Slash Inserter

A Notion-style slash menu for Obsidian. Press / at the start of a line (or after a space) and pick a block from the list — headings, lists, callouts, code blocks, math, mermaid diagrams, internal links, video embeds, and rich link preview cards.

Features

Type / then start typing the command name or alias. Press Enter (or click) to insert.

Command	Aliases	Result
/h1 /h2 /h3	/# /## /###	Headings
/bullet	/ul /list	- item
/num	/ol /number	1. item
/todo	/task /check	- [ ] task
/quote	/blockquote	> quote
/callout	/admonition /note	> [!note] callout
/code	/codeblock	Fenced code block
/div	/divider /hr	---
/table	/tbl	2×3 markdown table
/math	/latex	$$ … $$ block
/mermaid	/diagram /flowchart	Mermaid diagram block
/link	/wikilink	[[ ]] internal link
/embed	/transclude	![[ ]] transclusion
/video	/youtube /vimeo /mp4	 video embed
/iframe	/frame	<iframe> for any embeddable URL
/bookmark	/book /url	[title](url) external link
/card	/cardlink /preview	Rich preview card with thumbnail, title, description

Link cards

/card opens a small prompt, you paste a URL, and the plugin fetches OpenGraph metadata (title, description, og:image, site name) and inserts a clean preview card. The source is a cardlink code block that renders as a styled card in Live Preview and Reading mode — clicking the card opens the URL.

url: "https://example.com/article"
title: "Article title"
description: "Two-line description from og:description..."
image: "https://example.com/cover.jpg"
site_name: "example.com"

If a site blocks the request or has no OpenGraph metadata, the plugin falls back to inserting a plain markdown link and shows a notice.

Video embeds

/video works with YouTube, Vimeo, and direct .mp4 URLs — Obsidian natively renders these as embedded players inside ![](URL).

Installation

From Community Plugins (after approval)

1. Settings → Community plugins → Browse
2. Search for Slash Inserter
3. Install → Enable

Manual install

1. Download main.js, manifest.json, styles.css from the latest release
2. Place them in <your-vault>/.obsidian/plugins/slash-commands/
3. Reload Obsidian → Settings → Community plugins → enable Slash Inserter

BRAT (beta)

1. Install the BRAT plugin
2. Add beta plugin: Jimmy-web169/obsidian-slash-commands
3. Enable it under Community plugins

Trigger rules

• / only triggers the menu when it's at the start of a line or after a whitespace — so a / in the middle of a word (e.g., and/or) won't pop the menu.
• Esc closes the menu.
• Type any part of the command name or alias to filter.

Development

git clone https://github.com/Jimmy-web169/obsidian-slash-commands
cd obsidian-slash-commands
npm install
npm run dev        # watch mode
npm run build      # production

Copy / symlink the folder to <your-vault>/.obsidian/plugins/slash-commands/ and reload the plugin in Obsidian's settings.

License

MIT