[Feature] Add CLI handler for silent template-based note creation (registerCliHandler)

[brandaogabriel7]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

Creating a note from a Templater template currently requires either:

1. obsidian command id=templater-obsidian:create-new-note-from-template — opens a UI modal to pick a template
2. Direct filesystem write — bypasses Templater processing entirely

Neither is suitable for automation. Scripts, AI assistants, and headless workflows cannot create templated notes silently.

Describe the solution you'd like

Implement a create-from-template CLI handler using the registerCliHandler API from Obsidian v1.12.2:

obsidian templater:create-from-template template="project" file="1 - Projects/Foo/Foo.md"

Behavior:

1. Resolve template from templates folder (by name) or full vault path
2. Run Templater processing (execute tp.* functions)
3. Write rendered content to output path
4. Return the created file path

Arguments:

Flag	Required	Description
template	Yes	Template name (without path/extension) or full vault path
file	Yes	Output file path in vault
open	No	Open in UI after creation (default: false)

Describe alternatives you've considered

• Using the existing command with UI modal — not suitable for automation
• Writing files directly and running templater:replace-in-file-templater — race conditions and doesn't work with tp.file.title/tp.file.folder at creation time
• Custom userscripts — works but requires per-vault setup and doesn't integrate with CLI

Additional context

The handler should call Templater's internal create_running_config() + read_and_parse_template() pipeline so all tp.* functions (like tp.date.now(), tp.file.title) resolve correctly.

API reference:

// obsidian.d.ts — new in v1.12.2
interface Plugin {
  registerCliHandler(name: string, handler: CliHandler): void;
}
type CliHandler = (args: CliData) => Promise<string>;

I'm working on a PR for this.

[Zachatoo]

FYI, you can do this already, if you've setup that template under "Template hotkeys" in Templater settings

obsidian command id="templater-obsidian:create-{path to template here}.md"

[brandaogabriel7]

@Zachatoo Thank you! I didn't know that was possible and it helps a lot. But this approach doesn't run silently, I would appreciate a headless execution for my workflow. Also, it would be helpful to do it with any template, not just the ones that were added to the hotkeys section. Is that possible currently?

[Zachatoo]

That is not possible currently. Was just making sure you knew in case you could fulfill your requirements without new development.

[brandaogabriel7]

Thank you! I appreciate it :)

[TouriM]

+1 Thanks for creating the PR. Looking forward to the functionality

[tfiwm]

+1, Really looking forward to this..