Vault Writer

Category: Content · Sub-category: content-misc

tool:obsidian

Rules and formats for creating or editing notes in the Obsidian vault. MUST be used whenever creating a new Canon entry, Thinking note, reflection, belief, action, event, person, place, organization, decision, or any vault note. Also use when updating existing notes, adding wikilinks, or fixing frontmatter. Triggers on: 'create a note', 'add a person', 'new action', 'update entry', 'fix frontmatter', 'add wikilinks', vault note editing of any kind. If you're touching a .md file in Canon/, Thinking/, or Inbox/ — use this skill.

What this skill does

Vault Writer is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the content-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/vault-writer/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: use when updating existing notes, adding wikilinks, or fixing frontmatter. Triggers on: 'create a note', 'add a person', 'new action', 'update entry', 'fix frontmatter', 'add wikilinks', vault note editing of any kind.

Who uses this skill

The Vault Writer skill is built for content creators, marketers, copywriters, SEO professionals, and editorial teams. It is part of the open ClaudSkills registry, a community-curated catalog of 56,000+ capabilities you can install for Claude Code — the Claude CLI agent.

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/vault-writer
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/vault-writer/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/vault-writer/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/vault-writer/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/vault-writer/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\vault-writer\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

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Pro

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