Init

Skill tuan3w/obsidian-vault-agent/skills/init

Initialize an Obsidian vault with the agent-ready Zettelkasten system — creates directory structure, templates, CLAUDE.md, MCP config, and hooksFrom its SKILL.md

Install

npx -y skills add tuan3w/obsidian-vault-agent --skill init

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One thing to look at

runs commandsInstructs the agent to run 2 commands, including `bash "${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/init-vault.sh"` and 1 more.

SKILL.md

1.3 KB, 274 tokens by cl100k_base, as published. Nobody here has run it

/init — Scaffold an Agent-Ready Obsidian Vault

Run the init script to scaffold a complete vault in the current directory:

bash "${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/init-vault.sh"

If CLAUDE.md already exists and the user wants to overwrite:

bash "${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/init-vault.sh" --force

The script handles everything: directories, templates, CLAUDE.md, .mcp.json, hooks, .gitignore, example notes, and git init.

After the script completes, tell the user:

Vault initialized! Next steps:

1. Open this folder in Obsidian
2. Install recommended community plugins:
   - Dataview (recommended — powers Spaces dashboards)
   - Obsidian Linter (recommended — auto-formatting)

3. In Obsidian Settings → Core Plugins → Templates:
   - Set "Template folder location" to "templates"

4. Start using the vault:
   - /process  — Process a source note (try the example post!)
   - /recall   — Review session with spaced repetition
   - /synthesize — Cross-domain synthesis
   - /research — Research a new topic
   - /youtube  — Create notes from a YouTube video

$ARGUMENTS

What ships with it: 29 files

25.4 KB alongside SKILL.md, 1 of them executable

scaffold/

CLAUDE.md12.6 KB
mcp.json210 B
templates/Book.md201 B
templates/Company.md229 B
templates/Create Anki card.md15 B
templates/daily/Daily Note.md210 B
templates/daily/Daily Note - System.md250 B
templates/ID.md24 B
templates/Iframe.md49 B
templates/Lecture.md252 B
templates/Library.md237 B
templates/monthly/Montly Note.md223 B
templates/Month Tag.md18 B
templates/Note extraction.md240 B
templates/Note.md228 B
templates/Post.md224 B
templates/Product.md234 B
templates/Question.md232 B
templates/Question split.md6 B
templates/Quote File.md216 B
templates/quote.md45 B
templates/Reading List.md215 B
templates/Resource.md264 B
templates/Tag.md39 B
templates/Term.md227 B
templates/Thought.md229 B
templates/TODO.md234 B
templates/Yearly Reading list.md1.9 KB

scripts/

init-vault.shruns6.5 KB