Command palette, quick switcher, linking and formatting — the Obsidian shortcuts that keep you in flow.
Obsidian is built around two shortcuts. The command palette (⌘P / Ctrl+P) runs any command — including ones from plugins — by name, and the quick switcher (⌘O / Ctrl+O) jumps to any note instantly. Because Obsidian leans on Markdown, the formatting keys are the familiar ⌘B / ⌘I / ⌘K for bold, italic and links, so writing feels like any editor while staying plain text underneath.
One of Obsidian's strengths is that every shortcut is rebindable under Settings → Hotkeys, so if a default fights your muscle memory you can change it. Toggling edit and preview (⌘E / Ctrl+E) and following links keep you moving through a vault without the mouse. If you're converting notes to share elsewhere, the Markdown to HTML tool turns them into clean web markup.