Sources and provenance

Retrieved 2026-08-29 EDT

Current first-party help pages govern product behavior. This site is an unofficial operational reference, and organization-specific security controls may be stricter than official syntax.

Source	Role	Generated pages
Obsidian CLI	Current desktop CLI contract: 115 commands, syntax, installation, TUI, troubleshooting	Desktop decision/install/how-to/troubleshooting, all command pages, quick reference, desktop workflows
Obsidian Headless	Headless identity, open-beta status, Node.js 22+, install, interactive authentication, service boundary	Decision, Headless overview, install/auth, troubleshooting
Headless Sync	Eight Sync commands/options, subscription, backup, one-method-per-device, native-module notes	Sync reference, server/agent, backup, shared-team, scheduled automation, recovery
Headless Publish	Seven Publish commands/options, subscription, dry-run and publication scope	Publish reference, scheduled automation, scripted publishing, recovery
Updates and installer versions	App and installer are independent version values; automatic app update does not update installer	Decision and desktop install/troubleshooting
Desktop 1.12.4 changelog	Historical CLI introduction only	Provenance context

Audit binding

• Audit task: t_0a253733
• Audit retrieval: 2026-08-29 EDT
• Audit Markdown SHA-256: 74c8ece666cb2b8e70b5a3e39abf95cd290313d66e8b18116989c9237f5fa471
• Accepted Score: OBSIDIAN-DOCS-SCORE-v1.0.0
• Accepted Score SHA-256: 0fa72ceea657075e7d39c7a9c2d2f1102dc79a707a0bf3be0945b196fde70e68
• Baseline commit: ac540b066f3505988bc4f294fb93be10ab30df7c

Known uncertainties

1. The current CLI page explicitly requires the latest 1.12.7+ installer. The Updates page proves app and installer are separate. Requiring both displayed values at 1.12.7+ is this program's operational gate.
2. The attributed first-party slogan that anything available in Obsidian can be done from the CLI is broad. This site's operational contract is the enumerated 115 desktop commands; it does not prove every third-party plugin action is stable or safe.
3. The Headless pages do not document general note search/edit/property/task/plugin/UI/developer APIs, metadata-cache or plugin-graph access, or history/read/restore commands.
4. The audited sources do not document credential-storage location/format, service supervision, or a cross-device convergence receipt. Those controls are organization policy, not product claims.
5. No Obsidian account was authenticated and no live Sync or Publish operation was performed for this release. Account identity, entitlement, remote inventories, and provider convergence remain intentionally unclaimed.

Page-level citations

Every desktop command page displays a citation banner linked to the current CLI source and this ledger. Each Headless page names its first-party source and retrieval date.