Daily Note

Create, read, or append to daily notes.

Workflow

Read Today's Note

1. •Use obsidian_get_periodic_note({ period: "daily" })
2. •Display content or note if missing

Create Today's Note

1. •Check if daily note exists
2. •Determine path from periodic notes config or CLAUDE.md
3. •Create with appropriate template/frontmatter
4. •Common path patterns:
   • •Planner/YYYY/MM-Month/YYYY-MM-DD.md
   • •Daily/YYYY-MM-DD.md
   • •Journal/YYYY/YYYY-MM-DD.md

Append to Daily Note

1. •Get existing note content
2. •Use obsidian_append_content to add new content
3. •Respect existing structure (find appropriate section)

MCP Tools Used

// Get today's daily note
obsidian_get_periodic_note({ period: "daily" })

// Get recent daily notes
obsidian_get_recent_periodic_notes({
  period: "daily",
  limit: 5,
  include_content: true
})

// Append content
obsidian_append_content({
  filepath: "Planner/2025/01-January/2025-01-08.md",
  content: "\n## Notes\n- Added item"
})

Daily Note Template

---
created: {date}
type: daily
tags:
  - daily
  - planner
---

# {date}

## Plan
- [ ]

## Notes


## Log

Parameters

• •$ARGUMENTS (optional):
  • •No args: Read today's note
  • •create: Create today's note if missing
  • •{content}: Append content to today's note

Example

User: /daily-note

Response: "Today's daily note (Planner/2025/01-January/2025-01-08.md):

Plan

• • AI Ready Vault brainstorming session
• • Review implementation plan

Notes

• •Evolved product concept from templates to skills library
• •Created project documentation in vault

Log

• •09:00 - Started brainstorming session ---"

User: /daily-note Added meeting notes from standup

Response: "Appended to today's daily note:

Added to ## Notes section: '- Added meeting notes from standup'

File: Planner/2025/01-January/2025-01-08.md"