Developer commands

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Open dev tools, attach the Chrome DevTools Protocol debugger, take screenshots, inspect the DOM and CSS, run JavaScript, toggle mobile emulation. Designed for plugin authors and agentic coding tools.

Commands to help you develop Community plugins and Themes. Learn more by heading to the Obsidian Developer Documentation.

devtools

Toggle Electron dev tools.

dev:debug

Attach/detach Chrome DevTools Protocol debugger.

on                 # attach debugger
off                # detach debugger

dev:cdp

Run a Chrome DevTools Protocol command.

method=<CDP.method>  # (required) CDP method to call
params=<json>        # method parameters as JSON

dev:errors

Show captured JavaScript errors.

clear              # clear the error buffer

dev:screenshot

Take a screenshot (returns base64 PNG).

path=<filename>    # output file path

dev:console

Show captured console messages.

limit=<n>                        # max messages to show (default 50)
level=log|warn|error|info|debug  # filter by log level

clear                            # clear the console buffer

dev:css

Inspect CSS with source locations.

selector=<css>     # (required) CSS selector
prop=<name>        # filter by property name

dev:dom

Query DOM elements.

selector=<css>     # (required) CSS selector
attr=<name>        # get attribute value
css=<prop>         # get CSS property value

total              # return element count
text               # return text content
inner              # return innerHTML instead of outerHTML
all                # return all matches instead of first

dev:mobile

Toggle mobile emulation.

on                 # enable mobile emulation
off                # disable mobile emulation

eval

Execute JavaScript and return result.

code=<javascript>  # (required) JavaScript code to execute

See also

• Browse all command groups
• Keyboard shortcuts for the TUI