Ziqi Chen

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How to create your own Obsidian plugin?

The unique advantage of Obsidan is the sufficiency of its community plugins. Almost whenever you want to add some functionality to your Obsidian, you can find someone who has similar needs and have developed a plugin to solve it! The community plugins are helpful and complementary.

However, there are always some cases when you cannot find a satisfactory plugin. Why not develop your own plugin?

Build Your Plugin

The official developer document is clear and well-written. With advance AI like Cursor, you can easily develop your own plugin. You can read my blog about how to leverage Cursor. Remember to test it yourself!

Submit Your Plugin

The official manual is well-structured.

Here are some notes that you should check before submission, which will save you some time.

  • Do not use the word “setting” in your plugin settings page
  • Use sentence case in your setting page
  • Avoid unnecessary logging, which affects your plugin performance

Here are the official guidelines.

My first plugin: Daily News Briefing

This is my first plugin: Daily News Briefing. Try it out!

Now it is done. Try out yourself!