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

Obsidian Sync