ATProto Publisher for Obsidian#

Publish Obsidian notes to AT Protocol records, including the Standard.site long-form lexicon.

Features#

• Publish a single note or all notes marked as published.
• Supports Standard.site site.standard.document records.
• Auto-creates a site.standard.publication record when needed.
• Writes back ATProto metadata to frontmatter for future updates.

Setup#

1. Install the plugin in your vault.
2. Open Obsidian settings and configure ATProto Publisher:
   • Identifier (handle or email)
   • App password
   • Service URL (PDS)
   • Collection NSID
   • Publication URL or AT-URI (for Standard.site)

Usage#

• Command palette:
  • Publish current note to ATProto
  • Publish all notes marked as published

Frontmatter keys#

Default keys used by the plugin (customizable in settings):

published: true
slug: my-article
title: My Article
summary: A short summary.
tags: [writing, obsidian]

Metadata written back after publishing:

atprotoUri: at://did:plc.../site.standard.document/...
atprotoCid: ...
atprotoCollection: site.standard.document
atprotoRkey: ...
atprotoPublishedAt: 2026-01-24T10:20:30.000Z
atprotoUpdatedAt: 2026-01-24T10:20:30.000Z

Standard.site mode#

To publish Standard.site documents:

1. Set Collection NSID to site.standard.document.
2. Set Publication URL or AT-URI to your site URL (e.g. https://example.com).
3. Optionally set Publication name and Publication description.

On first publish the plugin will look for a matching publication record in your repo. If it does not exist, it will create one and store its AT-URI in settings.

Development#

npm install
npm run build

To create a distributable folder:

npm run package