Obsidian Vault Manager

Obsidian Vault Manager

A Claude Code skill that turns your Obsidian vault into a project tracking system. It maintains a dashboard, tracks status across projects, flags stale work, and generates weekly reviews — all through natural language.

What it does

You say	It does
"update my vault"	Reads all projects, asks what changed, updates your dashboard and project notes
"weekly review"	Summarizes the week, identifies blockers, asks for next week's priorities
"what am I working on"	Shows your current project status and suggests what to focus on
"new project about X"	Creates a project folder, note from template, and adds it to the dashboard

On first run, it walks you through a setup: discovers your vault structure, asks how you organize projects, creates a dashboard and templates, then adapts to your workflow.

Requirements

• Claude Code
• Obsidian with the Local REST API plugin installed and running
• The Obsidian MCP server connected to Claude Code

Connecting Obsidian to Claude Code

1. Install the Local REST API community plugin in Obsidian
2. Enable it and note the API key from its settings
3. Add the Obsidian MCP server to your Claude Code config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "obsidian": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "obsidian-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "OBSIDIAN_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Installation

Option A: Clone the repo

git clone https://github.com/hugosantanna/obsidian-vault-manager.git ~/.claude/skills/obsidian-vault-manager

Option B: Manual

Copy `SKILL.md` to `~/.claude/skills/obsidian-vault-manager/SKILL.md`.

How it works

Setup (first run)

The first time you say "update my vault", the skill:

1. Scans your vault to understand its structure
2. Asks you to define pr