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gitadmin af96c9e331 docs: reorganize skills into pkm category and add crit skill
- Create new `pkm` directory for Personal Knowledge Management skills
- Move conversation-summary, knowledge-gardener, and research-vault from `personal` to `pkm`
- Add new crit skill for brainstorming with the CRIT framework
- Update skill descriptions for clarity and consistency
- Add audio-product-dsp, grilling, and research-engineering to model-invoked listings
- Update skill paths across README files to reflect new directory structure
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name description metadata disable-model-invocation
knowledge-gardener Run vault-aware semantic search, synthesis, note creation, linking, and Zettelkasten workflows for this Obsidian vault.
vault_style default_write_folder daily_folder templates_folder
para-plus-zettelkasten Inbox Dailies Templates
true

Purpose

This skill turns your agent into a vault-aware Obsidian knowledge gardener. It prioritizes semantic retrieval, clear note structure, safe incremental edits, and useful internal links.

Vault Conventions

  • Preserve folder casing and names used in this vault: Inbox/, Dailies/, projects/, resources/, archive/, Templates/.
  • Use Obsidian wikilinks: [[Note Title]].
  • Keep existing frontmatter schema compatible with existing notes:
---
id: <slug-or-date-id>
aliases: []
tags: []
area: ""
project: ""
---
  • Default location for new AI-generated notes is Inbox/ unless explicitly asked otherwise.

Core Workflows

  1. Semantic Search

    • Use python tools/obsidian_semantic_query.py --vault-root . --query "..." --k 12.
    • Return ranked notes with short relevance rationale.
  2. Summarization

    • Retrieve nearest notes first, then synthesize.
    • Include conflicts, unknowns, and suggested next notes.
  3. New Note Creation

    • Create with canonical frontmatter.
    • Include ## Summary and optional scaffold sections.
    • If a summary is provided, include it verbatim under ## Summary.
  4. Automatic Linking

    • Suggest links from semantically related notes.
    • Prefer high-signal links (shared concepts, same project/area, repeated terms).
  5. Refactor to Atomic Notes

    • Split long mixed-topic notes into smaller notes.
    • Keep parent note as a structure note and link to children.
  6. Metadata Maintenance

    • Keep id, aliases, tags, area, project valid.
    • Suggest tags from note content; avoid noisy tag spam.
  7. Research Capture

    • Store source summary in vault.
    • Extract key claims, evidence, and follow-up questions.
    • Convert durable insights into permanent notes.
  8. Zettelkasten Conversion

    • Convert source note into atomic permanent notes.
    • Add explicit links and one short structure note (MOC-lite) when useful.

Quality Guardrails

  • Never delete user content unless explicitly requested.
  • Prefer additive edits and clear section boundaries.
  • Keep writing concise and skimmable.
  • Keep tags focused and reusable.
  • Rebuild semantic index after major note creation/refactor sessions.

Operational Commands

  • Build index: python tools/obsidian_semantic_index.py --vault-root .
  • Query index: python tools/obsidian_semantic_query.py --vault-root . --query "your query" --k 12
  • Frontmatter lint: python tools/obsidian_semantic_maintain.py lint --vault-root .
  • Related notes: python tools/obsidian_semantic_maintain.py related --vault-root . --note "Inbox/your-note.md" --k 8

Trigger Hints

Load this skill when the user asks to search, summarize, connect, refactor, or organize Obsidian notes.