# cross-linker

Finds wiki pages that ought to reference each other but don't, then inserts the missing [[wikilinks]]. Useful right after a bulk import of notes.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 3300 installs · ★ 3621
- Author: Ar9av
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/Ar9av/obsidian-wiki/tree/HEAD/.skills/cross-linker/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-21
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/cross-linker

## What it does

The skill walks your Obsidian vault and builds a registry of pages: filename, frontmatter title, aliases, tags, category, one-line summary. It then hunts for mentions in the body text that aren't wrapped in `[[...]]`, checks them against that registry, and proposes links. Matching ignores case and diacritics, and the skill leaves code blocks and frontmatter alone.

Every candidate gets a score. An exact name hit in the text is worth 4 points, shared tags or a shared project directory add 2 each, and a link that crosses knowledge layers adds 2 more. The total maps to a label: 6 and up is EXTRACTED, 3–5 is INFERRED, 1–2 is AMBIGUOUS. Weak matches are skipped, and the labels land in a report so you can review the shaky ones before trusting them.

Before the first write, the skill checks whether the vault itself is the root of a Git repository. A vault that merely sits inside a bigger repo doesn't qualify, because `git add -A` there could sweep up unrelated files. You need `OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH` and `OBSIDIAN_LINK_FORMAT` set; the link format defaults to `wikilink`. With markdown links, the skill computes the relative path from the file being edited.

## Requirements
- Works with: Obsidian

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Ar9av/obsidian-wiki --skill cross-linker -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/cross-linker/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/cross-linker/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Ar9av/obsidian-wiki --skill cross-linker -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/cross-linker/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Ar9av/obsidian-wiki --skill cross-linker -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/cross-linker/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install Ar9av/obsidian-wiki cross-linker
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/cross-linker/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Ar9av/obsidian-wiki --skill cross-linker -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/Ar9av/obsidian-wiki --path .skills/cross-linker
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/cross-linker/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Ar9av/obsidian-wiki --skill cross-linker -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/Ar9av/obsidian-wiki/tree/HEAD/.skills/cross-linker/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- connect freshly imported notes to pages that already exist
- catch entity mentions left without a link
- tie together pages from different categories that never reference each other
- pull loose peripheral pages toward the vault's hub notes
- review borderline links through the confidence-labelled report

## Example prompts
- Find pages that should link to each other and add the missing `[[wikilinks]]`
- Check where cross-references are missing after my last import
- Show me the report of weak candidates without changing anything

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: cross-linker
description: >
  Find and add missing cross-references between wiki pages. Use when pages are disconnected or after large ingestion. This modifies pages to add links; use wiki-lint for report-oriented structural auditing.
---

# Cross-Linker — Automated Wiki Cross-Referencing

You are weaving the wiki's knowledge graph tighter by finding and inserting missing `[[wikilinks]]` between pages that should reference each other but currently don't.

**Follow the Retrieval Primitives table in `llm-wiki/SKILL.md`.** Build the registry in Step 1 by grepping frontmatter only (not full pages). Reserve full `Read` for the unlinked-mention detection pass, and even there, only read pages whose summaries/titles make them plausible link targets. Blind full-vault reads are what this framework exists to avoid.

## Before You Start

**Writing profile:** Before drafting or rewriting natural-language Markdown, read and apply the `Writing Profile Resolution` section in `llm-wiki/SKILL.md`. Framework schema, provenance, safety, and operation-specific requirements take precedence.
`WRITING.md` preferences apply only to newly drafted or rewritten natural-language Markdown; preserve source content and structured records.

1. **Resolve config** — follow the Config Resolution Protocol in `llm-wiki/SKILL.md` (inline `@name` override → walk up CWD for `.env` → global config → prompt setup). This gives `OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH` and `OBSIDIAN_LINK_FORMAT` (default: `wikilink`).
2. Read `index.md` to get the full inventory of pages and their one-line descriptions
3. Skim `log.md` to see what was recently ingested (focus linking effort on new pages)

When inserting links in Step 4, apply the link format from `llm-wiki/SKILL.md` (Link Format section) using the `OBSIDIAN_LINK_FORMAT` value. When `OBSIDIAN_LINK_FORMAT=markdown`, compute the relative `.md` path from the **file being edited** to the target page.

## Step 1: Build the Page Registry

Glob all `.md` files in the vault (excluding `_archives/`, `_readouts/`, `.obsidian/`). For each page, extract:

- **Filename** (without `.md`) — this is the wikilink target
- **Title** from frontmatter
- **Aliases** from frontmatter (if any)
- **Tags** from frontmatter
- **Category** from frontmatter or directory inference
- **One-line summary** — first sentence or `title` field

Build a lookup table:

```
page_name → { path, title, aliases, tags, summary }
```

This is your "vocabulary" — every entry in this table is a valid wikilink target.
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