Obsidian Organizer

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name: obsidian-organizer description: Organize and standardize Obsidian vaults for reliability and long-term maintainability. Use when designing or cleaning vault folder structure, enforcing file naming conventions, migrating messy vaults, reducing duplicate/ambiguous notes, or creating repeatable audit-and-fix workflows for Obsidian notes.

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Obsidian Organizer

Use this skill to make a vault predictable, searchable, and low-maintenance.

Workflow

1. Snapshot current state - Count files and top-level folders. - Identify naming drift and duplicate patterns.

2. Apply standard structure - Read references/folder-structure.md. - Propose moves before applying.

3. Enforce naming rules - Read references/naming-rules.md. - Run audit script in dry-run mode: - python scripts/obsidian_audit.py - Apply only after confirmation: - python scripts/obsidian_audit.py --apply

4. Run migration checklist - Follow references/migration-checklist.md in order.

5. Verify - Re-run audit until zero naming issues. - Confirm daily notes use YYYY-MM-DD.md. - Confirm no orphaned notes remain in inbox/.

Guardrails

Never rename or move files without a dry-run first.

Never delete notes automatically.

Prefer deterministic naming over clever naming.

Keep folder depth shallow (<=3 when possible).

If link integrity is uncertain, pause and ask before bulk apply.