Obsidian Process Notes

obsidian-process-notes

Process inbox notes into the AI-maintained Wiki layer.

This skill operates on the standalone LLM Wiki vault at ~/Code/personal/obsidian/llm-wiki.

Safety: Never touch ~/Code/personal/obsidian/zettelkasten/ or any path outside the llm-wiki vault.

Core Paths

All paths are relative to ~/Code/personal/obsidian/llm-wiki/.

• Inbox (unprocessed): inbox/
• Processed sources: sources/
• Source assets: sources/assets/
• Wiki output: wiki/
• Wiki assets: wiki/assets/
• Navigation index: Index.md
• Operational log: meta/Wiki-Log.md
• Agent rules: .agents/wiki.md
• Wiki note template: meta/templates/Wiki Note.md
• Source note template: meta/templates/Source Note.md

Trigger Arguments

Accept natural language requests and slash-style phrases such as:

• obsidian-process-notes
• obsidian-build-wiki
• process new notes
• process clippings
• ingest the new inbox notes
• build out the wiki from inbox

If the user names a specific file, process only that file. If they give a limit such as "process 3 notes", process the oldest or first listed matching unprocessed notes unless they specify another priority. If they do not specify scope, list available inbox notes and process a small batch that is reasonable for the current turn.

Non-Negotiable Rules

• Write content only inside wiki/ and meta/.
• Do not edit existing notes in sources/ or inbox/.
• The only permitted file move is inbox/X.md → sources/X.md.
• Use meta/templates/Wiki Note.md as the frontmatter basis for every new wiki page. Use type: Wiki — not type: Note.
• Do not use hard line-breaks in paragraphs or lists unless absolutely needed. Keep a block of text as one coherent block in Markdown.
• Write wiki note bodies exclusively in German. Use Umlauts and German special characters (ä, ö, ü, ß instead of ae, oe, ue, ss), in text and filenames.
• For important terms, add the English term in parentheses after the German translation, for example Abruf (retrieval).
• Add 🤖 to the tags field of every LLM-generated wiki page.
• Preserve uncertainty, contradictions, and missing context. Do not smooth over disagreement between sources.
• Wikilinks to non-existing notes are allowed. Cross-vault links to the Zettelkasten will appear unresolved — that is acceptable.

Workflow

1. Load Operating Context

Read these files first:

1. .agents/wiki.md
2. Index.md
3. meta/Wiki-Log.md

Then read any relevant wiki pages before writing.

2. Identify Unprocessed Notes

Find Markdown files directly under inbox/.

find ~/Code/personal/obsidian/llm-wiki/inbox -maxdepth 1 -name "*.md"

If no inbox notes exist, say so briefly and stop.

3. Read and Triage Each Note

For each selected note:

• Identify title, source URL, author, date if available, and central claims.
• Decide whether the note needs:
  • a source page,
  • updates to existing concept/entity/synthesis pages,
  • new concept/entity/synthesis pages,
  • a contradiction or open-question note in an existing page.
• Prefer integrating into existing wiki pages over creating duplicates.

4. Write Wiki Updates

For each new wiki page, use this frontmatter shape:

---
type: Wiki
created: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm
updated: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm
aliases:
tags:
  - 🤖
urls:
related:
authors:
sources:
year:
reference:
---

Use German headings and prose. Keep pages concise but specific enough that future agents can update them without re-reading every raw source.

Recommended sections by page type:

• Source page: # Titel, ## Kernaussagen, ## Relevanz für das Wiki, ## Verbindungen, ## Offene Fragen
• Concept page: # Begriff, ## Definition, ## Kontext, ## Quellenlage, ## Verbindungen, ## Offene Fragen
• Entity page: # Name, ## Kurzprofil, ## Relevanz, ## Quellenlage, ## Verbindungen
• Synthesis page: # These/Frage, ## Kurzfassung, ## Argumente, ## Gegenpunkte, ## Quellen, ## Offene Fragen

5. Update Navigation and Log

Update Index.md when:

• a new page is created,
• a page changes category,
• an existing one-line description becomes stale,
• new important open paths appear.

Append to meta/Wiki-Log.md using:

## [YYYY-MM-DD] ingest | Note Title

- Quelle verarbeitet: `inbox/Note Title.md`
- Wiki-Seiten erstellt: [[...]]
- Wiki-Seiten aktualisiert: [[...]]
- Offene Fragen/Widersprüche: ...

Use query instead of ingest if the user asked a question and the durable answer was filed back into the wiki.

6. Move Processed Note

After wiki updates are complete, move the original note unchanged:

mv ~/Code/personal/obsidian/llm-wiki/inbox/"Note Title.md" \
   ~/Code/personal/obsidian/llm-wiki/sources/"Note Title.md"

Do not rewrite or normalize the note content.

7. Re-Index

Run qmd update from inside the vault root after processing:

cd ~/Code/personal/obsidian/llm-wiki && qmd update

If it fails, report the failure briefly. Do not let indexing failure invalidate completed wiki work.

Output To User

End with a compact report:

• notes processed,
• wiki pages created,
• wiki pages updated,
• notes moved to sources/,
• any unresolved contradictions or follow-up questions,
• whether qmd update succeeded.

Use clickable file links for local files when reporting results.

Safety Checks Before Final Answer

• Confirm no files outside wiki/ and meta/ were edited, except for the explicit inbox → sources move.
• Confirm every created or updated wiki note has tags: [🤖] or an equivalent YAML list containing 🤖.
• Confirm the processed note exists in sources/ after moving.
• Confirm no files in ~/Code/personal/obsidian/zettelkasten/ were touched.