What problem does it solve?
Users with large collections of Microsoft Word documents stored on external hard drives face tedious manual work when migrating these files to Obsidian, as they need to individually copy files and manually convert .docx formats to Markdown, which is time-consuming and error-prone for large file volumes.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Automatic Drive Detection: Identifies mounted external hard drives on macOS without requiring manual path input, and confirms the target drive with the user before proceeding.
- Batch Format Conversion: Converts all .docx files in a selected folder to Markdown in one go, preserving core formatting including headings, lists, bold/italic text, and links.
- Source-Tracked Organization: Saves imported files to a dedicated subfolder named after the original drive folder, making it easy to trace the origin of each document.
- Use Case: If you have 300+ research notes stored as Word files on a portable drive, use this skill to import and convert the entire folder to Obsidian in minutes, with a clear report of successful and failed conversions.
Quick Start
Use the disk-to-obsidian skill to import all Word documents from your connected external drive's "Research Notes 2024" folder to your Obsidian vault's "Academic Work" folder.
