What problem does it solve? Setting up a new Obsidian wiki vault from scratch involves many manual steps: creating the right folder structure, writing index and log files, configuring environment variables, and wiring up optional integrations like semantic search and git sync. This Skill automates the entire initialization and can also repair a broken or partially configured vault. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Guided .env Configuration: Prompts for vault path, source directories, Claude history location, QMD semantic search collections, token budget thresholds, and staged-write mode. - Vault Scaffolding: Creates the full directory tree (concepts, entities, skills, references, synthesis, journal, projects, _raw, _staging) plus index.md, log.md, hot.md, .manifest.json, and minimal .obsidian config files. - Optional Integrations: Installs a Claude Code Stop hook for automatic session capture, configures GitHub sync for vault backup, and refreshes QMD indexes with correct _raw/ exclusions. - Use Case: A user says "set up my wiki" and the Skill walks them through every decision, creates the vault, verifies the setup with a checklist, and leaves them ready to run wiki-ingest on their first sources. ## Quick Start Ask the assistant to set up a new Obsidian wiki vault and answer the prompts for vault location and source directories.
