# wiki-fold

Builds a traceable rollup from Obsidian wiki/log.md and previews it before writing. Use it to compress a log without changing child pages.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 400 installs · ★ 15830
- Author: AgriciDaniel
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/AgriciDaniel/claude-obsidian/tree/HEAD/skills/wiki-fold/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/wiki-fold

## What it does

wiki-fold selects a bounded range from `wiki/log.md` and builds an additive rollup. Preview is the default: the skill returns the complete draft, fold ID, child range, read budget, and proposed changed paths. Child entries and their pages are never moved, edited, or deleted.

The batch size uses a power of two, with `k=4` as the default; an explicit entry range can override it. Child pages are read only when the log lacks enough context. Before proposing a write, the skill checks the deterministic ID, exact entry count, frontmatter/table mapping, numeric traceability, and source citations. An existing fold with the same ID produces a no-op.

When you explicitly ask to apply or commit the fold, it creates one `claude-obsidian.transaction.v1` bundle. The bundle covers the fold file, `wiki/index.md`, and a new top-of-file entry in `wiki/log.md`, with SHA-256 preconditions for all three paths. This is a reason to review the inspect result first. The skill does not call external services.

## Requirements
- Works with: Obsidian

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add AgriciDaniel/claude-obsidian --skill wiki-fold -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add AgriciDaniel/claude-obsidian --skill wiki-fold -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install AgriciDaniel/claude-obsidian wiki-fold
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add AgriciDaniel/claude-obsidian --skill wiki-fold -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/AgriciDaniel/claude-obsidian --path skills/wiki-fold
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add AgriciDaniel/claude-obsidian --skill wiki-fold -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/AgriciDaniel/claude-obsidian/tree/HEAD/skills/wiki-fold/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- roll up recent `wiki/log.md` entries
- trace numbers and outcomes back to source entries
- surface disagreements between logs and child pages
- prepare one transaction for the fold and catalog changes

## Example prompts
- Fold the log from `wiki/log.md` and show the complete preview.
- Run `wiki-fold` for the recent entries without changing the vault.
- Apply the fold after reviewing the transaction plan.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: wiki-fold
description: "Create a bounded, extractive, structurally idempotent rollup of recent Obsidian wiki log entries, with dry-run preview by default and one optional transaction apply. Use for manual log compression without modifying child pages. Triggers: fold the log, run a fold, run wiki-fold, log rollup, roll up log entries, commit the fold."
---

# Extractive log fold

Create an additive rollup of raw `wiki/log.md` entries. Never modify, move, or
delete child entries or their pages. Do not perform fold-of-folds or trigger a
fold automatically.

Resolve the portable core from this skill's installation. Resolve the user vault
by explicit `--vault`, `CLAUDE_OBSIDIAN_VAULT`, workspace config, then
current-directory discovery. Never treat the plugin/product root as a vault.

```bash
PRODUCT_ROOT=/absolute/path/to/installed/claude-obsidian
CORE="$PRODUCT_ROOT/scripts/claude-obsidian.py"
test -f "$CORE"
```

Every `../wiki/references/` link in this file resolves the same way, relative
to this skill's own directory under `$PRODUCT_ROOT`, never relative to the
selected vault's `wiki/` directory.

This skill needs no network egress. Do not call external services.

## Select a bounded range

Use batch exponent `k` with size `2^k`; default to `k=4`. An explicit entry range
may override it. If fewer entries exist than requested, report the shortfall and
stop rather than folding a partial batch.

Read the selected log entries completely. Read referenced child pages only when
the log lacks enough context: target 0-10 reads, hard ceiling 15. Missing pages
remain explicit `page_missing` records.

Derive the structural ID only from inputs:

```text
fold-k{K}-from-{EARLIEST-DATE}-to-{LATEST-DATE}-n{COUNT}
```

If `wiki/folds/{FOLD_ID}.md` already exists, return a no-op. Replacing it requires
an explicit force request and a separately reviewed `replace` proposal.

## Draft extractively

Follow [fold-template.md](references/fold-template.md). Every child log entry must
have one deterministic `child_key` in frontmatter and exactly one matching row
in the Child Entries table. Do not deduplicate children by page, although the
final Child Pages link list may be deduplicated.

Every outcome must name its source entry. Every number must be verifiable in the
selected entry. A cross-entry theme must name at least two contributing entries.
Prefer `ambiguous in source` or `source missing` to invention. When a child page
and log entry disagree, preserve both and identify the mismatch; the log entry is
the fold's primary source.

Run these checks before proposing any write:

- deterministic ID and exact entry count;
- frontmatter/table bijection;
- numeric traceability;
- source citation for every outcome and theme;
- no change to a child, source, source ledger, or claim ledger.
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