fabric-pattern

name	fabric-pattern
description	Integrate Daniel Miessler's Fabric patterns into local workflows for structured prompting, text transformation, and retrieval-assisted processing.

Description

Integration for the Fabric AI framework (https://github.com/danielmiessler/Fabric). This skill manages text processing by reading local pattern files directly, while utilizing the Fabric CLI for specific web, YouTube, and search retrieval tasks.

Rules

1. Pattern Application (Text Processing)

Constraint: Do NOT use fabric -p "pattern" to process text. Instead, you must manually apply the pattern using the following logic:

1. Identify Pattern: Determine the correct pattern name. If unsure, read ~/.config/fabric/patterns/pattern_explanations.md to find the best fit.
2. Read Instruction: Read the content of the system prompt file located at: ~/.config/fabric/patterns/"pattern_name"/system.md
3. Apply: Use the content of that system.md file as your strict instruction/persona to process the user's text.

2. Fabric CLI Usage (Retrieval & Tools)

Only use the fabric command line tool for the following specific retrieval or maintenance tasks:

• YouTube/Video: Use fabric -y "URL"
  • Default behavior: Returns the transcript.
  • Supported flags:
    • --playlist (Prefer playlist over video)
    • --transcript (Default)
    • --transcript-with-timestamps
    • --comments
    • --metadata
    • --yt-dlp-args="..." (e.g., --cookies-from-browser brave)
    • --spotify="..." (For Spotify podcast/episode metadata)
• Web Scraping: Use fabric -u "URL" to fetch page contents as Markdown.
• Context Search: Use fabric -q "question" to search using Jina AI.
• Updates: Use fabric -U to update the local patterns folder.

3. Integrations

• Obsidian: If the user asks to save, read, or interact with their Obsidian vault in relation to Fabric content (e.g., "save this summary to my vault"), utilize the obsidian-cli skill.

Examples

User: "Summarize this website using the extract_wisdom pattern: https://example.com" Action:

1. Run fabric -u "https://example.com" to get the raw text.
2. Read ~/.config/fabric/patterns/extract_wisdom/system.md.
3. Process the raw text using the instructions found in system.md.

User: "Use fabric to get the transcript with timestamps for this video." Action: Run fabric -y "VIDEO_URL" --transcript-with-timestamps

User: "I need to use fabric to analyze this text but I don't know which pattern to use." Action:

1. Read ~/.config/fabric/patterns/pattern_explanations.md.
2. Select the most relevant pattern.
3. Read that pattern's system.md and apply it to the text.