trent-obsidian_skill

Overview

This skill helps you manage and navigate your Obsidian Zettelkasten vault of 993+ markdown notes located at ~/Documents/Zettelkasten/. It guides searches, creates and updates notes with the correct frontmatter, and suggests organizational links so your personal knowledge base stays consistent and discoverable.

How this skill works

I use the Obsidian MCP tools to interact with your vault rather than editing files directly. I can list notes, run global searches, read note contents, update or create notes (including YAML frontmatter), and manage tags and metadata while respecting your existing folder structure and templates. For searches I call the global search; for edits I always include the configured frontmatter and confirm destination and filename before creating a note.

When to use it

• You want to find existing notes or check whether a topic is already covered.
• You want to create a new note and need it placed and formatted correctly.
• You need metadata updated: tags, frontmatter fields, or aliases.
• You want suggestions for connecting related notes or building links.
• You want to run targeted queries across the vault using dataview-like logic.

Best practices

• Always search first to avoid duplicate notes and discover existing context.
• Ask the user where a new note should live and confirm the filename before creating it.
• Always include YAML frontmatter: created (YYYY-MM-DD), type: note, tags, related, aliases.
• Respect the user's current folder and naming patterns; follow templates in Templates/ when available.
• When creating or updating, suggest related notes and explicit links to strengthen the graph.

Example use cases

• Search the vault for all notes mentioning “fish shell” and summarize findings.
• Create a new Zettelkasten note in Zettelkasten/Notes/ with populated tags and correct frontmatter.
• Update tags or aliases on a specific note to improve discoverability.
• Find notes related to a project and propose a hub note that links them together.
• Run a targeted dataview-style query to list project notes created in the last year.