# wiki-update

Distills architecture decisions and project context from your current repository into an Obsidian vault. Useful when you need durable notes without manual copy-pasting.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 3400 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-update/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-21
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/wiki-update

## What it does

This skill operates from any project directory. It inspects `$OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH/.manifest.json` and evaluates the commit log with `git merge-base`. When a rebase or force-push makes the previous commit unreachable, it issues a warning and runs a full scan instead of an incremental delta.

Distillation targets architectural choices, trade-offs, and core abstractions rather than routine file lists or lockfiles. An optional `obsidian-wiki code-understand` step can generate a focus map with `file:line` citations, pruning stale relationships from previous sync runs.

You must define `OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH` in a `.env` file or your global configuration before starting. If the `obsidian-wiki` CLI tool is unavailable, the focus map phase is skipped without interrupting the documentation process.

## Requirements
- Works with: Obsidian

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

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

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

### Gemini CLI

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

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

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

## When to use it
- sync project architecture decisions into an Obsidian vault
- compute documentation updates based on git commit deltas
- prune stale code relationships from existing project notes
- extract key service connections and abstractions into Markdown

## Example prompts
- Update wiki from current project
- @work update wiki
- Sync recent git changes into the Obsidian vault

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: wiki-update
description: >
  Sync knowledge from the current project into the Obsidian wiki. Use when work already in the current project should be distilled into the vault; named-vault routing includes @work update wiki. wiki-capture saves the current conversation and wiki-ingest handles external/new sources.
---

# Wiki Update — Sync Any Project to Your Wiki

You are distilling knowledge from the current project into the user's Obsidian wiki. This skill works from any project directory, not just the obsidian-wiki repo.

## 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`, `OBSIDIAN_WIKI_REPO`, `OBSIDIAN_LINK_FORMAT` (`wikilink` default or `markdown`), and optional QMD settings such as `QMD_WIKI_COLLECTION`. Works from any project directory.
3. Read `$OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH/.manifest.json` to check if this project has been synced before.
4. Read `$OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH/index.md` to know what the wiki already contains.

When writing internal links in Steps 4–5, apply the link format from `llm-wiki/SKILL.md` (Link Format section) using the `OBSIDIAN_LINK_FORMAT` value.

## Step 1: Understand the Project

Figure out what this project is by scanning the current working directory:

- `README.md`, docs/, any markdown files
- Source structure (frameworks, languages, key abstractions)
- `package.json`, `pyproject.toml`, `go.mod`, `Cargo.toml` or whatever defines the project
- Git log (focus on commit messages that signal decisions, not "fix typo" stuff)
- Claude memory files if they exist (`.claude/` in the project)

Derive a clean project name from the directory name.

## Step 2: Compute the Delta

Check `.manifest.json` for this project:

- **First time?** Full scan. Everything is new.
- **Synced before?** Look at `last_commit_synced`. Before computing the delta, verify the stored SHA is still reachable:
  ```bash
  git merge-base --is-ancestor <last_commit_synced> HEAD
  ```
  - **Exit 0 (ancestor):** Safe. Run `git log <last_commit_synced>..HEAD --oneline` to see what changed.
  - **Exit 1 (not an ancestor — rebase or force-push occurred):** The stored SHA is no longer in this branch's history. Warn the user: *"Stored commit `<sha>` is no longer reachable — branch may have been rebased or force-pushed. Falling back to full scan."* Then treat as first-time sync: re-scan everything and update `last_commit_synced` to the current HEAD SHA at the end of Step 6.

If nothing meaningful changed since last sync, tell the user and stop.

## Step 3: Decide What to Distill
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