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To find orphan notes in an Obsidian knowledge graph, you can scan the vault for notes with zero inbound and zero outbound wikilinks. This generates a report grouped by folder to surface fragmentation across Articles, Concepts, People, Companies, and Topics.

An orphan note in a knowledge graph is a note with zero inbound and zero outbound wikilinks. These isolated notes fragment the graph and reduce content discoverability across the vault.

To reconnect orphan notes after bulk ingestion, scan the vault to classify each note as Integrate, Stub, or Noise. The process suggests 2–3 meaningful wikilinks for integration or flags the note for expansion and cleanup.

Yes, you can optionally apply suggested integration links to fix orphan notes. This action generates an ORPHAN FIX SUMMARY to track the integration, expansion, and cleanup of the disconnected notes.

You should run an orphan note audit during knowledge-graph health audits and after bulk content ingestion. This surfaces missing connections and fragmentation across your vault's folders.

Yes, the orphan finder works with specific folder structures, scanning across folders such as Articles, Concepts, People, Companies, and Topics to generate a grouped orphan report.