second-brain-graph-manager

name	second-brain-graph-manager
description	Manage Obsidian graph colors for the user's Second Brain vault. Use when the user says "重刷图谱颜色", "graph colors", "图谱色组", when second-brain-ingest creates a new domain, or when .obsidian/graph.json / graph CSS snippets must be verified or repaired. Maintains the vault's 6 colorGroups plus the raw attachment node color, and closes Graph View before writes.

Second Brain Graph Manager

Maintain .obsidian/graph.json color groups and the graph attachment-node CSS snippet.

This skill is the renamed version of the old local graph color manager.

Execution Contract

Run the graph workflow completely before reporting clean or repaired. The user should not need to say "follow the skill carefully"; every graph-manager request already includes that requirement.

Do not stop after reading .obsidian/graph.json. Validate the graph color groups, attachment color snippet, and snippet enablement, close Graph View before writing when repair is needed, write only if needed, then re-read and verify. Stop early only when Obsidian CLI or file access blocks a safe repair; report the limitation instead of claiming completion.

In Claude Code, use the AskUserQuestion tool for any graph scope clarification, request to change the global graph search filter, or user-choice repair decision. Do not ask workflow questions as plain assistant text unless the current host does not expose that tool.

Color Group Contract

Do not enforce a global graph search filter. The default Graph View may show all vault nodes. Daily notes remain visually distinct through the daily color group below, but their isolation is enforced by daily no-link rules rather than by hiding them from the graph.

colorGroups must contain these 6 entries in this order:

Order	Query	Hex	Decimal rgb	Meaning
1	file:index -file:_index	#56B4E9	5682409	root index
2	file:CLAUDE OR file:AGENTS OR file:GEMINI	#D55E00	13983232	agent config (CLAUDE.md, AGENTS.md, and GEMINI.md)
3	path:"templates/"	#8B7CC8	9141448	templates
4	file:_index	#0072B2	29362	domain indexes
5	path:"daily/"	#F0E442	15787074	daily journal
6	path:"wiki/"	#009E73	40563	wiki content pages

The order is semantic. Obsidian uses first match; file:_index must stay before path:"wiki/". CLAUDE.md, AGENTS.md, and GEMINI.md must stay in the same agent config color group. Keep folder path queries slash-terminated so content files with names like gtd-daily-workflow.md do not match the daily journal group and unrelated filenames do not match templates/.

Raw Attachment Color Contract

Do not add a path:"raw" color group. Obsidian Graph treats image/PDF/other raw files as attachment nodes; those nodes do not reliably take a path color group. Raw visual color is controlled by the global attachment node CSS variable.

Maintain .obsidian/snippets/second-brain-graph-colors.css with:

/* Keep raw attachments visually distinct from daily notes in graph view. */
body {
  --graph-node-attachment: #CC79A7;
}

Maintain .obsidian/appearance.json so enabledCssSnippets includes second-brain-graph-colors. This intentionally colors all attachment nodes as raw source or instructional visual nodes; the vault policy keeps user-supplied attachments under raw/.

New Domain Behavior

New domains do not need new color groups. All wiki content remains green and _index.md remains blue by the generic rules.

When called after new domain creation, verify the 6 color group entries plus the attachment color snippet and report whether graph config was already valid or repaired.

Manual Refresh Workflow

1. Read .obsidian/graph.json.
2. Read .obsidian/appearance.json and .obsidian/snippets/second-brain-graph-colors.css.
3. Validate the 6 color group entries, order, alpha, and rgb values. Do not modify search unless the user explicitly asks.
4. Validate that the CSS snippet sets --graph-node-attachment: #CC79A7 and is enabled in appearance.json.
5. If no change is needed, report clean.
6. If repair is needed, close Graph View before writing.
7. Write only the needed graph, appearance, or snippet files.
8. Re-read and verify. If Obsidian CLI is available, verify runtime getComputedStyle(document.body).getPropertyValue('--graph-node-attachment') is #CC79A7.

Close Graph View Before Write

Use Obsidian CLI when available:

obsidian eval code="app.workspace.getLeavesOfType('graph').forEach(l => l.detach())"

If Obsidian CLI is unavailable, report the limitation before editing. Prefer not to write graph config while Graph View is open.

Entry Format

{
  "query": "path:\"wiki/\"",
  "color": {
    "a": 1,
    "rgb": 40563
  }
}

Attachment Snippet Format

body {
  --graph-node-attachment: #CC79A7;
}

Boundaries

Do not edit wiki pages, daily notes, or indexes.

Do not create per-domain graph colors.

Do not reintroduce path:"raw" as a graph color group unless the user explicitly asks to abandon attachment-node coloring.

Do not alter unrelated graph display settings unless the user explicitly asks.

When editing .obsidian/appearance.json, preserve unrelated enabled CSS snippets such as second-brain-markdown-images; this skill owns graph colors, not Markdown image alignment.

Completion Criteria

Report blockage instead of clean/repaired if any applicable item is missing:

• .obsidian/graph.json was read.
• All 6 colorGroups were validated for query, order, alpha, and rgb.
• .obsidian/snippets/second-brain-graph-colors.css was validated.
• .obsidian/appearance.json was validated for snippet enablement.
• No global search filter was added unless explicitly requested.
• Graph View was closed before writing, or inability to do so was reported.
• Any write was followed by a re-read verification.