Archive Daily Note

Automatically moves yesterday's Obsidian daily note into a past-days/ archive folder using the Obsidian CLI move command to preserve wiki-links.

Archive Daily Note Skill

Automatically moves yesterday's Obsidian daily note into a past-days/ archive folder.

What It Does

Runs daily (e.g., at 12:05 AM) to move the previous day's note from the vault root into past-days/. Uses obsidian move to preserve wiki-links.

Cron Setup

Schedule as an isolated cron job running shortly after midnight:

Schedule: 5 0 * * * (daily at 00:05)
Target: isolated

Prompt:

Move yesterday's Obsidian daily note into the past-days/ folder.
The note is at the vault root named like 'MM-DD-YYYY DayOfWeek.md'.
Use `obsidian move` so links stay updated.
If it's already in past-days or doesn't exist, skip silently.

Requirements

• Obsidian CLI (obsidian move command)
• Daily notes named in MM-DD-YYYY DayOfWeek.md format
• A past-days/ folder in the vault

Behavior

• Idempotent: Safe to run multiple times; skips if already archived or missing
• Link-safe: Uses Obsidian's move command to update all internal links
• Silent: No output on skip — only reports if something goes wrong