elliotjlt/claude-skill-potions/obsidian-vault-init

# Where is the vault?
# WSL: vault is likely on Windows filesystem
ls /mnt/c/Users/*/Documents/*vault* 2>/dev/null
ls /mnt/c/Users/*/Obsidian* 2>/dev/null
 
# Direct Linux/Mac
ls ~/Documents/*vault* 2>/dev/null
ls ~/Obsidian* 2>/dev/null
 
# If user gave a path, use that
ls "$VAULT_PATH"

# Existing structure
find "$VAULT_PATH" -maxdepth 2 -type d | head -30
 
# Existing templates
find "$VAULT_PATH" -path "*template*" -name "*.md" | head -10
 
# Existing .base files
find "$VAULT_PATH" -name "*.base" | head -10
 
# Check for CLAUDE.md
cat "$VAULT_PATH/CLAUDE.md" 2>/dev/null

which obsidian 2>/dev/null && echo "Official CLI available"
which obsidian-cli 2>/dev/null && echo "Yakitrak CLI available"

What's this vault for?
 
1. Personal knowledge management (PKM) - notes, learnings, references
2. Project notes - dev projects, tasks, meetings
3. Journal / daily notes - daily log, reflections
4. Mixed / all of the above
 
And: do you already have folder conventions you want to keep?

Inbox/              # Quick capture, unsorted
Notes/              # Permanent notes
References/         # Source material, articles, books
Templates/          # Note templates
Attachments/        # Images, PDFs

Projects/           # One subfolder per project
  project-name/
    meetings/
    notes/
    tasks/
Archive/            # Completed projects
Templates/
Attachments/

Daily/              # Daily notes (YYYY-MM-DD.md)
Weekly/             # Weekly reviews
Notes/              # Longer-form notes
Templates/
Attachments/

Inbox/
Projects/
Daily/
Notes/
References/
Templates/
Attachments/

mkdir -p "$VAULT_PATH/Inbox" "$VAULT_PATH/Notes" "$VAULT_PATH/Templates" "$VAULT_PATH/Attachments"

---
type: note
created: {{date}}
tags: []
status: draft
---
 
# {{title}}
 
 

---
type: meeting
project:
date: {{date}}
attendees: []
status: active
tags:
  -meeting
---
 
# {{title}}
 
**Date**: {{date}}
**Attendees**:
 
---
 
## Agenda
 
 
## Notes
 
 
## Action Items
 
-[ ]

---
type: project
status: active
created: {{date}}
tags:
  -project
---
 
# {{title}}
 
## Goal
 
 
## Tasks
 
-[ ]
 
## Notes
 
 
## Links
 

---
type: daily
date: {{date}}
tags:
  -daily
---
 
# {{date}}
 
## Tasks
 
-[ ]
 
## Log
 
 
## Links
 

filter:
  - property: type
    operator: "=="
    value: meeting
  - operator: OR
  - property: type
    operator: "=="
    value: project
properties:
  task-status:
    formula: 'this.status'
views:
  - name: All Tasks
    type: table
    properties:
      - file.name
      - status
      - project
      - date
    sort:
      - property: date
        order: desc

properties: {}
views:
  - name: Recent Notes
    type: table
    properties:
      - file.name
      - type
      - tags
      - file.mtime
    sort:
      - property: file.mtime
        order: desc
    filter:
      - property: file.mtime
        operator: ">="
        value: "{{today - 7 days}}"

# Vault: [Vault Name]
 
## Structure
 
[List actual folders and their purpose]
 
## Conventions
 
### Frontmatter Properties
-`type`: [note, meeting, project, daily, reference]
-`status`: [draft, active, completed, archived]
-`project`: project name (lowercase, kebab-case)
-`tags`: array of tags
-`date`: YYYY-MM-DD
-`created`: YYYY-MM-DD
 
### File Naming
-Notes: `kebab-case-title.md`
-Daily: `YYYY-MM-DD.md` in Daily/
-Meetings: `YYYY-MM-DD-meeting-title.md` in project meetings folder
 
### Linking
-Use wikilinks: `[[Note Name]]`
-Use heading links: `[[Note Name#Heading]]`
-Embed with: `![[Note Name]]`
-Images: `![[image.png|500]]` (with width)
 
### Templates
-[List each template and when to use it]
-Template folder: Templates/
 
### Tags
-Use nested tags: `#project/name`, `#type/meeting`
-Common: #meeting, #project, #daily, #reference, #task
 
## CLI
 
[Available CLI tool and common commands]
 
## Notes for Claude
 
-Vault path: [absolute path]
-WSL: [yes/no, and path mapping if yes]
-Templater: [installed/not installed]
-Always check for existing notes before creating duplicates
-Respect the folder → template mapping above
-Keep frontmatter consistent with the property schema

# Check structure exists
find "$VAULT_PATH" -maxdepth 2 -type d
 
# Check templates
ls "$VAULT_PATH/Templates/"
 
# Check CLAUDE.md
cat "$VAULT_PATH/CLAUDE.md"
 
# Check .base files
find "$VAULT_PATH" -name "*.base"

Vault initialised at [path]
 
Created:
-[X] folders
-[Y] templates
-[Z] .base views
-CLAUDE.md (vault map for future sessions)
 
Next: create your first note with obsidian-note-create

## Vault Init: [Vault Name]
 
**Path:** [vault path]
**Type:** [PKM / Project / Journal / Mixed]
**CLI:** [Official / Yakitrak / None]
 
### Created
-Folders: [list]
-Templates: [list]
-Base views: [list]
-CLAUDE.md: yes
 
### Folder → Template Mapping
| Folder | Template |
|--------|----------|
| Notes/ | Note.md |
| Daily/ | Daily.md |
| Projects/*/meetings/ | Meeting.md |
 
### Next Steps
1.Open vault in Obsidian to verify
2.Customise templates to your taste
3.Start creating notes

Vault Init
 
Detected:
- WSL environment (path: /mnt/c/...)
- Existing folders: Daily/, Attachments/
- Yakitrak CLI available
- Templater plugin installed (found .obsidian/plugins/templater-obsidian/)
- No CLAUDE.md
 
What's this vault primarily for?
1. PKM
2. Project notes
3. Journal
4. Mixed
 
[User: Mixed]
 
Creating structure around your existing folders...
 
Created:
- Inbox/ (quick capture)
- Notes/ (permanent notes)
- Projects/ (project folders)
- References/ (source material)
- Templates/ (5 templates: Note, Meeting, Project, Daily, Reference)
- Tasks.base (all tasks view)
- Recent.base (last 7 days)
- CLAUDE.md (vault map)
 
Kept existing: Daily/, Attachments/
 
Your vault is ready. Future Claude sessions will read CLAUDE.md first.