wiki-capture

name	wiki-capture
description	Route anything into the Obsidian vault (second brain) — a thought, URL, concept, snippet, or the 00 INBOX backlog. Use when the user says "add to my wiki", "capture this", "note this down", "save to vault", "process my inbox" — and also on wiki-free phrasings like "jot this down", "remember this idea", "TIL", "interesting:", or whenever the user drops durable knowledge worth keeping. Files it under the right folder with template + frontmatter + wikilinks, updates INDEX.md and LOG.md.
tags	["wiki","obsidian"]
updated_at	"2026-06-11T00:00:00.000Z"

Wiki capture

Vault: /Users/volodymyr.pivoshenko/Library/Mobile Documents/iCloud~md~obsidian/Documents/Vault

Workhorse skill. Anything in -> right note out. No confirm for new notes; confirm before rewriting user-authored content.

Flow

1. Read vault CLAUDE.md (schema) + INDEX.md (catalog). Always. Conventions live there, not here.
2. Classify the input -> note type -> folder:
   • concept / evergreen idea -> 02 PERMANENT NOTES
   • project info / decision -> 03 PROJECTS (or hand to wiki-project)
   • investigation / open question -> 04 RESEARCH
   • talk/book/article/video -> 05 SOURCES (or hand to wiki-summarize if it needs summarizing)
   • blog/announcement idea -> 06 WRITING (or hand to wiki-write for a full draft)
   • unclear + low effort -> dump to 00 INBOX, done
3. Check INDEX.md: page already exists -> update it (merge, don't duplicate). Else new note from matching 99 TEMPLATES/ template.
4. Fill frontmatter per the contract in vault CLAUDE.md. created/updated = today.
5. Wikilinks: link first mention of known concepts. Worthwhile new concept w/o page -> stub in 02 PERMANENT NOTES (frontmatter + one-line definition).
6. Duties: INDEX.md entry + LOG.md line + bump updated on touched notes.
7. Report: what was filed where, stubs created.

Inbox processing

"process my inbox" -> for each file in 00 INBOX/: run flow steps 2–6, then delete the inbox file. Empty inbox = done. Ambiguous item -> ask, don't guess-file. End with a quick lint sanity pass (INDEX drift + dead links only).

Rules

• One concept per note. Plain descriptive filename, Title Case, no ID/date prefix.
• Existing page wins over new page. Grep (rg) before creating.
• Never edit 01 DAILY NOTES retroactively. Never touch 98 ATTACHMENTS.
• Daily note mentions something durable -> extract to proper note, leave daily note untouched.
• Vault path missing on disk -> remote session: return a formatted paste-ready block, never recreate vault structure elsewhere.