Skill

obsidian

Obsidian vault mechanics - wiki links, .obsidian/ config, daily notes, plugins. Use when working with Obsidian vaults or structured markdown.

Install

npx claudepluginhub technicalpickles/pickled-claude-plugins --plugin second-brain

Tool Access

This skill uses the workspace's default tool permissions.

Preview

Tool-specific mechanics for working with Obsidian vaults.

Supporting Assets

references/connecting.mdreferences/daily-linking.mdreferences/note-patterns.mdreferences/para.mdreferences/pipeline.mdreferences/routing-memory.mdreferences/routing.mdreferences/sb-cli.mdreferences/zettelkasten.md

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Obsidian Skill

Tool-specific mechanics for working with Obsidian vaults.

Vault Detection

A directory is an Obsidian vault if it contains .obsidian/ folder.

Wiki Links

Syntax: [[Note Title]] or [[path/Note Title]]

Obsidian resolves by title match
Can include path for disambiguation
Aliases: [[Note Title|display text]]

.obsidian/ Configuration

Obsidian stores settings in .obsidian/ at vault root:

File	Purpose
`daily-notes.json`	Daily note folder and template
`templates.json`	Templates folder location
`zk-prefixer.json`	Zettelkasten/inbox settings
`app.json`	General settings (new file location, attachments)
`plugins/`	Installed plugin data

Parsing Config

// daily-notes.json
{
  "folder": "Fleeting",
  "template": "Templates/daily"
}

// templates.json
{"folder": "Templates"}

// zk-prefixer.json
{
  "folder": "📫 Inbox",
  "template": "Templates/frontmatter"
}

// app.json
{
  "newFileFolderPath": "📫 Inbox",
  "attachmentFolderPath": "🖇 Attachments"
}

Daily Notes

Finding today's note:

Read .obsidian/daily-notes.json for folder
Use format YYYY-MM-DD.md (Obsidian default)
Path: {folder}/{YYYY-MM-DD}.md

Template application:

Obsidian applies template on note creation
Template path from daily-notes.json

Glossary Integration

If Glossary.md exists at vault root:

Contains known transcription corrections
Maps common errors to correct terms
Used by process-daily command

Vault CLAUDE.md

Vaults should have a CLAUDE.md at root describing:

Folder structure
Routing rules
Naming conventions
References to methodology (PARA, Zettelkasten)
Disambiguation rules for semantically similar areas

See templates/vault-claude-md.md for template.

Disambiguation Rules

When a vault has areas with semantic overlap (e.g., "tool sharpening" vs "software engineering"), the vault CLAUDE.md can include ### Disambiguation: sections that guide routing decisions.

The routing algorithm checks for:

Key questions - Decision heuristics for each area
Category tables - Lists of tools/topics per area
Edge case mappings - Explicit rules for ambiguous cases

See references/routing.md for the full disambiguation format and how to build custom rules.

References

For methodology (tool-agnostic):

references/para.md - PARA organizational system
references/zettelkasten.md - Naming conventions
references/note-patterns.md - Note templates
references/routing.md - Routing algorithm with disambiguation support
references/daily-linking.md - Linking captured notes to daily note
references/pipeline.md - Processing pipeline stages and status flow
references/routing-memory.md - Routing correction and learning loop