Obsidian Canvas Boards
AgriciDaniel/claude-obsidian
Creates, inspects and updates Obsidian JSON Canvas boards in a vault, with text, file, link, group and edge nodes, using safe recoverable edits.
Tracks three-year, yearly, monthly, and weekly goals in linked Markdown files, calculating completion percentages and flagging stalled goals.
Install Cascading Goal Tracker
$ npx skills add ballred/obsidian-claude-pkm --skill goal-tracking -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install ballred/obsidian-claude-pkm goal-tracking --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ballred/obsidian-claude-pkm.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/vault-template/.claude/skills/goal-tracking .claude/skills/goal-tracking && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "goal-tracking" agent skill from https://github.com/ballred/obsidian-claude-pkm/tree/main/vault-template/.claude/skills/goal-tracking into .claude/skills/goal-tracking/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "goal-tracking", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/ballred/obsidian-claude-pkm/tree/main/vault-template/.claude/skills/goal-trackingType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add ballred/obsidian-claude-pkm --skill goal-tracking -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install ballred/obsidian-claude-pkm goal-tracking --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ballred/obsidian-claude-pkm.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/vault-template/.claude/skills/goal-tracking .agents/skills/goal-tracking && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "goal-tracking" agent skill from https://github.com/ballred/obsidian-claude-pkm/tree/main/vault-template/.claude/skills/goal-tracking into .agents/skills/goal-tracking/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "goal-tracking", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add ballred/obsidian-claude-pkm --skill goal-tracking -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install ballred/obsidian-claude-pkm goal-tracking --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ballred/obsidian-claude-pkm.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/vault-template/.claude/skills/goal-tracking .cursor/skills/goal-tracking && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "goal-tracking" agent skill from https://github.com/ballred/obsidian-claude-pkm/tree/main/vault-template/.claude/skills/goal-tracking into .cursor/skills/goal-tracking/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "goal-tracking", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/ballred/obsidian-claude-pkm.git --path vault-template/.claude/skills/goal-tracking--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add ballred/obsidian-claude-pkm --skill goal-tracking -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install ballred/obsidian-claude-pkm goal-tracking --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ballred/obsidian-claude-pkm.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/vault-template/.claude/skills/goal-tracking .gemini/skills/goal-tracking && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "goal-tracking" agent skill from https://github.com/ballred/obsidian-claude-pkm/tree/main/vault-template/.claude/skills/goal-tracking into .gemini/skills/goal-tracking/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "goal-tracking", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install ballred/obsidian-claude-pkm goal-trackingInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add ballred/obsidian-claude-pkm --skill goal-tracking -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ballred/obsidian-claude-pkm.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/vault-template/.claude/skills/goal-tracking .github/skills/goal-tracking && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "goal-tracking" agent skill from https://github.com/ballred/obsidian-claude-pkm/tree/main/vault-template/.claude/skills/goal-tracking into .github/skills/goal-tracking/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "goal-tracking", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add ballred/obsidian-claude-pkm --skill goal-tracking -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install ballred/obsidian-claude-pkm goal-tracking --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ballred/obsidian-claude-pkm.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/vault-template/.claude/skills/goal-tracking .opencode/skills/goal-tracking && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "goal-tracking" agent skill from https://github.com/ballred/obsidian-claude-pkm/tree/main/vault-template/.claude/skills/goal-tracking into .opencode/skills/goal-tracking/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "goal-tracking", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
goal-tracking- GitHub stars
- 1.9k
- Token cost
- ~1.5k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 339 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 13
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Tracks three-year, yearly, monthly, and weekly goals in linked Markdown files, calculating completion percentages and flagging stalled goals.
- Works in 4 steps: Read all goal files → Parse checkbox completion rates → Calculate overall and per-goal progress → …
- Reviewing progress across three-year, yearly, monthly, and weekly goals
- SKILL.md covers Goal Hierarchy, Goal File Formats, Progress Calculation and Common Operations, plus 4 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
This skill reads a fixed hierarchy of goal files, from three-year vision down to weekly goals, and computes progress three ways depending on the goal type: completed-over-total checkboxes, current-over-target for a metric, or days-elapsed-over-total for a time-based goal, then flags any goal with no activity in fourteen or more days.
It links daily tasks back to the goal they support with a Supports reference, and cross-references active projects by their Goal Link field to roll project completion into goal progress and surface orphan goals that have no project, or only archived ones, backing them. Longer progress-report runs use session tasks to track the report itself.
When your agent uses it
- Reviewing progress across three-year, yearly, monthly, and weekly goals
- Finding goals that have stalled with no recent activity
- Connecting a new daily task to the goal it supports
Example prompts
- “Give me a progress report across all my yearly goals.”
- “Which of my goals have stalled with no activity in two weeks?”
- “Which goals have no active project supporting them?”
Requirements
- An Obsidian vault with the goal-hierarchy file structure
- Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Grep, Glob, Edit, TaskCreate, TaskUpdate, TaskList, TaskGet
Workflow steps
4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Read all goal files
- Parse checkbox completion rates
- Calculate overall and per-goal progress
- Identify stalled or at-risk goals
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit ef1e4da. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:
ReadGrepGlobEditTaskCreateTaskUpdateTaskListTaskGet
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are markdown).
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Context cost
Cascading Goal Tracker loads about 1.5k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 54 tokens; SKILL.md has 339 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
Safety
Auto-check passed
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.
SKILL.md
The full file from ballred/obsidian-claude-pkm at commit ef1e4da, republished under its MIT licence (© ballred). 339 words, ~1,493 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/goal-tracking/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- goal-tracking
- description
- Track progress toward 3-year, yearly, monthly, and weekly goals. Calculate completion percentages, surface stalled goals, connect daily tasks to objectives. Use for goal reviews and progress tracking.
- allowed-tools
- Read, Grep, Glob, Edit, TaskCreate, TaskUpdate, TaskList, TaskGet
- model
- sonnet
Goal Tracking Skill
Track and manage the cascading goal system from long-term vision to daily tasks.
Goal Hierarchy
Goals/0. Three Year Goals.md <- Vision (Life areas)
↓
Goals/1. Yearly Goals.md <- Annual objectives
↓
Projects/*/CLAUDE.md <- Active projects (bridge layer)
↓
Goals/2. Monthly Goals.md <- Current month focus
↓
Goals/3. Weekly Review.md <- Weekly planning
↓
Daily Notes/*.md <- Daily tasks and actionsGoal File Formats
Three Year Goals
## Life Areas
- Career: [Vision statement]
- Health: [Vision statement]
- Relationships: [Vision statement]
- Financial: [Vision statement]
- Learning: [Vision statement]
- Personal: [Vision statement]Yearly Goals
## 2024 Goals
- [ ] Goal 1 (XX% complete)
- [ ] Goal 2 (XX% complete)
- [x] Goal 3 (100% complete)Monthly Goals
## This Month's Focus
1. **Primary:** [Main focus]
2. **Secondary:** [Supporting goal]
3. **Stretch:** [If time permits]
### Key Results
- [ ] Measurable outcome 1
- [ ] Measurable outcome 2Progress Calculation
Checklist-Based Goals
Progress = (Completed checkboxes / Total checkboxes) * 100Metric-Based Goals
Progress = (Current value / Target value) * 100Time-Based Goals
Progress = (Days elapsed / Total days) * 100Common Operations
View Goal Progress
- Read all goal files
- Parse checkbox completion rates
- Calculate overall and per-goal progress
- Identify stalled or at-risk goals
Update Goal Status
- Find goal in appropriate file
- Update checkbox or percentage
- Add date stamp for significant milestones
- Update related weekly review
Connect Task to Goal
When adding tasks to daily notes:
- Identify which goal the task supports
- Add goal reference:
Supports: [[1. Yearly Goals#Goal Name]] - Use appropriate priority tag
Surface Stalled Goals
- Check last activity date for each goal
- Flag goals with no progress in 14+ days
- Suggest actions to restart momentum
Project-Aware Progress
Project Integration
When calculating goal progress, include project data:
- Scan
Projects/*/CLAUDE.mdfor all active projects - Match projects to goals via their "Goal Link" / "Supports" field
- Include project completion % in goal progress calculations
- Surface which projects support each goal
Orphan Goal Detection
Flag goals that have no active project supporting them:
- A goal with 0 linked projects may need a project created (
/project new) - A goal with only completed/archived projects may need a new initiative
Progress Report Format
## Goal Progress Report
### Overall: XX%
### By Goal
| Goal | Progress | Projects | Last Activity | Status |
|------|----------|----------|---------------|--------|
| Goal 1 | 75% | [[ProjectA]] (80%), [[ProjectB]] (60%) | 2 days ago | On Track |
| Goal 2 | 30% | (none) | 14 days ago | Stalled |
### Project Status
| Project | Goal | Progress | Phase |
|---------|------|----------|-------|
| [[ProjectA]] | Goal 1 | 80% | Active |
| [[ProjectB]] | Goal 1 | 60% | Active |
### Orphan Goals (no active project)
- Goal 2 — Consider `/project new` to create a supporting project
### This Week's Contributions
- [Task] -> [[Goal 1]] via [[ProjectA]]
- [Task] -> [[Goal 2]]
### Recommended Focus
1. [Stalled goal needs attention]
2. [Nearly complete goal - finish it]
3. [Orphan goal needs a project]Task-Based Progress Tracking
The goal tracking skill uses session tasks when generating comprehensive progress reports.
Progress Report Tasks
Create tasks at skill start:
TaskCreate:
subject: "Read three-year goals"
description: "Load vision statements from Goals/0. Three Year Goals.md"
activeForm: "Reading three-year goals..."
TaskCreate:
subject: "Read yearly goals"
description: "Load annual objectives from Goals/1. Yearly Goals.md"
activeForm: "Reading yearly goals..."
TaskCreate:
subject: "Read monthly goals"
description: "Load current month focus from Goals/2. Monthly Goals.md"
activeForm: "Reading monthly goals..."
TaskCreate:
subject: "Scan recent daily notes"
description: "Find task completions and goal contributions from past week"
activeForm: "Scanning recent daily notes..."
TaskCreate:
subject: "Calculate completion percentages"
description: "Compute progress for each goal based on checkboxes and metrics"
activeForm: "Calculating completion percentages..."
TaskCreate:
subject: "Identify stalled goals"
description: "Flag goals with no progress in 14+ days"
activeForm: "Identifying stalled goals..."Dependencies
Goal file reads can run in parallel, but analysis depends on having all data:
TaskUpdate: "Scan recent daily notes", addBlockedBy: [read-monthly-goals-id]
TaskUpdate: "Calculate completion percentages", addBlockedBy: [scan-recent-daily-notes-id]
TaskUpdate: "Identify stalled goals", addBlockedBy: [calculate-completion-percentages-id]Mark each task in_progress when starting, completed when done using TaskUpdate.
Task tools are session-scoped and don't persist—your actual goal progress is tracked through markdown checkboxes and percentages in your goal files.
Integration Points
/weeklyreview: Full progress assessment with project rollup/dailyplanning: Surface relevant goals and project next-actions/monthlyreview: Adjust goals as needed, check quarterly milestones/project status: Project completion feeds goal calculations- Quarterly review: Cascade from 3-year vision
© ballred, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
Files
Just SKILL.md in vault-template/.claude/skills/goal-tracking of ballred/obsidian-claude-pkm.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit ef1e4da
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| Cascading Goal Tracker this skillballred/obsidian-claude-pkm | 1.9k | — | ~1.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Obsidian Canvas BoardsAgriciDaniel/claude-obsidian | 15k | — | ~1.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Second BrainNicholasSpisak/second-brain | 737 | — | ~1.5k | Automated safety check: Notes | None | |
| Karpathy WikiSherwinQ/karpathy-wiki | 114 | — | ~967 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Subscription Videos MetadataEfficientStreet/youtube-subscriptions-ingest | 178 | — | ~7.1k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| Obsidian Bases EditorAgriciDaniel/claude-obsidian | 15k | — | ~1.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Cascading Goal Tracker
What does Cascading Goal Tracker do?
Tracks three-year, yearly, monthly, and weekly goals in linked Markdown files, calculating completion percentages and flagging stalled goals. This skill reads a fixed hierarchy of goal files, from three-year vision down to weekly goals, and computes progress three ways depending on the goal type: completed-over-total checkboxes, current-over-target for a metric, or days-elapsed-over-total for a time-based goal, then flags any goal with no activity in fourteen or more days.
When should I use Cascading Goal Tracker?
Cascading Goal Tracker fits situations like: reviewing progress across three-year, yearly, monthly, and weekly goals; finding goals that have stalled with no recent activity; connecting a new daily task to the goal it supports.
How do I install Cascading Goal Tracker in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add ballred/obsidian-claude-pkm --skill goal-tracking -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (vault-template/.claude/skills/goal-tracking in ballred/obsidian-claude-pkm) into .claude/skills/goal-tracking in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Cascading Goal Tracker in Codex?
Run `npx skills add ballred/obsidian-claude-pkm --skill goal-tracking -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (vault-template/.claude/skills/goal-tracking in ballred/obsidian-claude-pkm) into .agents/skills/goal-tracking in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Cascading Goal Tracker in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add ballred/obsidian-claude-pkm --skill goal-tracking -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/goal-tracking, .gemini/skills/goal-tracking, .github/skills/goal-tracking and .opencode/skills/goal-tracking in your project.
What does Cascading Goal Tracker need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Cascading Goal Tracker is instructions for the agent only. Our summary lists: An Obsidian vault with the goal-hierarchy file structure. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Read, Grep, Glob, Edit, TaskCreate, TaskUpdate, TaskList, TaskGet.
Does Cascading Goal Tracker access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Cascading Goal Tracker safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
What licence does Cascading Goal Tracker use?
Cascading Goal Tracker is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Cascading Goal Tracker use?
About 1.5k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
What are the alternatives to Cascading Goal Tracker?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Cascading Goal Tracker: Obsidian Canvas Boards (AgriciDaniel/claude-obsidian, 15k stars), Second Brain (NicholasSpisak/second-brain, 737 stars), Karpathy Wiki (SherwinQ/karpathy-wiki, 114 stars) and Subscription Videos Metadata (EfficientStreet/youtube-subscriptions-ingest, 178 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Cascading Goal Tracker?
ballred (a GitHub user) maintains it in ballred/obsidian-claude-pkm, which has 1,877 GitHub stars. The repository holds 13 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on February 18, 2026.
Source: ballred/obsidian-claude-pkm on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.