Property-based note navigation: within scope?

[schmoelder]

I use frontmatter properties to organise notes and would like to navigate them from Neovim: choose a property, choose a value, then open a matching note.

For example, with notes containing:

---
type: project
status: active
---

Running :Obsidian properties would let me select status, then active, then pick a matching note to open. If I already know what I’m looking for, :Obsidian properties status active would open the matching-note picker directly.

I have a local implementation of :Obsidian properties [KEY] [VALUE]. With no arguments it opens that three-stage picker; supplying a key or key/value skips the corresponding stages. It uses obsidian.nvim’s existing note search, frontmatter metadata and picker interface, with no dependency on a separate query plugin or a particular note schema.

Before opening a PR, I’d like to check whether this fits obsidian.nvim’s scope as a companion to Obsidian. It uses existing frontmatter without introducing new syntax, but the picker itself is a Neovim-specific interface.

Would this be welcome upstream?

[neo451]

that sounds good, would love to see the PR

but the picker itself is a Neovim-specific interface.

but we already do tons of stuff and the whole plugin is basically organize around pickers lol, so it is very welcome

and I am not sure is the proposal inspired by #928 if not you can go have a look

existing note search

just a clarifying question: by this do you mean your implementation don't depend on the cache module? that sounds like a slow operation if only rg does this, just a thought, would love to see the PR and discuss more

[schmoelder]

Right, it didn't. Switched it to read from the cache module instead, falling back to the full scan when it's disabled. Added a test confirming zero filesystem calls on the cache path.

One disclosure: this was vibe-coded (Claude Code did the implementation, I reviewed and directed it). Flagging that up front in case it changes how closely you want to look at the diff.

PR's up: #978