Inbox process

Skill slogsdon/skills-vault-rituals/skills/inbox-process

Process the Obsidian Inbox interactively — reads all files, generates routing recommendations, then walks through each item one at a time with user confirmation before acting. Use when /inbox-process is invoked or when Shane wants to clear the Inbox.From its SKILL.md

Install

npx -y skills add slogsdon/skills-vault-rituals --skill inbox-process

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Skill: /inbox-process

Interactive inbox triage. Review each item, confirm the action, execute.

Fixtures to Skip

These files are permanent Inbox fixtures — do not include them in processing:

Inbox Processing.md
todo.md
Chores.md

Destination Routing

Recommendation	When to use
Move to Projects/	Describes an active project, initiative, or ongoing effort
Move to Concepts/	A mental model, framework, reusable idea, or principle
Move to Context/	Background reference material, standing context, or reference docs
Move to Meetings/	Raw conversation or meeting note — process with /meeting first
Move to Clippings/	Article, link, or external source saved for later
Archive	Done, resolved, or superseded — worth keeping but not active
Delete	Transient, already captured elsewhere, or no longer relevant
Keep in Inbox	Genuinely needs more thought before acting

Steps

List inbox contents
- Run: ls "~/Library/Mobile Documents/iCloud~md~obsidian/Documents/Personal/Inbox/"
- Filter out fixture files (see above)
- If inbox is empty: report "Inbox is clear." and stop
Read each file briefly
- For each file, strip the .md extension and run: obsidian read file='Note Name'
- Skim the output for content type and intent (first ~40 lines is enough)
- Note the filename and content type
Generate recommendations upfront
- For every non-fixture file, produce a one-line summary and a routing recommendation
- Be opinionated — give a clear call, don't hedge
- Present the full list as a table:
```
| File | Summary | Recommendation |
|------|---------|----------------|
| [filename] | [one-line summary] | [destination] |
```
Walk through items one at a time
- For each item, show:
```
[N/Total] filename.md
Summary: [one-line]
Recommendation: [destination]

Handle as recommended, or do something else?
```
- Wait for user response before acting
- Valid responses: "yes" / "ok" / blank → execute recommendation; "skip" / "keep" → note and move on; any other instruction → execute that instead
Execute each confirmed action
- Move: mv "[full vault path/Inbox/filename]" "[full vault path/Destination/filename]" — bash exception; obsidian CLI has no move command
- Archive: mv "[full vault path/Inbox/filename]" "[full vault path/Inbox/Archive/filename]" (create Archive/ if needed)
- Delete: rm "[full vault path/Inbox/filename]" — bash exception; obsidian CLI has no delete command
- Keep in Inbox: no action, note it
- Raw meeting note → Meetings/: remind Shane to run /meeting [filename] first; skip the move for now

Report summary

After all items are handled, output:

Inbox processed: N items
- Moved to Projects: N
- Moved to Concepts: N
- Moved to Context: N
- Moved to Meetings: N
- Moved to Clippings: N
- Archived: N
- Deleted: N
- Kept in Inbox: N
- Skipped: N

What ships with it

Read from the repository

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