Obsidian OpenClaw Sync

Helper tool for syncing OpenClaw configuration between iCloud Drive and local Obsidian vaults.

Purpose

This skill solves the problem of syncing OpenClaw configuration across multiple devices via iCloud:

• Automatically detects all iCloud vaults with OpenClaw configs
• Creates symlinks from local to iCloud for seamless sync
• Supports multi-agent workspace templates (workspace_, workspace-)
• Manages openclaw.json sync with overwrite control

Dependencies

Dependency	Required	Description
python3	Yes	Python 3.x (macOS comes with Python pre-installed)
macOS	Yes	This skill only works on macOS (iCloud Drive integration)
obsidian-icloud-sync	Yes	Obsidian must be set up to sync vaults via iCloud Drive

Check Dependencies

# Check Python availability
python3 --version

# Check iCloud Obsidian path exists
ls -ld ~/Library/Mobile\ Documents/iCloud~md~obsidian/Documents

Usage

/obsidian-openclaw-sync [command] [options]

Commands

Command	Description
status	Show all iCloud vaults with agents and skills, indicates sync status
setup	Interactive setup to sync a vault to local
unset	List and remove local symlinks

Options

Option	Short	Description
--vault N	-v N	Pre-select vault by index (default: interactive)
--overwrite	-w	Overwrite local openclaw.json with symlink to iCloud version
--no-confirm	-y	Skip confirmation prompt (auto-confirm)

Examples

# Check sync status (shows all iCloud vaults)
/obsidian-openclaw-sync

# Interactive setup (select vault, create symlinks)
/obsidian-openclaw-sync setup

# Setup with overwrite (replace local openclaw.json with iCloud symlink)
/obsidian-openclaw-sync setup --overwrite

# Setup without confirmation prompt (auto-confirm)
/obsidian-openclaw-sync setup --no-confirm

# Setup specific vault without prompts
/obsidian-openclaw-sync setup --vault 1 --no-confirm

# List and remove local symlinks
/obsidian-openclaw-sync unset

Output Format

✓ iCloud Obsidian: /Users/.../iCloud~md~obsidian/Documents

✓ Valid Vaults (N):
  ✓ <vault-name>
      Agents (N): <agent1>, <agent2>, ...
      Skills (N): <skill1>, <skill2>, ...
  ○ <vault-name> [openclaw.json not found (recommended)]

✗ Invalid Vaults (N):
  ✗ <vault-name> (missing: .obsidian/)

Local Config: .openclaw
  Agents (N): <agent1>, <agent2>, ...
  Skills (N): <skill1>, <skill2>, ...

Synced Directories

Source (iCloud)	Target (Local)
media/	./media/
projects/	./projects/
team/	./team/
skills/	./skills/
workspace-*/	./workspace-*/
.openclaw/*.json	./.openclaw/*.json
openclaw.json	./openclaw.json (with --overwrite)

Multi-Device Sync Flow

1. Device 1: Run setup to create symlinks to iCloud vault
2. Device 2: Run setup --overwrite to replace local config with iCloud symlink
3. All devices: Changes sync via iCloud Drive automatically

References

• Sync Helper Script - Core Python script for vault detection