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Siyuan
SiYuan Note API for searching, reading, creating, and managing blocks and documents in a self-hosted knowledge base via curl.
Skill metadata
| Source | Optional — install with hermes skills install official/productivity/siyuan |
| Path | optional-skills/productivity/siyuan |
| Version | 1.0.0 |
| Author | FEUAZUR |
| License | MIT |
| Tags | SiYuan, Notes, Knowledge Base, PKM, API |
| Related skills | obsidian, notion |
Reference: full SKILL.md
The following is the complete skill definition that Hermes loads when this skill is triggered. This is what the agent sees as instructions when the skill is active.
SiYuan Note API
Use the SiYuan kernel API via curl to search, read, create, update, and delete blocks and documents in a self-hosted knowledge base. No extra tools needed -- just curl and an API token.
Prerequisites
- Install and run SiYuan (desktop or Docker)
- Get your API token: Settings > About > API token
- Store it in
~/.hermes/.env:SIYUAN_TOKEN=your_token_here
SIYUAN_URL=http://127.0.0.1:6806SIYUAN_URLdefaults tohttp://127.0.0.1:6806if not set.
API Basics
All SiYuan API calls are POST with JSON body. Every request follows this pattern:
curl -s -X POST "${SIYUAN_URL:-http://127.0.0.1:6806}/api/..." \
-H "Authorization: Token $SIYUAN_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"param": "value"}'
Responses are JSON with this structure:
{"code": 0, "msg": "", "data": { ... }}
code: 0 means success. Any other value is an error -- check msg for details.
ID format: SiYuan IDs look like 20210808180117-6v0mkxr (14-digit timestamp + 7 alphanumeric chars).
Quick Reference
| Operation | Endpoint |
|---|---|
| Full-text search | /api/search/fullTextSearchBlock |
| SQL query | /api/query/sql |
| Read block | /api/block/getBlockKramdown |
| Read children | /api/block/getChildBlocks |
| Get path | /api/filetree/getHPathByID |
| Get attributes | /api/attr/getBlockAttrs |
| List notebooks | /api/notebook/lsNotebooks |
| List documents | /api/filetree/listDocsByPath |
| Create notebook | /api/notebook/createNotebook |
| Create document | /api/filetree/createDocWithMd |
| Append block | /api/block/appendBlock |
| Update block | /api/block/updateBlock |
| Rename document | /api/filetree/renameDocByID |
| Set attributes | /api/attr/setBlockAttrs |
| Delete block | /api/block/deleteBlock |
| Delete document | /api/filetree/removeDocByID |
| Export as Markdown | /api/export/exportMdContent |
Common Operations
Search (Full-Text)
curl -s -X POST "${SIYUAN_URL:-http://127.0.0.1:6806}/api/search/fullTextSearchBlock" \
-H "Authorization: Token $SIYUAN_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"query": "meeting notes", "page": 0}' | jq '.data.blocks[:5]'
Search (SQL)
Query the blocks database directly. Only SELECT statements are safe.
curl -s -X POST "${SIYUAN_URL:-http://127.0.0.1:6806}/api/query/sql" \
-H "Authorization: Token $SIYUAN_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"stmt": "SELECT id, content, type, box FROM blocks WHERE content LIKE '\''%keyword%'\'' AND type='\''p'\'' LIMIT 20"}' | jq '.data'
Useful columns: id, parent_id, root_id, box (notebook ID), path, content, type, subtype, created, updated.
Read Block Content
Returns block content in Kramdown (Markdown-like) format.
curl -s -X POST "${SIYUAN_URL:-http://127.0.0.1:6806}/api/block/getBlockKramdown" \
-H "Authorization: Token $SIYUAN_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"id": "20210808180117-6v0mkxr"}' | jq '.data.kramdown'
Read Child Blocks
curl -s -X POST "${SIYUAN_URL:-http://127.0.0.1:6806}/api/block/getChildBlocks" \
-H "Authorization: Token $SIYUAN_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"id": "20210808180117-6v0mkxr"}' | jq '.data'
Get Human-Readable Path
curl -s -X POST "${SIYUAN_URL:-http://127.0.0.1:6806}/api/filetree/getHPathByID" \
-H "Authorization: Token $SIYUAN_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"id": "20210808180117-6v0mkxr"}' | jq '.data'
Get Block Attributes
curl -s -X POST "${SIYUAN_URL:-http://127.0.0.1:6806}/api/attr/getBlockAttrs" \
-H "Authorization: Token $SIYUAN_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"id": "20210808180117-6v0mkxr"}' | jq '.data'
List Notebooks
curl -s -X POST "${SIYUAN_URL:-http://127.0.0.1:6806}/api/notebook/lsNotebooks" \
-H "Authorization: Token $SIYUAN_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{}' | jq '.data.notebooks[] | {id, name, closed}'
List Documents in a Notebook
curl -s -X POST "${SIYUAN_URL:-http://127.0.0.1:6806}/api/filetree/listDocsByPath" \
-H "Authorization: Token $SIYUAN_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"notebook": "NOTEBOOK_ID", "path": "/"}' | jq '.data.files[] | {id, name}'
Create a Document
curl -s -X POST "${SIYUAN_URL:-http://127.0.0.1:6806}/api/filetree/createDocWithMd" \
-H "Authorization: Token $SIYUAN_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"notebook": "NOTEBOOK_ID",
"path": "/Meeting Notes/2026-03-22",
"markdown": "# Meeting Notes\n\n- Discussed project timeline\n- Assigned tasks"
}' | jq '.data'
Create a Notebook
curl -s -X POST "${SIYUAN_URL:-http://127.0.0.1:6806}/api/notebook/createNotebook" \
-H "Authorization: Token $SIYUAN_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"name": "My New Notebook"}' | jq '.data.notebook.id'
Append Block to Document
curl -s -X POST "${SIYUAN_URL:-http://127.0.0.1:6806}/api/block/appendBlock" \
-H "Authorization: Token $SIYUAN_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"parentID": "DOCUMENT_OR_BLOCK_ID",
"data": "New paragraph added at the end.",
"dataType": "markdown"
}' | jq '.data'
Also available: /api/block/prependBlock (same params, inserts at the beginning) and /api/block/insertBlock (uses previousID instead of parentID to insert after a specific block).
Update Block Content
curl -s -X POST "${SIYUAN_URL:-http://127.0.0.1:6806}/api/block/updateBlock" \
-H "Authorization: Token $SIYUAN_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"id": "BLOCK_ID",
"data": "Updated content here.",
"dataType": "markdown"
}' | jq '.data'
Rename a Document
curl -s -X POST "${SIYUAN_URL:-http://127.0.0.1:6806}/api/filetree/renameDocByID" \
-H "Authorization: Token $SIYUAN_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"id": "DOCUMENT_ID", "title": "New Title"}'
Set Block Attributes
Custom attributes must be prefixed with custom-:
curl -s -X POST "${SIYUAN_URL:-http://127.0.0.1:6806}/api/attr/setBlockAttrs" \
-H "Authorization: Token $SIYUAN_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"id": "BLOCK_ID",
"attrs": {
"custom-status": "reviewed",
"custom-priority": "high"
}
}'
Delete a Block
curl -s -X POST "${SIYUAN_URL:-http://127.0.0.1:6806}/api/block/deleteBlock" \
-H "Authorization: Token $SIYUAN_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"id": "BLOCK_ID"}'
To delete a whole document: use /api/filetree/removeDocByID with {"id": "DOC_ID"}.
To delete a notebook: use /api/notebook/removeNotebook with {"notebook": "NOTEBOOK_ID"}.
Export Document as Markdown
curl -s -X POST "${SIYUAN_URL:-http://127.0.0.1:6806}/api/export/exportMdContent" \
-H "Authorization: Token $SIYUAN_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"id": "DOCUMENT_ID"}' | jq -r '.data.content'
Block Types
Common type values in SQL queries:
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
d | Document (root block) |
p | Paragraph |
h | Heading |
l | List |
i | List item |
c | Code block |
m | Math block |
t | Table |
b | Blockquote |
s | Super block |
html | HTML block |
Pitfalls
- All endpoints are POST -- even read-only operations. Do not use GET.
- SQL safety: only use SELECT queries. INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE/DROP are dangerous and should never be sent.
- ID validation: IDs match the pattern
YYYYMMDDHHmmss-xxxxxxx. Reject anything else. - Error responses: always check
code != 0in responses before processingdata. - Large documents: block content and export results can be very large. Use
LIMITin SQL and pipe throughjqto extract only what you need. - Notebook IDs: when working with a specific notebook, get its ID first via
lsNotebooks.
Alternative: MCP Server
If you prefer a native integration instead of curl, install the SiYuan MCP server:
# In ~/.hermes/config.yaml under mcp_servers:
mcp_servers:
siyuan:
command: npx
args: ["-y", "@porkll/siyuan-mcp"]
env:
SIYUAN_TOKEN: "your_token"
SIYUAN_URL: "http://127.0.0.1:6806"