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Obsidian Claude Sidebar — Development skill for Claude Code

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Run Claude Code, Codex, and other agent CLIs in Obsidian.

How to install Obsidian Claude Sidebar

This entry records only its repository, not the path inside it, so there is no exact command to give. Open derek-larson14/obsidian-claude-sidebar and copy the folder into ~/.claude/skills/, or the file into ~/.claude/agents/.

What Obsidian Claude Sidebar does

Run Claude Code, Codex, and other agent CLIs in Obsidian.

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README

Claude Sidebar

Run Claude Code (and other agent CLIs) in your Obsidian sidebar.

Built by [Derek Larson](https://dtlarson.com) - [Pairs with Delegate commands →](https://delegatewithclaude.com/commands)

![Claude Sidebar](screenshot-obsidian.png)

Features

Auto-launches your agent - Your default CLI starts automatically
Multiple tabs - Run multiple agents side by side
Embedded - Full terminal with an agent in your Obsidian sidebar
Folder & file context menu - Right-click any folder to open your agent in that directory, or a file to send it the path
YOLO mode - Launch your agent with YOLO mode via right-click menus
Projects outside the vault - Open agent in project… opens an agent in any folder on your machine. Browse… adds one, and it stays in the list afterwards. Pick the project, then the CLI (your default is on top, so Enter twice opens it). With only one CLI installed, it opens straight away
Multi-backend - Switch between Claude Code, Codex, Grok Build, OpenCode, GitHub Copilot, Cursor Agent, and Pi in settings, or via Switch CLI provider… in the command palette. Add any other CLI or wrapper script under Additional CLIs

Requirements

macOS, Linux, or Windows
Python 3
An agent CLI — Claude Code (default), or any other supported backend

Installation

From Community Plugins (recommended)

Visit the plugin listing at [community.obsidian.md/plugins/claude-sidebar](https://community.obsidian.md/plugins/claude-sidebar) and click **Add to Obsidian**. Then in Obsidian, click **Install** → **Enable**.

**Windows:** See [Windows Setup](#windows-setup) below.

Manual Installation (Mac/Linux)

In your vault folder, run:

mkdir -p .obsidian/plugins/claude-sidebar && cd .obsidian/plugins/claude-sidebar && \
  curl -LO https://github.com/derek-larson14/obsidian-claude-sidebar/releases/latest/download/main.js && \
  curl -LO https://github.