monthly-review

Compute monthly velocity, themes, stale notes, and project health into a structured callout.

4|Updated Feb 24, 2026
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/flowing-abyss/obsidian-vault-skills --skill monthly-review-flowing-abyss
Or copy as Structured Prompt for Agent
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Skill: monthly-review
Source: https://github.com/flowing-abyss/obsidian-vault-skills/tree/main/skills/monthly-review
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/flowing-abyss/obsidian-vault-skills --skill monthly-review-flowing-abyss

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

What problem does it solve?

This Skill automates the creation of a monthly knowledge review in your notes, aggregating velocity metrics, thematic analysis, stale notes alerts, and project health to keep you aligned and informed.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Automated monthly velocity: counts notes created, tasks closed, and sources processed for the current month.
  • Thematic analysis: identifies growing topics via wikilinks across weekly and daily notes.
  • Stale notes alerts: surfaces notes in hot areas not updated in 30+ days.
  • Project health checks: highlights projects with stalled progress or dormant status.

Quick Start

Trigger a monthly review to generate the [!monthly-review]- block in the current month's periodic/monthly file.

Frequently Asked Questions about monthly-review

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

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How do I automate a monthly knowledge review in Obsidian?

Automate a monthly knowledge review by computing velocity, thematic analysis, stale notes, and project health for the current month to generate a structured callout block in your monthly note.

What is monthly note velocity and how does it track project health?

Monthly note velocity tracks notes created, tasks closed, and sources processed for the current month. Project health checks highlight projects with stalled progress or dormant status to keep you aligned.

How do I identify stale notes and growing themes in my knowledge management system?

Identify stale notes by surfacing notes in hot areas not updated in 30+ days. Growing themes are detected by analyzing wikilinks across weekly and daily notes for thematic analysis.

Can I generate a monthly review callout in a specific language?

Yes, the monthly review detects your user language from the last five daily notes to translate headers and inferences, creating or updating periodic/monthly/YYYY-MM.md accordingly.

What does a monthly review callout block include for planned vs actual tracking?

The monthly review callout block includes Velocity, Planned vs Actual, Themes, Stale notes, and Project health sections, plus optional user participation notes, omitting empty sections.

Do I need any dependencies to run a monthly review in my notes?

No dependencies are required to run a monthly review. It computes velocity, thematic analysis, stale notes, and project health directly and outputs a structured block in your monthly note.