Organizing an Obsidian Vault

Read ../../../references/safe-mutation-rules.md and follow that workflow. This file adds only what is specific to notes.

Why notes are harder than files

A vault is a graph, not a tree. Moving a note can break [[wikilinks]] pointing at it. Merging two notes destroys information if you pick wrong. There is no byte-identical duplicate test that works — near-duplicates are the actual problem.

So: this skill leans heavily on proposing and rarely on deleting.

Workflow

1. Find the vault