source on disk — use | | Toggling Obsidian's restricted mode | Inspecting CSS rules with source location — use | Lifecycle management for community plugins, themes, and CSS snippe…

&& echo OK || echo FAIL\n```\n\n### \"Snapshot the current plugin/theme state\"\n\n```bash\nobsidian plugins format=json > plugins-$(date +%F).json\nobsidian themes versions > themes-$(date +%F).txt\nobsidian snippets:enabled > snippets-enabled-$(date +%F).txt\n```\n\n### \"Disable every community plugin temporarily\"\n\n```bash\nobsidian plugins:restrict on\n# … work in restricted mode …\nobsidian plugins:restrict off\n```\n\n## Agentic Optimizations\n\n| Context | Command |\n|---------|---------|\n| List plugins (structured) | `obsidian plugins format=json` |\n| Enabled plugins only | `obsidian plugins:enabled` |\n| Enable plugin | `obsidian plugin:enable id=X` |\n| Disable plugin | `obsidian plugin:disable id=X` |\n| Install + enable | `obsidian plugin:install id=X enable` |\n| Reload during dev | `obsidian plugin:reload id=X` |\n| Toggle restricted mode | `obsidian plugins:restrict on\\|off` |\n| Switch theme | `obsidian theme:set name=\"X\"` |\n| Install theme + activate | `obsidian theme:install name=\"X\" enable` |\n| Toggle CSS snippet | `obsidian snippet:enable\\|disable name=X` |\n\n## Related Skills\n\n- **dev-tools** — `eval`, `devtools`, `dev:*`, screenshots (developer surface)\n- **command-palette** — Trigger plugin-registered commands once enabled\n- **vault-files** — Read or edit snippet `.css` source under `.obsidian/snippets/`\n---","attachment_filenames":[],"attachments":[],"content_json":{"type":"doc","content":[{"type":"heading","attrs":{"level":1},"content":[{"text":"Obsidian Plugins, Themes & Snippets","type":"text"}]},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"level":2},"content":[{"text":"When to Use This Skill","type":"text"}]},{"type":"table","attrs":{"layout":null},"content":[{"type":"tr","content":[{"type":"th","attrs":{"colspan":1,"rowspan":1,"colwidth":null,"alignment":""},"content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Use this skill when...","type":"text"}]}]},{"type":"th","attrs":{"colspan":1,"rowspan":1,"colwidth":null,"alignment":""},"content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Use the alternative instead when...","type":"text"}]}]}]},{"type":"tr","content":[{"type":"td","attrs":{"colspan":1,"rowspan":1,"colwidth":null,"alignment":""},"content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Installing, enabling, disabling, or reloading community plugins","type":"text"}]}]},{"type":"td","attrs":{"colspan":1,"rowspan":1,"colwidth":null,"alignment":""},"content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Running JavaScript in the app or capturing screenshots — use ","type":"text"},{"text":"dev-tools","type":"text","marks":[{"type":"code_inline"}]}]}]}]},{"type":"tr","content":[{"type":"td","attrs":{"colspan":1,"rowspan":1,"colwidth":null,"alignment":""},"content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Switching the active theme or installing a new one","type":"text"}]}]},{"type":"td","attrs":{"colspan":1,"rowspan":1,"colwidth":null,"alignment":""},"content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Triggering a plugin-registered command — use ","type":"text"},{"text":"command-palette","type":"text","marks":[{"type":"code_inline"}]}]}]}]},{"type":"tr","content":[{"type":"td","attrs":{"colspan":1,"rowspan":1,"colwidth":null,"alignment":""},"content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Toggling CSS snippets on/off","type":"text"}]}]},{"type":"td","attrs":{"colspan":1,"rowspan":1,"colwidth":null,"alignment":""},"content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Editing snippet CSS source on disk — use ","type":"text"},{"text":"vault-files","type":"text","marks":[{"type":"code_inline"}]}]}]}]},{"type":"tr","content":[{"type":"td","attrs":{"colspan":1,"rowspan":1,"colwidth":null,"alignment":""},"content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Toggling Obsidian's restricted mode","type":"text"}]}]},{"type":"td","attrs":{"colspan":1,"rowspan":1,"colwidth":null,"alignment":""},"content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Inspecting CSS rules with source location — use ","type":"text"},{"text":"dev-tools","type":"text","marks":[{"type":"code_inline"}]}]}]}]}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Lifecycle management for community plugins, themes, and CSS snippets. 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Important: agents should read /llm.txt, /llms.txt, or /.well-known/skills.json to discover the public Skillopedia API.

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Important: agents should read /llm.txt, /llms.txt, or /.well-known/skills.json to discover the public Skillopedia API.