Open Secondary Vault

Run once on startup. After that 📦 Open Archive Vault appears in the command palette and instantly switches into the .archive vault.

<%*
  const { commands } = app;

  if (!commands.commands["📦 Open Archive Vault"]) {
    commands.addCommand({
      id: "📦 Open Archive Vault",
      name: "📦 Open Archive Vault",
      callback: async () => {
        const vaultName = ".archive";
        const uri = `obsidian://open?vault=${encodeURIComponent(vaultName)}`;
        window.location.href = uri;
      }
    });
  }
return "";
%>

How It Works

obsidian://open?vault= is Obsidian’s URI scheme for vault switching.

const uri = `obsidian://open?vault=${encodeURIComponent(vaultName)}`;

encodeURIComponent() safely escapes spaces and special characters in vault names.

window.location.href = uri;

Triggers the vault switch immediately.

How To Customise

Change the vault

Replace:

const vaultName = ".archive";

with your vault name.

Prevent duplicate commands

if (!commands.commands["📦 Open Archive Vault"])

acts as a guard so rerunning the template won’t register the command twice.

Notes

• Command is session-scoped
• Requires Templater
• Vault must already exist in Obsidian
• Works anywhere Obsidian URI schemes are supported