Agent skill · data analytics · jeremylongshore
obsidian-cost-tuning
Optimize Obsidian resource usage, sync storage, Publish hosting, and
Why this skill is useful
Provides specific commands and strategies for optimizing costs associated with Obsidian's services and third-party plugins that the AI wouldn't reliably generate on its own.
What it needs
Requires bash installed locally. About 7k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-07. 2,604 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
Obsidian Cost Tuning Overview Optimize costs across Obsidian's paid services and third-party plugin API usage. Covers Obsidian Sync storage management ($4-$10/mo), Publish hosting optimization ($8/mo per site), vault size reduction strategies, plugin API cost control with caching and quotas, and self-hosted alternatives for zero-cost sync. Prerequisites Understanding of your Obsidian subscription tier Terminal access to the vault directory Knowledge of which community plugins make external API calls Cost Structure Service Price Storage Cost Driver --------- ------- --------- ------------- Obsidian (core) Free N/A None Catalyst (early access) $25 one-time N/A One-time Sync (Standard) $4/mo 1 GB Vault size, attachment count Sync (Plus) $8/mo 10 GB Large vaults with media Publish $8/mo per site N/A Published page count, bandwidth Plugin API costs Varies N/A Per-call pricing (AI, translation, etc.) Instructions Step 1: Audit Vault Size and Storage Usage Step 2: Reduce Sync Storage — Exclusion Patterns Obsidian Sync respects .obsidian/sync-exclude.json for excluding paths: For manual file-level control: Strategies to stay under the 1 GB Sync Standard tier: Move PDFs to a local folder outside the vault, link with URIs Compress images before adding: pngquant --quality=65-80 .png or ImageOptim Use external image hosting (Cloudinary free tier: 25 credits/mo, ~25K transforms) Exclude .obsidian/plugins//data.json — plugin caches regenerate on launch Step 3: Optimize Plugin API Costs Plugins that call external APIs (AI assistants, translation, image generation) can incur per-call costs. Implement caching in your plugin: Step 4: Rate Limiting for External Calls Step 5: Optimize Obsidian Publish Costs Publish at $8/mo per site. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills jeremylongshore/obsidian-cost-tuning