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OFM Showcase

Obsidian Markdown Showcase

This note is a compact tour of Obsidian Flavored Markdown using current official syntax. It demonstrates plain Markdown, Obsidian-only extensions, and a few adjacent features that ride on top of Markdown files and properties.

Quick tour

Internal wikilink: [[Showcase Companion]]
Wikilink with alias: [[Showcase Companion|companion note]]
Markdown link to a local note: Companion
External link: Obsidian Help
Heading link: [[Showcase Companion#Section Link Target]]
Block link: [[Showcase Companion#^callout-block]]
Tag in body text: #obsidian #knowledge-management

Basic formatting

This paragraph shows bold, italic, bold italic, ==highlight==, ~~strikethrough~~, and inline code.

You can also escape formatting when needed: *literal asterisks*, #literal-hash, and 1. not-a-list-item.

Lists

Bullet one
Bullet two
- Nested bullets also work
- So do mixed styles

Ordered item
Another ordered item
Final ordered item

Tasks

Create the note
Add embeds
Customize with your own examples

Quotes and callouts

A normal blockquote still works exactly like standard Markdown.

[!note] Standard callout Callouts are one of Obsidian's signature Markdown extensions.

[!tip] Custom title Callouts can contain formatting, lists, links to [[Showcase Companion]], and even embeds.

[!warning]- Folded by default This callout starts collapsed.

[!example]+ Expanded by default This one starts open and can hold multi-line content.

Embedded note section: ![[Showcase Companion#Section Link Target]]

Tables

Feature	Syntax family	Example
Internal links	Obsidian	`[[Note Name]]`
Embeds	Obsidian	`![[Note Name]]`
Footnotes	Markdown	`[^1]`
Math	MathJax	$e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0$
Diagrams	Mermaid	`mermaid`

Code blocks

function greet(name) {
  return `Hello, ${name}!`;
}

console.log(greet("Obsidian"));

![[Showcase Companion#^workflow-block]]
%% This is a comment. It appears in source, but not in reading view. %%

Embeds and transclusion

Full note embed

![[Showcase Companion]]

Section embed

![[Showcase Companion#Section Link Target]]

Block embed

![[Showcase Companion#^workflow-block]]

Image embed

![[Attachments/obsidian-showcase.svg]]

Mermaid diagrams

flowchart LR
    Idea["Capture idea"] --> Note["Write Markdown note"]
    Note --> Link["Add [[links]]"]
    Link --> Graph["See connections grow"]

sequenceDiagram
    participant U as User
    participant O as Obsidian
    U->>O: Create note
    U->>O: Add links and properties
    O-->>U: Local, searchable knowledge

Math

Inline math works here: $e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0$.

$$ \int_0^1 x^2,dx = \frac{1}{3} $$

Footnotes

Obsidian supports footnotes in standard Markdown style.¹

Source-view-only tricks

Comments are hidden in reading view, so the next line is mostly useful in source mode:

%% This sentence exists in the file, but rendered reading view hides it. %%

Markdown inside raw HTML does not render, which is useful to remember when mixing formats:

<div>This **will not** render as bold inside the HTML block.</div>

Properties and Bases-friendly structure

This note has YAML properties at the top. Obsidian uses those for metadata, filtering, search, and newer database-style workflows such as Bases.

---
status: complete
tags:
  - obsidian
  - markdown
related:
  - "[[Showcase Companion]]"
---

Official docs used for this showcase

Footnotes are great for side comments, citations, and asides without interrupting the flow. ↩

tinycrops/ObsidianMDshowcase.md

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