- 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.
Obsidian Organizer
Use this skill to make a vault predictable, searchable, and low-maintenance.
Workflow
- Snapshot current state
- Count files and top-level folders. - Identify naming drift and duplicate patterns.
- Apply standard structure
- Read references/folder-structure.md. - Propose moves before applying.
- Enforce naming rules
- Read references/naming-rules.md. - Run audit script in dry-run mode: - python scripts/obsidian_audit.py <vault-path> - Apply only after confirmation: - python scripts/obsidian_audit.py <vault-path> --apply
- Run migration checklist
- Follow references/migration-checklist.md in order.
- 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.