Install the required Obsidian plugins before /setup-wiki if you want the dashboards to render. The shipped templates (todo dashboard, daily-note, project board) and several command outputs depend on the Obsidian community and core plugins below.
| Plugin |
Why |
| Dataview |
The daily-note template uses dataview query blocks for “created today”, “modified today”, and project listings. The project board is a DataviewJS view and additionally needs Enable JavaScript Queries, which is a per-device setting |
| Tasks |
The todo dashboard, daily-note, and /project new generate tasks query blocks for due, overdue, and done filters. The project board parses and writes Tasks syntax itself, and uses the plugin’s own modals for its add and edit buttons |
| Periodic Notes |
/daily-note and the daily-note template rely on the {{date:YYYY-MM-DD}}, {{date+1d:YYYY-MM-DD}}, {{date+7d:YYYY-MM-DD}} placeholders this plugin provides |
| Front Matter Timestamps |
Auto-populates the created and modified fields the daily-note’s Dataview queries filter on. Without it those queries return nothing |
| Folder Notes |
Each subfolder of a knowledge folder has a <folder-name>.md index; Folder Notes shows that index when you click the folder |
| Core plugin |
Why |
| Canvas |
Not used by any shipped template. Listed because vaults created before the project board replaced the canvas dashboard may still hold a .canvas file |
| Properties |
Reads and edits the YAML frontmatter the agent writes on every page |
| Backlinks |
Surfaces incoming wikilinks; the cross-link conventions assume you see them |
| Daily notes |
Required by Periodic Notes |
| Templates |
Variable substitution for the daily-note template |
| Plugin |
What it adds |
| Calendar |
UI for navigating daily notes; pairs with Periodic Notes |
| Omnisearch |
Better search than the built-in. Useful when querying the wiki by hand |
| Hidden Folder |
Hides _service/ from the file explorer so working state stays out of your way |
| Iconic |
Custom icons per folder; useful to distinguish zones |
| Tray |
System tray shortcuts for opening daily notes or specific files |
| Task Board |
Kanban view over Tasks; an alternative to the shipped project board |
| Commander (cmdr) |
Custom buttons in toolbars and side panels |
| Table Editor |
Better table editing. The plugin writes many tables |
| Recent Files |
An Obsidian-native counterpart to _service/hot.md |
| Actions URI |
URL-scheme actions for triggering Obsidian from outside |
| Local REST API |
Only needed if you connect the obsidian MCP server so Claude reads or writes to Obsidian over HTTP. Direct filesystem access via Read/Write works without it |
