Connect

Skill slogsdon/skills-vault-knowledge/skills/connect

Surface non-obvious cross-references between vault notes — connecting two concepts that aren't already explicitly linked. Use when /connect is invoked, when the user says "what does X have to do with Y", "is there a thread between these notes", "what connects these ideas", or when reviewing two superficially unrelated topics for shared structure. Do NOT use for direct backlinks (use /backlinks) or for surfacing patterns within a single topic (use /emerge).From its SKILL.md

Install

npx -y skills add slogsdon/skills-vault-knowledge --skill connect

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Skill: /connect [argument]

Surface the non-obvious bridges between two concepts the vault hasn't linked yet — the value is in connections that surprise, not the ones you'd expect.

Don't: use this to find existing links — that's /backlinks. Don't surface connections already stated in either note.

Steps

Parse the argument/topic from Shane's request.
Follow Qwen Protocol with:
- task: "Vault access (bash only, no MCP tools): obsidian search query='TERM' limit=10, obsidian read file='Note Name' (no .md). Find non-obvious bridges between '[argument]' and other concepts in the vault. What unexpected connections exist? What synthesis hasn't been made yet? Reject obvious connections — the value is in the surprising ones. Present 3–5 non-obvious connections, each framed as: '[Concept A] connects to [Concept B] because [non-obvious bridge]. The unexplored synthesis is [new insight].'"
- skill: "connect"
Review Qwen's result, synthesize if needed, and present to Shane.
Follow Concept Save Protocol.

Fallback

If Qwen is unavailable:

Run obsidian search query='[argument]' limit=10 via bash and cast a wide net into adjacent domains.
Look for: structural similarities, causal links, tensions that illuminate, synthesis opportunities.
Present 3–5 non-obvious connections in the format above.
Follow Concept Save Protocol.

What ships with it

Read from the repository

Just SKILL.md. No reference files, no scripts.