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teknium1 1c9433897c chore(skills): standards sweep — bring 42 bundled/optional skills up to hardline
Audited all 191 in-repo skills (77 bundled, 114 optional) against the
authoring standards (AGENTS.md hardline + PR #80800). Fixed 42:

- 8 overlong descriptions rewritten to <= 60 chars, one sentence, period
  (one-three-one-rule 525ch, drug-discovery 405ch, web-pentest 358ch,
  fitness-nutrition 352ch, neuroskill-bci 332ch, oss-forensics 320ch,
  computer-use 307ch, memento-flashcards 252ch)
- 24 skills with missing frontmatter fields: author (credited from git
  history: f-trycua, SHL0MS, teyrebaz33, haileymarshall, FurkanL0,
  teknium1), license, version, platforms, tags
- 7 machine-local paths scrubbed (/home/bb, /home/user, /home/ubuntu ->
  portable placeholders)
- 11 marketing-word intros reworded (Comprehensive/state-of-the-art)
- docs catalogs + per-skill pages regenerated, scope-disciplined

Deferred (not in this PR):
- 14 frontmatter/dir name mismatches — open PR #42788 already proposes
  the dir-rename approach for 4 of them; resolve there as one class
- 2 skills over 100k chars (pytorch-fsdp 159k, research-paper-writing
  103k) — need content splits into references/, separate PRs
- comfyui dangling related_skill resolves after the name-mismatch class
2026-08-08 15:27:29 -07:00

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name, description, version, author, license, platforms, metadata
name description version author license platforms metadata
obsidian Read, search, create, and edit notes in the Obsidian vault. 1.0.0 Teknium (teknium1), Hermes Agent MIT
linux
macos
windows
hermes
tags related_skills
Obsidian
Notes
Markdown
Vault

Obsidian Vault

Use this skill for filesystem-first Obsidian vault work: reading notes, listing notes, searching note files, creating notes, appending content, and adding wikilinks.

Vault path

Use a known or resolved vault path before calling file tools.

The documented vault-path convention is the OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH environment variable, for example from ${HERMES_HOME:-~/.hermes}/.env. If it is unset, use ~/Documents/Obsidian Vault.

File tools do not expand shell variables. Do not pass paths containing $OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH to read_file, write_file, patch, or search_files; resolve the vault path first and pass a concrete absolute path. Vault paths may contain spaces, which is another reason to prefer file tools over shell commands.

If the vault path is unknown, terminal is acceptable for resolving OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH or checking whether the fallback path exists. Once the path is known, switch back to file tools.

Read a note

Use read_file with the resolved absolute path to the note. Prefer this over cat because it provides line numbers and pagination.

List notes

Use search_files with target: "files" and the resolved vault path. Prefer this over find or ls.

  • To list all markdown notes, use pattern: "*.md" under the vault path.
  • To list a subfolder, search under that subfolder's absolute path.

Use search_files for both filename and content searches. Prefer this over grep, find, or ls.

  • For filenames, use search_files with target: "files" and a filename pattern.
  • For note contents, use search_files with target: "content", the content regex as pattern, and file_glob: "*.md" when you want to restrict matches to markdown notes.

Create a note

Use write_file with the resolved absolute path and the full markdown content. Prefer this over shell heredocs or echo because it avoids shell quoting issues and returns structured results.

Append to a note

Prefer a native file-tool workflow when it is not awkward:

  • Read the target note with read_file.
  • Use patch for an anchored append when there is stable context, such as adding a section after an existing heading or appending before a known trailing block.
  • Use write_file when rewriting the whole note is clearer than constructing a fragile patch.

For an anchored append with patch, replace the anchor with the anchor plus the new content.

For a simple append with no stable context, terminal is acceptable if it is the clearest safe option.

Targeted edits

Use patch for focused note changes when the current content gives you stable context. Prefer this over shell text rewriting.

Obsidian links notes with [[Note Name]] syntax. When creating notes, use these to link related content.