Agent skill

Vault Setup

by earlyaidopters in earlyaidopters/second-brain

Interactive Obsidian vault configurator. An agent skill from earlyaidopters/second-brain.

No licenceAuto-check passedAgent Workflows

Install Vault Setup

skills CLI
$ npx skills add earlyaidopters/second-brain --skill vault-setup -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install earlyaidopters/second-brain vault-setup --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/earlyaidopters/second-brain.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/vault-setup .claude/skills/vault-setup && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.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/

Facts

Skill name
vault-setup
GitHub stars
193
Token cost
~1.4k tokens
SKILL.md length
321 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
4
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Interactive Obsidian vault configurator. An agent skill from earlyaidopters/second-brain.

  • Works in 5 steps: One question, free text → Infer and preview, don't ask more… → Build after confirmation → …
  • Tasks that involve Agent instruction files
  • SKILL.md covers STEP 1 — One question, free text, STEP 2 — Infer and preview,…, STEP 3 — Build after… and STEP 4 — Context injection…, plus 1 more section
  • Calls python

What it does

Vault Setup is an agent skill from earlyaidopters/second-brain. Interactive Obsidian vault configurator. Asks the user to describe themselves in free text, then builds a personalized vault structure, CLAUDE.md, and slash commands directly in the current directory.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.4k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Agent Workflows, covering Agent instruction files and Hooks and plugins. It works with Obsidian.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Agent instruction files
  • Tasks that involve Hooks and plugins

Example prompts

  • “/vault-setup”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. One question, free text
  2. Infer and preview, don't ask more questions
  3. Build after confirmation
  4. Context injection question
  5. Final output

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 72efde2. 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

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • python

    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

Vault Setup loads about 1.4k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 53 tokens; SKILL.md has 321 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~53
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.4k

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

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 321 words (~1,351 tokens).

“Run from INSIDE the folder you want to become your Obsidian vault.”

— opening of SKILL.md by earlyaidopters
name
vault-setup

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/vault-setup of earlyaidopters/second-brain.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 72efde2

Compare with similar skills

Vault Setup 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.

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Directional Promptingkingbootoshi/directional-prompting143—~2.3kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Agenticashibing624/agentica352—~1.8kAutomated safety check: NotesApache-2.0
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Questions about Vault Setup

What does Vault Setup do?

Interactive Obsidian vault configurator. An agent skill from earlyaidopters/second-brain. Vault Setup is an agent skill from earlyaidopters/second-brain. Interactive Obsidian vault configurator.

When should I use Vault Setup?

Vault Setup fits situations like: tasks that involve Agent instruction files; tasks that involve Hooks and plugins.

How do I install Vault Setup in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add earlyaidopters/second-brain --skill vault-setup -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/vault-setup in earlyaidopters/second-brain) into .claude/skills/vault-setup in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Vault Setup in Codex?

Run `npx skills add earlyaidopters/second-brain --skill vault-setup -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/vault-setup in earlyaidopters/second-brain) into .agents/skills/vault-setup in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Vault Setup 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 earlyaidopters/second-brain --skill vault-setup -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/vault-setup, .gemini/skills/vault-setup, .github/skills/vault-setup and .opencode/skills/vault-setup in your project.

What does Vault Setup need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Vault Setup needs the command-line tools its instructions call (python). Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Vault Setup 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 Vault Setup 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 Vault Setup use?

No licence was found for Vault Setup or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Vault Setup use?

About 1.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.4k 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 Vault Setup?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Vault Setup: Agent Setup Health Audit (tw93/Waza, 7.2k stars), Working With Claude Code Docs (obra/superpowers-developing-for-claude-code, 142 stars), Directional Prompting (kingbootoshi/directional-prompting, 143 stars) and Agentica (shibing624/agentica, 352 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Vault Setup?

earlyaidopters (a GitHub organization) maintains it in earlyaidopters/second-brain, which has 193 GitHub stars. The repository holds 4 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on March 17, 2026.

Source: earlyaidopters/second-brain on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.