LandonSchropp Daily Note
REQUIRED: Invoke the ls-notes:note skill first. Vault structure, conventions, icons, templates, and obsidian CLI guidance there all apply to daily notes.
Location
Daily Notes/YYYY/YYYY-MM/YYYY-MM-DD - Daily Note.md (e.g., Daily Notes/2026/2026-05/2026-05-09 - Daily Note.md).
For reading or appending to today's note, use obsidian daily:read, obsidian daily:append, and obsidian daily:prepend — these resolve today's date automatically.
Ensure Today's Note Exists
When this skill is invoked, run obsidian daily:read. It returns today's note content and creates the file from the daily-note template as a side effect if it does not already exist. Idempotent — running it twice does not produce a duplicate.
Skip this step only if the user is asking about a past or future daily note rather than today's.
Precondition: Obsidian must be running. CLI commands dispatch to the running app via IPC; with no app open, they hang. Check via pgrep -fl 'Obsidian.app/Contents/MacOS/Obsidian' and ask the user to launch Obsidian if needed.
Task Item Formatting
When adding or reviewing tasks in the daily note, follow these link conventions:
- Inline links: Embed links directly in the item text by linking the relevant noun or phrase. Never use a standalone
([link](url))tag — the link should flow naturally with the sentence. For example:- [ ] Update my [Providing Context doc](https://...) based on the commentsnot- [ ] Update my Providing Context doc ([link](https://...)) based on comments. - Slack threads: If a task has an associated Slack thread, append
([thread](url))at the end of the item. For example:- [ ] Draft the vibe code policy ([thread](https://example.slack.com/archives/...)).
If you notice existing items that don't follow these conventions, proactively suggest corrections.
Sections
The daily note is filled in from Templates/Periodic/Daily Note.md. Each note has the following top-level sections, in order:
- Tasks: Checklist of things to do today, broken into:
- Personal: Personal tasks for the day.
- Work (weekdays only): Work tasks for the day.
- Weekly Chores (Sundays only): Recurring weekly chores, broken into:
- Online: Triage, reviewing the past week, clearing inbox/reminders, browsing local events, YNAB.
- Offline: Office cleanup, pill container, plant care.
- Quarterly (first Sunday of the quarter): Recurring quarterly chores: toothbrush heads, air filter.
- Morning: Morning journaling, broken into:
- Gratitude: Three things the user is grateful for.
- Better Day: Three things that would make today great.
- Daily Affirmation: A short, encouraging affirmation for the day, written as prose.
- Evening: Evening reflection, broken into:
- Highlights of the Day: Notable moments from the day.
- Journal: Free-form journal prose for the day.
- Thoughts: Stray observations and ideas captured during the day.