second-brain:init

second-brain:init

Connect Claude Code and Obsidian to the second-brain tooling. Run once after cloning, or any time the setup may have drifted.

Usage

/second-brain:init [vault-path]

vault-path is optional. When provided it overrides the path in settings.json and CLAUDE.md.

What it does

Run scripts/init.sh [vault-path] from the repository root and report the output.

The script performs these checks in order:

1. Dependencies — verifies jq and python3 are installed
2. Script permissions — chmod +x any scripts missing executable bits
3. Hooks — validates hooks/hooks.json is well-formed JSON
4. Vault path — resolves from SECOND_BRAIN_VAULT_PATH env → settings.json → CLAUDE.md
5. Vault structure — confirms required directories exist (Daily/, Ideas/, References/, etc.)
6. Templates sync — writes template files to vault's Templates/ directory (idempotent — skips existing files)

After running

If all checks pass, complete the Obsidian side manually:

1. Open Obsidian → Settings → Core plugins → enable Templates, Daily notes, Bases
2. Templates plugin: set folder location to Templates
3. Daily notes plugin: set date format to YYYY-MM-DD, folder to Daily
4. Start a new Claude Code session — hooks fire automatically from that point on