obsidian-vault
mattpocock/skills
Search, create, and manage notes in your Obsidian vault with wikilinks and index organization.
What is obsidian-vault?
Interact with an Obsidian vault stored at `/mnt/d/Obsidian Vault/AI Research/` to search, create, and organize markdown notes. Use this when you need to find existing notes, create new ones with proper linking, or discover related content through wikilinks and index notes.
- Search notes by filename or content using grep and find commands
- Create new notes in Title Case with wikilink references to related notes
- Find backlinks and related notes by searching for wikilink references
- Locate index notes that aggregate related topics
- Organize notes using wikilinks instead of folder hierarchies
- Add notes to numbered sequences with hierarchical numbering
How to install obsidian-vault
npx skills add https://github.com/mattpocock/skills --skill obsidian-vault- Access to Obsidian vault at `/mnt/d/Obsidian Vault/AI Research/`
- Ability to execute bash commands (find, grep)
How to use obsidian-vault
- 1.Use find or grep commands to search for existing notes by filename or content
- 2.Create new notes using Title Case naming convention
- 3.Add wikilink references `[[Note Title]]` to related notes at the bottom of new notes
- 4.Link new notes to existing index notes or create index entries if starting a new topic
- 5.Use grep to find backlinks and discover how notes are connected
Use cases
- Finding research notes on a specific topic by keyword search
- Creating a new learning note and linking it to related existing notes
- Discovering all notes that reference a particular concept via backlinks
- Building or updating index notes that aggregate related topics
- Organizing new notes into a flat vault structure using links
- Researchers maintaining a knowledge base
- Students organizing learning materials
- Knowledge workers building a personal wiki
- Anyone using Obsidian for note-taking and knowledge management
obsidian-vault FAQ
Use `find "/mnt/d/Obsidian Vault/AI Research/" -name "*.md" | grep -i "keyword"` to search by filename, or `grep -rl "keyword" "/mnt/d/Obsidian Vault/AI Research/" --include="*.md"` to search by content.
Use Title Case for all note filenames (e.g., `Ralph Wiggum Index.md`, `Skills Index.md`). Index notes should include "Index" in the name.
Use Obsidian wikilink syntax `[[Note Title]]` at the bottom of notes to reference related or dependent notes. Index notes are just lists of wikilinks.
Use `grep -rl "\[\[Note Title\]\]" "/mnt/d/Obsidian Vault/AI Research/"` to find all backlinks to a note.
No. The vault uses a flat structure at root level. Organize notes using wikilinks and index notes instead of folders.
Full instructions (SKILL.md)
Source of truth, from mattpocock/skills.
name: obsidian-vault description: Search, create, and manage notes in the Obsidian vault with wikilinks and index notes. Use when user wants to find, create, or organize notes in Obsidian.
Obsidian Vault
Vault location
/mnt/d/Obsidian Vault/AI Research/
Mostly flat at root level.
Naming conventions
- Index notes: aggregate related topics (e.g.,
Ralph Wiggum Index.md,Skills Index.md,RAG Index.md) - Title case for all note names
- No folders for organization - use links and index notes instead
Linking
- Use Obsidian
[[wikilinks]]syntax:[[Note Title]] - Notes link to dependencies/related notes at the bottom
- Index notes are just lists of
[[wikilinks]]
Workflows
Search for notes
# Search by filename
find "/mnt/d/Obsidian Vault/AI Research/" -name "*.md" | grep -i "keyword"
# Search by content
grep -rl "keyword" "/mnt/d/Obsidian Vault/AI Research/" --include="*.md"
Or use Grep/Glob tools directly on the vault path.
Create a new note
- Use Title Case for filename
- Write content as a unit of learning (per vault rules)
- Add
[[wikilinks]]to related notes at the bottom - If part of a numbered sequence, use the hierarchical numbering scheme
Find related notes
Search for [[Note Title]] across the vault to find backlinks:
grep -rl "\\[\\[Note Title\\]\\]" "/mnt/d/Obsidian Vault/AI Research/"
Find index notes
find "/mnt/d/Obsidian Vault/AI Research/" -name "*Index*"
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