| name | obsidian-refactor-inbox |
| description | Process inbox notes in Obsidian. Use this skill when the user asks to process notes from the `00. Входящие` folder — updating tags, adding aliases, creating links to existing notes (people, MOCs, knowledge), moving them to the right folder per the PARA methodology. The skill determines the note type (atomic thought, resource, person, project, conference notes), adds the corresponding tags and links, and never deletes notes — only archives them with the |
obsidian-refactor-inbox
The full processing cycle for a note from 00. Входящие/: typing → frontmatter → links → moving into PARA.
Base rules (structure, tags, frontmatter, style) — in .claude/rules/. This covers only what's specific to inbox processing.
Related skills
| When | What to use |
|---|
| Just want to inspect the inbox first | obsidian-inbox-review |
| Enrich frontmatter without moving | obsidian-enrich-note |
| Split a large note into parts | obsidian-split-note |
Algorithm
1. Read the note and determine its type
Structural tag + folder — from the tags.md table (the "Structural tags" section). Summary:
| Content type | Tag | Folder |
|---|
| Atomic thought / concept | #thought | 03. Ресурсы/<Тема>/База знаний/ |
| MOC / overview map | #moc | 02. Сферы/07. Карты/ |
| Person / contact | #person | No folder currently exists — ask the user where it should live |
| Book / article / video | #book / #article / #video | 03. Ресурсы/<Тема>/<Источник>/ — one subfolder per source |
| Project | #project | 01. Проекты/<Проект>/ |
| Meeting / 1:1 | #meeting | 02. Сферы/02. Работа/ |
| Conference / talk notes | #conference | No folder currently exists — ask the user where it should live |
| Journal entry | #journal/daily | 05. Дневник/ (flat, filename DD-MM-YYYY.md) |
| No longer relevant | #archive | 04. Архив/ |
2. Update frontmatter
Templates and fields — .claude/rules/note-types-frontmatter.md. The note must have at least:
aliases — synonyms, English variant, abbreviations (see enrich-note below)tags — structural tag + domain (see tags.md)up, down, other, links — links (rules in content-style.md)
3. Enrich aliases and links
This is a sub-task — proceed as obsidian-enrich-note would:
- Find related notes in
02. Сферы/07. Карты/ and the relevant 03. Ресурсы/<Тема>/База знаний/
- For people — there's no dedicated folder yet; search the whole vault for an existing note about them before creating a new one
up — the parent topic / MOC, down — what this note gives rise to, other — horizontal linkslinks — external URLs only
rg -l "KEYWORD" "03. Ресурсы/" | head -20
4. Move into PARA
mv "00. Входящие/Note.md" "03. Ресурсы/<Тема>/База знаний/Note.md"
5. Remove #inbox/review
Remove it from tags (if present).
6. Archiving
Never delete notes. If a note is outdated:
- Move it to
04. Архив/
- Add the
#archive tag
- Preserve all links and connections
Result checklist
