Obsidian Sync Server

A secure file sync server for two-way synchronization between Clawdbot and Obsidian.

📦 This skill is part of obsidian-openclaw
An Obsidian plugin that lets you chat with your Clawdbot agent and sync notes between your vault and the agent's workspace.

Quick Start

SYNC_TOKEN="your-gateway-token" node scripts/sync-server.mjs

Configuration

| Environment Variable | Default | Description | |---------------------|---------|-------------| | SYNC_PORT | 18790 | Server port | | SYNC_BIND | localhost | Bind address | | SYNC_WORKSPACE | /data/clawdbot | Root workspace path | | SYNC_TOKEN | (required) | Auth token (use Gateway token) | | SYNC_ALLOWED_PATHS | notes,memory | Comma-separated allowed subdirectories |

Security

• Only configured subdirectories are accessible
• Path traversal (../) is blocked
• All requests require Authorization: Bearer <token>
• Bind to localhost; expose via Tailscale serve for remote access

API Endpoints

| Method | Endpoint | Description | |--------|----------|-------------| | GET | /sync/status | Health check | | GET | /sync/list?path=notes | List markdown files | | GET | /sync/read?path=notes/x.md | Read file + metadata | | POST | /sync/write?path=notes/x.md | Write file (conflict detection) |

Exposing via Tailscale

tailscale serve --bg --https=18790 http://localhost:18790

Running as a Service

User systemd service

mkdir -p ~/.config/systemd/user

cat > ~/.config/systemd/user/openclaw-sync.service << 'EOF'
[Unit]
Description=OpenClaw Sync Server
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=simple
Environment=SYNC_TOKEN=your-token-here
Environment=SYNC_WORKSPACE=/data/clawdbot
Environment=SYNC_ALLOWED_PATHS=notes,memory
ExecStart=/usr/bin/node /path/to/skills/obsidian-sync/scripts/sync-server.mjs
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=5

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target
EOF

systemctl --user daemon-reload
systemctl --user enable --now openclaw-sync
loginctl enable-linger $USER  # Start on boot

Obsidian Plugin

This skill provides the backend for the OpenClaw Obsidian plugin:

github.com/AndyBold/obsidian-openclaw

The plugin provides:

• 💬 Chat sidebar — Talk to your Clawdbot agent from Obsidian
• 📁 File actions — Create, edit, delete notes via conversation
• 🔄 Two-way sync — Keep notes synchronized between vault and agent
• 🔒 Secure storage — OS keychain integration for tokens
• 📋 Audit logging — Track all file operations

Install the plugin via BRAT using: AndyBold/obsidian-openclaw