Describing What You Want

Use Obsidian's area names when telling the agent what to do — it maps them to the right capabilities.

Obsidian area glossary

What you see	Official name	How to phrase it
Narrow icon bar on the far left	Ribbon	"Add an icon to the left ribbon that opens…"
Thin bar at the bottom	Status bar	"Show … in the status bar"
The palette opened with Ctrl/Cmd+P	Command palette	"Register a command named…"
A draggable side panel	Panel / view	"Open a right-side panel showing…"
The note you're editing	Active note	"Summarize the current note…" / "Insert at the cursor"
Categorized settings pages	Settings tab	"Add an option in the host settings…"
The vault file tree	Vault	"Count the whole vault…"

Create a sub-plugin (Create Mode):

Create a plugin with a panel showing the folders in this vault and the file count under each folder.

Modify an existing sub-plugin:

Change folder-stats to group the stats by file type instead.

Read-only question (Chat Mode):

Find notes containing "reading" and count them.

Read/write notes (Edit Mode):

Turn the list above into a note under the Inbox folder.

Think about the goal first (the result you want), then the form (panel / command / icon / status bar);
Not sure of the name? Describe the position ("that icon at the bottom left") — the agent understands;
Writes always go through approval — that's normal.