Type	Location	Required Properties
Daily	`calendar/daily/`	date, tags
Meeting	`calendar/meetings/`	date, tags, attendees, project
Idea	`atlas/ideas/`	date, tags, status, related
Source	`atlas/sources/`	date, tags, type, author, status
Effort	`efforts/{state}/`	date, tags, energy, area, due
MOC	`*/maps/`	date, tags

File Naming

Daily notes: YYYY-MM-DD.md
Other notes: kebab-case-name.md
No spaces in filenames

Wiki-Links

Link Syntax

[[note-name]]                    # Basic link
[[note-name|Display Text]]       # Aliased link
[[note-name#Heading]]            # Link to section
[[folder/note-name]]             # Link with path

Link Best Practices

Use relative paths from vault root
Always link to actual files
Use aliases for cleaner reading
Link efforts from daily notes

Templates

Located in x/templates/:

daily.md - Daily note template
effort.md - Effort template
idea.md - Idea template
source.md - Source template
meeting.md - Meeting template
moc.md - Map of Content template

Template Variables

{{date}} - Current date
{{date:format}} - Formatted date
{{title}} - Note title

Frontmatter Processing

Reading Frontmatter

// Parse YAML between --- markers
const frontmatter = parseYAML(content.split('---')[1]);

Updating Frontmatter

Preserve existing properties, update only specified ones.

Obsidian Bases

.base files in views/ folders use JSON format:

{
  "name": "View Name",
  "query": {
    "folder": "path/to/folder"
  },
  "view": {
    "type": "table",
    "columns": [...]
  },
  "sort": [...]
}

Common Operations

Create Daily Note

Check if exists: calendar/daily/YYYY-MM-DD.md
Read template: x/templates/daily.md
Replace variables
Write to daily folder

Move Effort Between States

Read effort file
Update energy property in frontmatter
Move file to new state folder
Update any links in dashboard

Process Inbox Item

Read item from +/notes/
Determine destination based on content
Add appropriate frontmatter
Move to destination
Delete from inbox

Safety

Always backup before bulk operations
Preserve existing frontmatter
Validate links before creating
Don't modify .obsidian/ config files

obsidian-vault-ops

Obsidian Vault Operations Skill

File Operations

Creating Notes

Note Types and Locations