pa-vault-link-health

To find broken wikilinks and orphan notes in an Obsidian vault, you can run a link health audit that scans for unresolved connections, missing embeds, and notes lacking inbound links using evidence-based reporting.

Obsidian vault link health is the practice of verifying that wikilinks, backlinks, and embeds remain intact across your knowledge base. It ensures consistent connections and prevents orphan notes, which is critical for maintaining large research vaults.

Yes, you can audit missing embeds and inconsistent backlinks without modifying your notes. A read-only vault link health review performs direct link checks and metadata searches to generate reports of link issues safely.

The best way to prepare a large research vault for sharing is to run a comprehensive link health audit upfront. This identifies broken outgoing links and failed embeds so you can resolve structural issues before presentation.

Vault link auditing avoids false positives by only flagging issues supported by direct link checks, vault metadata searches, or snippet reviews, ensuring that reported broken wikilinks and missing backlinks are evidence-based.