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Agent skill
Obsidian Project Memory
by brycewang-stanford in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills
This skill should be used when the user asks to maintain an Obsidian knowledge base for a research project, import an existing research repository into Obsidian, keep project memory or daily notes…
Install Obsidian Project Memory
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill obsidian-project-memory -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills obsidian-project-memory --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/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/33-Galaxy-Dawn-claude-scholar/skills/obsidian-project-memory .claude/skills/obsidian-project-memory && 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 "obsidian-project-memory" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/33-Galaxy-Dawn-claude-scholar/skills/obsidian-project-memory into .claude/skills/obsidian-project-memory/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "obsidian-project-memory", 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/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/33-Galaxy-Dawn-claude-scholar/skills/obsidian-project-memoryType 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 brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill obsidian-project-memory -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills obsidian-project-memory --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/33-Galaxy-Dawn-claude-scholar/skills/obsidian-project-memory .agents/skills/obsidian-project-memory && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "obsidian-project-memory" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/33-Galaxy-Dawn-claude-scholar/skills/obsidian-project-memory into .agents/skills/obsidian-project-memory/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "obsidian-project-memory", 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 brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill obsidian-project-memory -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills obsidian-project-memory --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/33-Galaxy-Dawn-claude-scholar/skills/obsidian-project-memory .cursor/skills/obsidian-project-memory && 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 "obsidian-project-memory" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/33-Galaxy-Dawn-claude-scholar/skills/obsidian-project-memory into .cursor/skills/obsidian-project-memory/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "obsidian-project-memory", 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/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git --path skills/33-Galaxy-Dawn-claude-scholar/skills/obsidian-project-memory--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 brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill obsidian-project-memory -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills obsidian-project-memory --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/33-Galaxy-Dawn-claude-scholar/skills/obsidian-project-memory .gemini/skills/obsidian-project-memory && 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 "obsidian-project-memory" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/33-Galaxy-Dawn-claude-scholar/skills/obsidian-project-memory into .gemini/skills/obsidian-project-memory/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "obsidian-project-memory", 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 brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills obsidian-project-memoryInstalls 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 brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill obsidian-project-memory -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/33-Galaxy-Dawn-claude-scholar/skills/obsidian-project-memory .github/skills/obsidian-project-memory && 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 "obsidian-project-memory" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/33-Galaxy-Dawn-claude-scholar/skills/obsidian-project-memory into .github/skills/obsidian-project-memory/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "obsidian-project-memory", 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 brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill obsidian-project-memory -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills obsidian-project-memory --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/33-Galaxy-Dawn-claude-scholar/skills/obsidian-project-memory .opencode/skills/obsidian-project-memory && 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 "obsidian-project-memory" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/33-Galaxy-Dawn-claude-scholar/skills/obsidian-project-memory into .opencode/skills/obsidian-project-memory/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "obsidian-project-memory", 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
obsidian-project-memory- GitHub stars
- 4.5k
- Token cost
- ~2.4k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 1,048 words
- Files
- 12 (incl. scripts, references)
- Skills in repo
- 383
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Custom licence
At a glance
This skill should be used when the user asks to maintain an Obsidian knowledge base for a research project, import an existing research repository into Obsidian, keep project memory or daily notes…
- Works in 6 steps: Detect and bind → Read the minimum context → Classify the knowledge delta → …
- Asks to maintain an Obsidian knowledge base for a research project
- SKILL.md covers Core principles, Default vault structure, Deterministic helper script and Default workflow, plus 3 more sections
- Runs Python scripts from its folder; calls python3
What it does
Obsidian Project Memory is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. This skill should be used when the user asks to maintain an Obsidian knowledge base for a research project, import an existing research repository into Obsidian, keep project memory or daily notes synchronized, summarize project context into durable notes, or update experiments, results, papers, writing, and plans in an Obsidian vault without requiring MCP.
Its SKILL.md is about 2.4k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 13 other files, including scripts and reference files (for example `references/AGENT-FIRST-IMPORT.md`, `references/KNOWLEDGE-CRUD.md` and `references/NEW-MD-INGESTION.md`).
It sits in Knowledge Management, covering Agent memory and Note-taking. It works with Obsidian and Model Context Protocol. The repository describes itself as: 🔬 A curated collection of 23,000+ agent skills for empirical research across 8 social science disciplines. | 精选 23,000+ AI Agent 技能库，覆盖8大社会科学学科的实证研究。CoPaper.AI…
When your agent uses it
- Asks to maintain an Obsidian knowledge base for a research project
- Import an existing research repository into Obsidian
- Keep project memory
- Daily notes synchronized
Example prompts
- “/obsidian-project-memory”
Requirements
- Python 3
Workflow steps
6 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
- Detect and bind
- Read the minimum context
- Classify the knowledge delta
- Follow the default durable research path
- Decide whether agent-first synthesis is required
- Write back minimally
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9fa87d8. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
Ships 2 files in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
python3
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
Obsidian Project Memory loads about 2.4k tokens when it runs, and up to ~10k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 96 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,048 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); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.
SKILL.md
Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 1,048 words (~2,439 tokens).
“Maintain a filesystem-first, agent-driven Obsidian knowledge base for a research project.”
- name
- obsidian-project-memory
Files
SKILL.md and 11 other files (scripts, references) in skills/33-Galaxy-Dawn-claude-scholar/skills/obsidian-project-memory of brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.
- SKILL.md
- references/AGENT-FIRST-IMPORT.md
- references/KNOWLEDGE-CRUD.md
- references/NEW-MD-INGESTION.md
- references/NOTE-ROUTING.md
- references/NOTE-TEMPLATES.md
- references/PAPERS-TO-WRITING.md
- references/SCHEMA.md
- references/SCRIPT-VS-AGENT.md
- references/WORKFLOW.md
- scripts/project_kb.py
- scripts/project_views.py
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9fa87d8
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Obsidian Project Memory next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Obsidian Project Memory this skillbrycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills | 4.5k | — | ~2.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| AI BrainOotto-AI/claude-content-skills | 122 | — | ~1.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Solomdzhitongblog/solomd | 1.2k | — | ~2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| NexusProfSynapse/nexus | 157 | — | ~1.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| C Obsidiandaxaur/openpaw | 174 | — | ~659 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Qmdbreferrari/obsidian-mind | 5k | — | ~1.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Obsidian Project Memory
What does Obsidian Project Memory do?
This skill should be used when the user asks to maintain an Obsidian knowledge base for a research project, import an existing research repository into Obsidian, keep project memory or daily notes…. Obsidian Project Memory is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. This skill should be used when the user asks to maintain an Obsidian knowledge base for a research project, import an existing research repository into Obsidian, keep project memory or daily notes synchronized, summarize project context into durable notes, or update experiments, results, papers, writing, and plans in an Obsidian vault without requiring MCP.
When should I use Obsidian Project Memory?
Obsidian Project Memory fits situations like: asks to maintain an Obsidian knowledge base for a research project; import an existing research repository into Obsidian; keep project memory; daily notes synchronized.
How do I install Obsidian Project Memory in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill obsidian-project-memory -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/33-Galaxy-Dawn-claude-scholar/skills/obsidian-project-memory in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .claude/skills/obsidian-project-memory in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Obsidian Project Memory in Codex?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill obsidian-project-memory -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/33-Galaxy-Dawn-claude-scholar/skills/obsidian-project-memory in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .agents/skills/obsidian-project-memory in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Obsidian Project Memory 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 brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill obsidian-project-memory -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/obsidian-project-memory, .gemini/skills/obsidian-project-memory, .github/skills/obsidian-project-memory and .opencode/skills/obsidian-project-memory in your project.
What does Obsidian Project Memory need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Obsidian Project Memory needs Python for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (python3). Our summary lists: Python 3.
Does Obsidian Project Memory 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 Obsidian Project Memory 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. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.
What licence does Obsidian Project Memory use?
Obsidian Project Memory has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.
How many tokens does Obsidian Project Memory use?
About 2.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 9.8k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 7.5k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
What are the alternatives to Obsidian Project Memory?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Obsidian Project Memory: AI Brain (Ootto-AI/claude-content-skills, 122 stars), Solomd (zhitongblog/solomd, 1.2k stars), Nexus (ProfSynapse/nexus, 157 stars) and C Obsidian (daxaur/openpaw, 174 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Obsidian Project Memory?
brycewang-stanford (a GitHub user) maintains it in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills, which has 4,542 GitHub stars. The repository holds 383 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 5, 2026.
Source: brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.