I’ve recently been trying out PKM apps like Craft, Logseq and Obsidian.

In this article, I’ll share a few methods to quickly post a thought/update/note/log even when Obsidian is not the active app.

The workflow I use is to press ⌘+⇧+L (L for Log) to bring up a box in which I type what I just did or anything I want to record as a log for today and it goes under a “Log” header in Obsidian’s daily/today note with the current timestamp w/o Obsidian coming to the front (well, not technically speaking – we just hide Obsidian when it comes to the front).

Here’s how I set this up:

Step 1

Edit your daily note Obsidian template and ensure that there’s a Log heading.

Step 2

Install Advanced URI plugin in Obsidian and enable it.

Step 3

Import this shortcut using the Shortcuts app like this:

Replace Main with your vault name and Log with the heading text under which you want your log entries to go.

Step 4

Import this Alfred workflow and enable it.

That’s it.

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It is also possible to type the log text in Alfred itself after the log keyword and hit return when done to add it as a bullet point under a specific heading in the daily (or a specified) note in the specified vault.

This does not need a Shortcut.

Import this workflow if you want this variation.

Here’s the composite URL if anyone’s interested:

obsidian://advanced-uri?vault=Main&daily=true&heading=Log&data={query}&mode=append&openmode=silent