# wiki-synthesize

Scans an Obsidian vault for concepts that keep co-occurring but have no page tying them together, then scores the pairs and drafts cross-cutting synthesis pages.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 2700 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/wiki-synthesize/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-21
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## What it does

The skill walks an Obsidian vault looking for concepts that show up on the same pages while nothing links them directly. It builds a co-occurrence map first: `[[wikilinks]]`, tags and `category` from frontmatter, then a count of how many pages reference both A and B. A pair scores higher when the two concepts sit in different categories, or when a synthesis would settle a contradiction the wiki already flagged.

After that it runs in stages. It resolves config, reads `index.md`, `hot.md` and `_meta/taxonomy.md`, drops pairs already covered in `synthesis/`, and keeps the top 5 candidates. Each new page is titled `A × B` and carries a section for the strongest objection plus a testable search query; the concept pages get a back-link in return. Pairs left unwritten come back in the report so you can pick them up next run.

Two things have to be in place beforehand: the vault path in `OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH` and the `obsidian-wiki` CLI, since the closing `obsidian-wiki memory sync WIKI_SYNTHESIZE` call updates the index, log and hot cache through it. Backlink lookups use `rg`, so ripgrep needs to be installed too. Treat the objection section as a real gate: if the connection falls apart under it, the page stays a draft.

## Requirements
- Works with: Obsidian

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

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

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

### Gemini CLI

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

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

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

## When to use it
- find concept pairs that co-occur constantly but share no page
- filter out topics already handled in `synthesis/`
- build a co-occurrence map from links and tags
- add back-links from both concept pages
- collect skipped candidates for a later run

## Example prompts
- Scan the vault and create synthesis pages for the five most frequent concept pairs
- Synthesize everything about observability
- Show which pairs co-occur but aren't linked yet, and what you skipped last time

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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name: wiki-synthesize
description: >
  Find recurring concept combinations across the wiki that lack an explicit synthesis page, then create cross-cutting synthesis pages. Use for knowledge synthesis after the vault has accumulated enough material.
---

# Wiki Synthesize — First-Class Synthesis Discovery

You are scanning the wiki for concepts that co-occur across many pages but have no dedicated synthesis page connecting them. Your job is to surface these gaps and fill the most valuable ones with cross-cutting synthesis pages.

## 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 page inventory.
3. Read `hot.md` if it exists — it surfaces recent activity and active threads that may already point to synthesis opportunities.
4. Read `_meta/taxonomy.md` to understand the tag vocabulary.

When writing internal links in synthesis pages, apply the link format from `llm-wiki/SKILL.md` (Link Format section) using the `OBSIDIAN_LINK_FORMAT` value.

## Step 1: Build the Co-occurrence Map

Scan every non-special page in the vault (skip `index.md`, `log.md`, `hot.md`, `_insights.md`, `_meta/*`, `_archives/*`, `_raw/*`).

For each page, collect:
- All `[[wikilinks]]` it contains (outgoing links)
- Its `tags` frontmatter
- Its `category` frontmatter

Build a co-occurrence matrix: for every pair of concept/entity pages (A, B), count how many other pages link to **both** A and B. This is their co-occurrence score.

You don't need to be exhaustive — aim for the top 20-30 pairs by co-occurrence score. Use Grep to find backlinks efficiently:

```bash
rg -l --glob '*.md' "\[\[ConceptA\]\]" "$OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH"
```

Run this for your top candidate concepts and intersect the result sets.

## Step 2: Filter Out Already-Synthesized Pairs
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