zmVault/timestamped/2026-02-02_06-50-00.md

id, title, tags, daily

id	title	tags	daily
2026-02-02T06:50:00-0500	2026-02-02 06:50:00	status/draft topic/meta	2026-02-02

2026-02-02 06:50:00

I'm considering including management scripts in this vault, but I'd generally prefer to keep it content only. Ideally I could do anything I'd use a script for with a plugin, but they have their limitations. Eventually I should learn-to-write-obsidian-plugins, but for now here's a useful cmdlet I wrote a while ago but misplaced.

function Import-Markdown {
    [CmdletBinding()]
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory)]
        [string]$Path
    )
    try {
      $command = Get-Command ConvertFrom-Yaml -ErrorAction "Stop"
    }
    catch {
      throw "no YAML conversion module installed. Try ``Install-Module powershell-yaml``."
    }

    $content = Get-Content -Path $Path -Raw
    $pattern = [Regex]'(?ms)^---\s*(.*?)\s*---\s*(.*)$'
    $match = $pattern.Match($content)
    if ($match.Success) {
        $frontmatter = $match.Groups[1].Value
        $body = $match.Groups[2].Value
    }
    else {
        $frontmatter = ''
        $body = $content
    }

    return [pscustomobject]@{
        frontmatter = $frontmatter | ConvertFrom-Yaml
        body        = $body
    }
}

That match expression is bizarre, and the whole thing needs better error handling, but it works.

A Where-Markdown for filtering by tags and a {Verb}-Markdown for modifying tags would be idiomatic.