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Set up a new Obsidian knowledge base with the LLM Wiki pattern. Use when the user wants to create a wiki, second brain, personal knowledge base, initialize a vault, or says "onboard", "set up", "new wiki", or "new vault".

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npx skill4agent add ajwaldsouza/personal-wiki wiki-new

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obsidian-knowledge-basellm-wiki-patternvault-setupknowledge-managementonboarding-wizard

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Personal Wiki — Onboarding Wizard

Set up a new Obsidian knowledge base using the LLM Wiki pattern. The LLM acts as librarian — reading raw sources, compiling them into a structured interlinked wiki, and maintaining it over time.

Wizard Flow

Guide the user through these 3 steps. Ask ONE question at a time. Each step has a sensible default — the user can accept it or provide their own value.

Step 1: Vault Name

Ask:
"What would you like to name your knowledge base? This will be the folder name." Default: 
second-brain
Accept any user-provided name. This becomes the folder name and the title in the CLAUDE.md config.

Step 2: Vault Location

Ask:
"Where should I create it? Give me a path, or I'll use the default." Default: 
~/Documents/
Accept any absolute or relative path. Resolve 
~
to the user's home directory. The final vault path is 
{location}/{vault-name}/
.

Step 3: Domain / Topic

Ask:
"What's this knowledge base about? This helps me describe the vault's purpose."
Examples: "AI research", "competitive intelligence on fintech startups", "personal health and fitness"
Accept free text. Use this to write a one-line domain description for the CLAUDE.md config.

Post-Wizard: Scaffold the Vault

After collecting all answers, execute these steps in order:

1. Create directory structure

Run the onboarding script, passing the full vault path:
bash <skill-directory>/scripts/onboarding.sh <vault-path>
This creates all directories and the initial 
wiki/index.md
and 
wiki/log.md
files.

2. Generate CLAUDE.md

Read the template from 
<skill-directory>/references/agent-configs/claude-code.md
.
Replace the placeholders:
  • {{VAULT_NAME}}
    → the vault name from Step 1
  • {{DOMAIN_DESCRIPTION}}
    → a one-line description derived from Step 3
  • {{WIKI_SCHEMA}}
    → read 
    <skill-directory>/references/wiki-schema.md
    and insert everything from 
    ## Architecture
    onward
Write the generated CLAUDE.md to the vault root.

3. Update wiki/log.md

Append the setup entry:
## [YYYY-MM-DD] setup | Vault initialized
Created vault "{{VAULT_NAME}}" for {{DOMAIN_DESCRIPTION}}.

4. Print summary

Show the user:
  1. What was created — directory tree and CLAUDE.md
  2. Required next step — install the Obsidian Web Clipper browser extension:
    Install the Obsidian Web Clipper to easily save web articles into your vault: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/obsidian-web-clipper/cnjifjpddelmedmihgijeibhnjfabmlf
  3. How to start — open the vault folder in Obsidian, clip an article to 
    raw/
    , then run 
    /wiki-ingest

Reference Files

These files are bundled with this skill and available at 
<skill-directory>/references/
:
  • wiki-schema.md
    — canonical wiki rules (single source of truth for CLAUDE.md config)
  • agent-configs/claude-code.md
    — CLAUDE.md template

Next Steps

After setup is complete, the user's workflow is:
  1. Clip articles to 
    raw/
    using the Obsidian Web Clipper
  2. Ingest sources with 
    /wiki-ingest
    — processes raw files into wiki pages
  3. Ask questions with 
    /wiki-query
    — searches and synthesizes from the wiki
  4. Health-check with 
    /wiki-lint
    — run after every 10 ingests or monthly
  5. Discover connections with 
    /wiki-explore
    — find cross-domain patterns
  6. Get inspired with 
    /wiki-spark
    — generate creative prompts from your wiki