By name: obsidian-daily-driver description: | Manages daily notes workflow in Obsidian. Appends tasks, session logs, and learnings to today's daily note. Creates the daily note if it doesn't exist. Bridges Claude Code sessions to your daily note so nothing gets lost. Activates on "add to daily", "log this", "daily note", or end of session when daily notes are enabled. allowed-tools: | bash: ls, find, date, obsidian-cli, obsidian, cat file: read, write
Obsidian Daily Driver
When To Activate
Do NOT trigger for:
- Vaults without daily notes
- When user explicitly doesn't want daily logging
- Trivial interactions (single questions, typo fixes)
Instructions
Step 1: Find Today's Daily Note
TODAY=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
# Check common locations
DAILY="$VAULT_PATH/Daily/$TODAY.md"
[ -f "$DAILY" ] || DAILY="$VAULT_PATH/Journal/$TODAY.md"
[ -f "$DAILY" ] || DAILY="$VAULT_PATH/daily/$TODAY.md"
# Or use CLI
obsidian daily:read 2>/dev/null
obsidian-cli daily 2>/dev/null
# Check CLAUDE.md for daily note path convention
grep -i "daily" "$VAULT_PATH/CLAUDE.md" 2>/dev/null
If today's note doesn't exist, create it from the daily template:
# Find the daily template
TEMPLATE=$(find "$VAULT_PATH/Templates" -iname "*daily*" | head -1)
Create with proper frontmatter:
---
type: daily
date: YYYY-MM-DD
tags:
- daily
---
# YYYY-MM-DD
## Tasks
- [ ]
## Log
## Links
Step 2: Read Existing Content
cat "$DAILY"
Understand the structure so you append to the RIGHT section:
- Tasks go under
## Tasks - Logs go under
## Log - Links go under
## Links
Don't duplicate entries that already exist.
Step 3: Append Content
Adding a task:
# Using CLI
obsidian daily:append content="- [ ] Task description"
# Direct file: find ## Tasks section and append after it
Append under ## Tasks:
- [ ] Task description
Logging work done:
Append under ## Log:
- Worked on [[project-name]]: brief description of what was done
- Fixed: [[bug-or-issue]] — what was wrong and how it was fixed
- Created: [[new-note]] — why it was created
Adding links to created artifacts:
Append under ## Links:
- [[note-created-today]] — context for why
- [[meeting-note]] — key takeaways
Session summary (end of session):
Append under ## Log:
### Claude Session — HH:MM
**Worked on:** brief description
**Created:**
- [[note-1]]
- [[note-2]]
**Decisions:**
- Decision made and why
**Next:**
- [ ] Follow-up task
Step 4: Handle CLI vs Direct Write
Yakitrak CLI:
obsidian-cli create "$TODAY" --append --content "- [ ] New task"
Direct file append:
# Careful: append to the right SECTION, not just end of file
# Read the file, find the section, insert content, write back
When using direct file write, you MUST:
- Read the file first
- Find the target section (## Tasks, ## Log, etc.)
- Insert content after the section heading (or after existing items)
- Write the whole file back
Do NOT just append to the end of the file — it breaks the structure.
Step 5: Cross-Link
- Link from daily to the related note:
[[related-note]] - Also add a backlink FROM the related note TO today's daily note (only if the related note doesn't already link back)
# In today's daily note:
- Continued work on [[project-x-api-design]]
# In project-x-api-design.md, add:
## Activity
- [[2026-02-12]] — added rate limiting approach
This creates bidirectional links that show up in Obsidian's backlinks panel and graph view.
Log Entry Formats
Task added:
- [ ] Brief task description
Task completed:
- [x] Completed task description
Work log:
- Worked on [[note]]: one sentence of what was done
Decision made:
- Decided: decision summary (see [[decision-note]] for detail)
Discovery:
- Found: discovery summary — [[related-note]]
Session summary:
### Claude Session — HH:MM
**Worked on:** [topic]
**Outcome:** [result]
**Next:** [what's left]
Output Format
When appending:
Added to daily note (YYYY-MM-DD):
- [what was added and to which section]
When creating daily note:
Created daily note: [[YYYY-MM-DD]]
Path: Daily/YYYY-MM-DD.md
Added: [initial content]
When reading:
Today's note (YYYY-MM-DD):
- Tasks: X open, Y completed
- Log: [summary of entries]
NEVER
- Overwrite the daily note (append only)
- Append to the end of the file without finding the right section
- Duplicate entries that already exist
- Create verbose log entries (keep them to one line)
- Skip reading the existing note before appending
- Log trivial interactions (single questions, typo fixes)
ALWAYS
- Read the daily note before appending to it
- Append to the correct section (Tasks/Log/Links)
- Use wikilinks when referencing other notes
- Create the daily note from template if it doesn't exist
- Include timestamps on session summaries
- Check for the daily note path in CLAUDE.md first
Example
End of session where user built a new API endpoint:
Session ending. Logging to today's daily note...
Reading Daily/2026-02-12.md...
Appended to ## Log:
- Worked on [[project-api]]: built rate limiting endpoint, added tests
- Created: [[api-rate-limiting]] — design doc for rate limit approach
Appended to ## Tasks:
- [ ] Deploy rate limiting to staging
- [x] Write rate limiting tests
Appended to ## Links:
- [[api-rate-limiting]]
Daily note updated.
User says "add a task to my daily":
Reading Daily/2026-02-12.md...
What task should I add?
[User: Review the PR from Sarah]
Appended to ## Tasks:
- [ ] Review the PR from Sarah
Daily note updated.