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Obsidian Vault Wiki Setup

Sets up and routes an Obsidian knowledge vault with safe, reviewable file changes.

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Repository
AgriciDaniel/claude-obsidian
Stars
16,065
Licence
MIT
Files
15 files

What it does

This skill teaches an AI agent to set up a separate Obsidian notes folder (a 'vault') as a personal knowledge base. It can create a new vault or adopt an existing one, and it shows a preview of every file it would change before writing anything. It also decides which sibling skill (such as ingest, query, save, or lint) fits a request, and it asks for approval before making broad edits.

Great for

  • People who keep notes in Obsidian and want an AI agent to organise them into a structured wiki
  • Users who want a dry-run preview and approval step before any files are created or changed
  • Developers building a repeatable, auditable note-scaffolding workflow

Skip it if

  • Users who do not use Obsidian; the skill is built around Obsidian vault structure
  • Anyone who wants automatic commits or syncing; the skill says there are no automatic commits and creates no Git remote, and Git checkpoints only run when explicitly requested
  • Situations needing unattended bulk edits, since the workflow is designed around reviewed, single-operation transactions

Try asking

  • “Set up a new wiki vault in ~/Documents/Research and show me the planned changes before applying”
  • “Adopt my existing Obsidian vault and tell me which files would conflict”
  • “Route this request: summarise the sources I gave you into my vault”
  • “Check the health of my knowledge base vault”
Step-by-step guide: how to use Obsidian Vault Wiki SetupInstall, first run, examples, tips and FAQs

Install in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Download the skill

    The ZIP contains the 15 original files, the MIT licence and an attribution note.

    wiki.zip
  2. 2

    Add it to your agent

    Claude Code (all projects)

    mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && unzip wiki.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

    Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)

    mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip wiki.zip -d .claude/skills/

    Claude apps (web/desktop): Settings → Capabilities → Skills → Upload skill, and choose the ZIP.

  3. 3

    Ask for the task

    No special command needed — the agent reads the skill's description and loads it when your request matches. Try one of the prompts above.

Get better results

  • Always review the dry-run output and changed-path preview before approving with the plan hash
  • Name the vault path explicitly to avoid ambiguity, since the skill fails closed when selection is unclear
  • Ask for a Git checkpoint only when you want one; it is never automatic

What's inside

  • references/coordination.md
  • references/css-snippets.md
  • references/dataview.md
  • references/frontmatter.md
  • references/git-setup.md
  • references/install-modes.md
  • references/knowledge-recipes.md
  • references/mcp-setup.md
  • references/model-guidance.md
  • references/modes.md
  • references/operation-transactions.md
  • references/plugins.md
  • references/provenance.md
  • references/rest-api.md
  • SKILL.md

Redistributed unmodified from AgriciDaniel/claude-obsidian under the MIT licence. The assessment was drafted with AI from the skill's files on 2026-10-29. Skills can instruct your agent to run code — read SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.