# vault-skill-factory

Turns mature curated wiki pages into a portable Agent Skill package and writes it to a review directory. Installing stays your call.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 719 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/vault-skill-factory/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-21
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/vault-skill-factory

## What it does

The skill takes a cluster of pages marked `lifecycle: reviewed` or `verified`, plus any page with `tier: core`, and produces a bundle: `SKILL.md` and a `references/` folder. Inside, `references/sources.md` lists every source page by `[[wikilink]]` along with its upstream `sources:`, so the result stays auditable back to the vault. A separate `SKILL_FACTORY.md` records the generation date, the cluster pages and the maturity filter used, which makes later regenerations easy to diff.

Output goes only to `SKILL_FACTORY_OUTPUT_DIR`, by default `$OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH/_generated-skills`. Nothing is written to `.skills/`, `setup.sh` is not run, and no symlinks land in global directories like `~/.claude/skills`. There is no auto-install: at the end the skill reports the path and a project-local install command, then stops. Worth knowing if you expect it to drop straight into your skill set.

Before you start, config has to resolve: `OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH`, `OBSIDIAN_WIKI_REPO`, `OBSIDIAN_LINK_FORMAT`, the QMD variables and `SKILL_FACTORY_MATURITY`. With QMD configured, the cluster is found through `qmd query` against `QMD_WIKI_COLLECTION`; otherwise the skill greps by tag and walks wikilink neighbours. Three mature pages is the practical floor — one thin page will not carry a skill.

## Requirements
- Works with: Obsidian

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install Ar9av/obsidian-wiki vault-skill-factory
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/vault-skill-factory/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

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

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Ar9av/obsidian-wiki --skill vault-skill-factory -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/vault-skill-factory/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- turn accumulated wiki pages into a portable skill
- drop draft pages and keep only verified ones
- keep provenance back to the original sources
- stage a skill package for review without touching live directories
- regenerate a skill after pages change and diff the versions

## Example prompts
- build a skill from the peptide protocol pages
- which wiki pages fit a skill about French theory?
- make a skill package from the project-x tag cluster and stage it for review

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: vault-skill-factory
description: >
  Create a reviewable Agent Skill package from mature curated wiki pages. Use when turning verified vault knowledge into a reusable skill. Reads the vault and writes only to a review directory; it does not install skills.
---

# Vault Skill Factory

You turn a cluster of **mature, curated** wiki pages into a **portable Agent Skill**: a
`SKILL.md` plus a `references/` folder, written to a review directory for the human to inspect
and (only if they choose) install. This is the inverse of `wiki-capture`: capture turns a
conversation into a page; the factory turns a body of pages into a reusable skill.

## Hard guardrails (read first)

- **Never write into `.skills/`** and **never run `setup.sh`** or create symlinks into any global
  skill directory (`~/.claude/skills`, `~/.codex/skills`, …). Generated skills go to the review
  dir only. Installation is a separate, explicit human decision.
- **Never auto-install.** End by telling the user where the skill is and how to install it
  *project-locally* if they want — do not do it for them.
- Source pages are trusted vault content, but do not invent capabilities: the generated skill must
  reflect what the pages actually say.

## Before You Start

1. **Resolve config** (Config Resolution Protocol in `llm-wiki/SKILL.md`): get `OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH`,
   `OBSIDIAN_WIKI_REPO`, `OBSIDIAN_LINK_FORMAT`, the QMD vars, and:
   - `SKILL_FACTORY_OUTPUT_DIR` — where generated skills land. Default:
     `$OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH/_generated-skills` (a vault-level, underscore-prefixed *excluded* dir —
     like `_raw`/`_staging`/`_sources`, NOT the `skills/` knowledge category). This co-locates
     generated skills with the vault they were distilled from. Create it if missing.
     Note: `_generated-skills/` holds runtime Agent-Skill bundles (`name` + `description` frontmatter),
     **not** wiki pages — never write them into `skills/` (that category is for knowledge pages and
     is graph-/lint-/index-tracked).
   - `SKILL_FACTORY_MATURITY` — comma list of `lifecycle:` values that count as "mature".
     Default: `reviewed,verified`. Pages with `tier: core` also qualify.
2. Read `index.md` to understand what the vault holds.

## Step 1: Choose the cluster

Decide which pages become the skill. The user may name a topic, tag, or project; otherwise propose
candidates.
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