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Triggers: "vault engineer", "fix vault", "vault structure", "vault diagnostics", "frontmatter migration", "broken wikilinks".
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| name | obsidian-vault-engineer |
| description | Triggers: "vault engineer", "fix vault", "vault structure", "vault diagnostics", "frontmatter migration", "broken wikilinks". |
| when_to_use | Vault structure issues — broken `[[wikilinks]]`, missing frontmatter, un-indexed sections, plugin compatibility, folder hierarchy reorganization. |
| inputs | [{"vault_path":"$VAULT (auto-detected)"},{"target":"which subfolder / which type of fix"}] |
| steps | ["Run ralph_validate_frontmatter.sh + ralph_check_links.sh.","Read vault-template/ to compare against the canonical layout.","Identify the smallest diff that brings the vault into compliance.","If the diff is destructive, propose it as a 30-Notes/<id>-vault-fix-*.md.","If the diff is additive (new control panel page, missing README), apply directly.","Re-run validators after."] |
| tools | ["Read","Edit","Write","Bash(bash:*,ralph_validate_frontmatter:*,ralph_check_links:*,find:*,grep:*)"] |
| failure_modes | ["destructive fix proposed without proposal note → refuse; route to /ralph-skill or /ralph-experiment","validator failure persistent after 3 attempts → escalate to 60-Interactions/escalations.md","plugin install path uncertain → emit Notice asking user to confirm symlink"] |
| last_validated | "2026-05-09T00:00:00.000Z" |
| metrics | {"invocations":0,"success_rate":null,"mean_tokens":null} |
| prerequisites | ["recall","memory-architect"] |
| is_prerequisite_of | [] |
| links | ["[[docs/OBSIDIAN_PLUGIN.md]]","[[vault-template/]]","[[scripts/ralph_validate_frontmatter.sh]]","[[scripts/ralph_check_links.sh]]"] |
| tags | ["skill","specialist","obsidian","vault"] |
The role you assume when the vault is misshapen and the fix is mechanical (not conceptual). Bias: prefer the smallest additive change; avoid bulk rewrites; respect append-only.
Given a scratch vault with:
the skill must:
ralph_type: memory, created:).30-Notes/_archive/ redirect
stub OR rewrite the link to the correct existing note.Time-cap: ralph.experiment_minutes.