Obsidian Bases Manager

Status: Active
Author: Richard Fremmerlid
Domain: Obsidian Integration
Depends On: obsidian-vault-crud (WP06)

Purpose

Obsidian Bases are .base files containing YAML that defines database-like views
over vault notes. This skill enables agents to act as database administrators —
reading, appending rows, and updating cell values while preserving the view
configuration (columns, filters, sorts) untouched.

Available Commands

Read a Base

python plugins/obsidian-integration/skills/obsidian-bases-manager/scripts/bases_ops.py read --file <path.base>

Append a Row

python plugins/obsidian-integration/skills/obsidian-bases-manager/scripts/bases_ops.py append-row --file <path.base> --data key1=value1 key2=value2

Update a Cell

python plugins/obsidian-integration/skills/obsidian-bases-manager/scripts/bases_ops.py update-cell --file <path.base> --row-index 0 --column key1 --value "new value"

Safety Guarantees

• Uses ruamel.yaml for lossless round-trip YAML parsing
• All writes go through obsidian-vault-crud atomic write protocol
• View configurations (columns, filters, sorts, formulas) are never modified
• Malformed YAML triggers a clean error report, never a crash or data loss