Fetching Content from Public Notes

This skill provides instructions for extracting information from the public notes website hosted at https://notes.dsebastien.net/.

Important: The Site Uses Dynamic Loading

The notes website is an Obsidian Publish site. Content is loaded dynamically via JavaScript, which means:

• Direct WebFetch on page URLs will NOT work - You'll only get HTML boilerplate and JavaScript loaders
• You must use the Obsidian Publish API to get the raw markdown content

Step-by-Step Process

Step 1: Identify the Note Path

Determine the full path to the note you want to fetch. Notes are organized in folders like:

Step 2: Construct the API URL

Use this URL pattern to fetch raw markdown:

https://publish-01.obsidian.md/access/91ab140857992a6480c9352ca75acb70/[URL-encoded-path].md

URL Encoding Rules:

• Spaces become %20
• Parentheses: ( becomes %28, ) becomes %29
• The path starts from 30 Areas/...

Step 3: Fetch the Content

Use WebFetch with the constructed API URL:

WebFetch:
  url: https://publish-01.obsidian.md/access/91ab140857992a6480c9352ca75acb70/30%20Areas/34%20Maps/34.01%20MoCs/Positivity%20(MoC).md
  prompt: List all the note links/concepts mentioned. Extract the note names.

Examples

Fetching a MoC (Map of Content)

Goal: Get content from "Positivity (MoC)"

Public URL (won't work for fetching):

https://notes.dsebastien.net/30+Areas/34+Maps/34.01+MoCs/Positivity+(MoC)

API URL (use this):

https://publish-01.obsidian.md/access/91ab140857992a6480c9352ca75acb70/30%20Areas/34%20Maps/34.01%20MoCs/Positivity%20(MoC).md

Fetching a Permanent Note

Goal: Get content from "Positive psychology"

API URL:

https://publish-01.obsidian.md/access/91ab140857992a6480c9352ca75acb70/30%20Areas/33%20Permanent%20notes/33.02%20Content/Positive%20psychology.md

Fetching a Literature Note

Goal: Get content from "Atomic Thinking"

API URL:

https://publish-01.obsidian.md/access/91ab140857992a6480c9352ca75acb70/30%20Areas/32%20Literature%20notes/32.02%20Content/Atomic%20Thinking.md

Alternative: Read from Local Repository

If you have access to the local notes repository, you can read files directly:

Repository Location: /home/dsebastien/notesSeb/

# Find a note by name
find /home/dsebastien/notesSeb/30\ Areas -type f -name "*Note Name*" 2>/dev/null | grep -v ".smart-env"

# Read the note directly
Read: /home/dsebastien/notesSeb/30 Areas/33 Permanent notes/33.02 Content/Note Name.md

Constructing Related Notes URLs

When adding relatedNotes to concept cards, use the public website URL format:

• Base URL: https://notes.dsebastien.net/
• Spaces become +
• Remove the .md extension
• Path starts from 30+Areas/...

Example:

• File: /home/dsebastien/notesSeb/30 Areas/33 Permanent notes/33.02 Content/Positive psychology.md
• URL: https://notes.dsebastien.net/30+Areas/33+Permanent+notes/33.02+Content/Positive+psychology

Common Pitfalls

1. Don't use the public URL for WebFetch - It returns JavaScript loaders, not content
2. Always URL-encode the path - Spaces must be %20 in the API URL
3. Include the .md extension in the API URL
4. The site ID is fixed: 91ab140857992a6480c9352ca75acb70

Quick Reference