# obsidian-kb-artifacts

A skill that keeps Obsidian notes in shape: wikilinks, registry tables, canvas files and link repair. It does not decide where knowledge belongs.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 319 installs · ★ 5906
- Author: Galaxy-Dawn
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar/tree/HEAD/skills/obsidian-kb-artifacts/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-19
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/obsidian-kb-artifacts

## What it does

The skill covers format and derived artifacts only. It formats Obsidian Markdown, builds wikilinks and embeds, lays out registry tables, generates and validates canvas files, and can produce Bases. It also handles Obsidian CLI operations and repairs links inside canonical notes.

Under the hood it ships reference docs: `references/OBSIDIAN-MARKDOWN.md`, `references/CANVAS.md`, `references/BASES.md`, `references/REGISTRY-TABLES.md`, `references/LINK-REPAIR.md`, `references/CLI.md`. `.base` generation is explicit-only, and `Maps/` holds derived artifacts. Link repair is meant to strengthen existing canonical notes rather than spawn new ones.

Where it breaks: literature canvas edges keep their evidence strength only when the source notes actually provide it. Notes that are abstract-only, webpage placeholders or unsupported produce no trustworthy claim edges. Worth checking your sources before you build the graph.

## Requirements
- Works with: Obsidian

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar --skill obsidian-kb-artifacts -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar --skill obsidian-kb-artifacts -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar --skill obsidian-kb-artifacts -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar obsidian-kb-artifacts
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/obsidian-kb-artifacts/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar --skill obsidian-kb-artifacts -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar --path skills/obsidian-kb-artifacts
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar --skill obsidian-kb-artifacts -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/Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar/tree/HEAD/skills/obsidian-kb-artifacts/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- format Obsidian notes into consistent Markdown
- wire up wikilinks and embeds between notes
- generate and validate a canvas file
- build a registry table from notes
- repair broken links in canonical notes

## Example prompts
- format this note in Obsidian style and add wikilinks
- build a canvas from the notes in Maps/ and validate it
- repair the broken links in my canonical notes

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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name: obsidian-kb-artifacts
description: Use this skill for Obsidian-native formatting and derived artifacts such as Markdown formatting, wikilinks, registry tables, canvas files, optional Bases, CLI operations, and link repair. This skill does not decide knowledge routing.
---

# Obsidian KB Artifacts

This skill handles format and artifact concerns only.

## Responsibilities

- Obsidian Markdown formatting
- wikilinks and embeds
- registry table formatting
- canvas generation and validation
- optional Bases generation
- Obsidian CLI operations
- link repair in canonical notes
- lint-report formatting

## Rules

- this skill does not decide where knowledge belongs
- `.base` is explicit-only
- `Maps/` contains derived artifacts only
- link repair should strengthen existing canonical notes, not create note sprawl
- literature canvas edges must preserve evidence strength when the source notes provide it
- do not create stable-looking claim edges from abstract-only, webpage-placeholder, or unsupported notes

## Read next

- `references/OBSIDIAN-MARKDOWN.md`
- `references/CANVAS.md`
- `references/BASES.md`
- `references/REGISTRY-TABLES.md`
- `references/LINK-REPAIR.md`
- `references/CLI.md`
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