Agent Skills: Obsidian Knowledge Base

Obsidian Knowledge Base

An agent-maintained knowledge base inside the Obsidian vault. Ingest sources, build interlinked knowledge pages, query, and run maintenance.

Required Capabilities

This skill requires read-only file access to inspect vault instructions and shell access to execute obsidian CLI read commands (such as obsidian vault info=path or obsidian read) or qmd if available. Instruction discovery and inspection must remain read-only; do not modify vault guides or notes while gathering context.

Locating the Vault

Determine the vault directory in this order:

1. If already known from memory or conversation context, use that path.
2. Try obsidian vault info=path (requires the obsidian CLI).
3. If the path is unknown, ask the user for the vault directory path.

Reading Instructions

Before performing any knowledge base operation, read the instructions from the vault saved in Knowledge Base.md. This is the single source of truth for all conventions, operations, frontmatter rules, page templates, and naming conventions. Always read it before executing any operation.

If you have qmd available, use it to query or search the knowledge base.