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Agent skill

Ask

by fakechris in fakechris/obsidian_vault_pipeline

Ask the OVP vault agent via MCP. An agent skill from fakechris/obsidian_vault_pipeline.

Apache-2.0Auto-check passed

Install Ask

skills CLI
$ npx skills add fakechris/obsidian_vault_pipeline --skill ask -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install fakechris/obsidian_vault_pipeline ask --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/fakechris/obsidian_vault_pipeline.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/ask .claude/skills/ask && 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
ask
GitHub stars
162
Token cost
~418 tokens
SKILL.md length
209 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
9
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

Ask the OVP vault agent via MCP. An agent skill from fakechris/obsidian_vault_pipeline.

  • Works in 5 steps: Call MCP ask with the user’s question. → Summarize the answer for the user; keep… → If coverage is thin or empty, say so… → …
  • The vault may cover the question
  • SKILL.md covers When to use, Arguments, Behavior and Rules
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Ask is an agent skill from fakechris/obsidian_vault_pipeline. Ask the OVP vault agent via MCP. Use when the vault may cover the question; prefer over answering from memory. Returns server-verified [claim:…] / [source:…] receipts and honest coverage.

Its SKILL.md is about 420 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It works with Model Context Protocol. The repository describes itself as: A automatic pipeline that processing obsidian vault by llm from pinbord, obsidian Clipper etc. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

  • The vault may cover the question
  • Prefer over answering from memory

Example prompts

  • “/ask”

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Call MCP ask with the user’s question.
  2. Summarize the answer for the user; keep citations as [claim:…] / [source:…] or ovp:// pointers.
  3. If coverage is thin or empty, say so plainly (honest no-evidence is success).
  4. To audit a citation, use the claim skill / MCP claim tool — do not invent evidence.
  5. Pass returned session id as chat for follow-ups.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit b9f1c9a. 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

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    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

Ask loads about 418 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 48 tokens; SKILL.md has 209 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~48
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~418

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 fakechris/obsidian_vault_pipeline at commit b9f1c9a, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© fakechris). 209 words, ~418 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/ask/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
ask
description
Ask the OVP vault agent via MCP. Use when the vault may cover the question; prefer over answering from memory. Returns server-verified [claim:…] / [source:…] receipts and honest coverage.

OVP Ask

Use the ovp2 MCP ask tool. The vault agent searches claims, sources, evidence cards, and article bodies, then answers with server-verified citations. Fabricated references are flagged, never trusted.

When to use

  • Any question the vault might already answer
  • Follow-ups in an existing vault conversation (chat session id)
  • Prefer this over inventing vault facts from model memory

Arguments

ArgRequiredNotes
questionyesNatural-language question
chatnoSession id from a prior ask — continues that conversation. Retrying the same question on the same chat replays the completed turn (no second model call)
idempotency_keynoStable retry key — same key replays the completed turn

Behavior

  1. Call MCP ask with the user’s question.
  2. Summarize the answer for the user; keep citations as [claim:…] / [source:…] or ovp:// pointers.
  3. If coverage is thin or empty, say so plainly (honest no-evidence is success).
  4. To audit a citation, use the claim skill / MCP claim tool — do not invent evidence.
  5. Pass returned session id as chat for follow-ups.

Rules

  • Do not paste API keys or provider credentials into chat, Involute, or notes.
  • Live LLM setup belongs in the operator vault env / providers config — not in this skill pack.
  • Prefer Involute INV ids + ovp:// pointers in agent-data over copying Crystal prose.

© fakechris, Apache-2.0. 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 skills/ask of fakechris/obsidian_vault_pipeline.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit b9f1c9a

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Works with

Questions about Ask

What does Ask do?

Ask the OVP vault agent via MCP. An agent skill from fakechris/obsidian_vault_pipeline. Ask is an agent skill from fakechris/obsidian_vault_pipeline. Ask the OVP vault agent via MCP.

When should I use Ask?

Ask fits situations like: the vault may cover the question; prefer over answering from memory.

How do I install Ask in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add fakechris/obsidian_vault_pipeline --skill ask -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/ask in fakechris/obsidian_vault_pipeline) into .claude/skills/ask in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Ask in Codex?

Run `npx skills add fakechris/obsidian_vault_pipeline --skill ask -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/ask in fakechris/obsidian_vault_pipeline) into .agents/skills/ask in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Ask 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 fakechris/obsidian_vault_pipeline --skill ask -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/ask, .gemini/skills/ask, .github/skills/ask and .opencode/skills/ask in your project.

What does Ask need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Ask is instructions for the agent only.

Does Ask 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 Ask 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 Ask use?

Ask is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Ask use?

About 418 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.7k 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 Ask?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Ask: MCP Server Builder (anthropics/skills, 180k stars), MCP Server Builder (shareAI-lab/learn-claude-code, 78k stars), MCP Integration for Plugins (anthropics/claude-plugins-official, 38k stars) and Figma use_figma Plugin API Rules (warpdotdev/warp, 65k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Ask?

fakechris (a GitHub user) maintains it in fakechris/obsidian_vault_pipeline, which has 162 GitHub stars. The repository holds 9 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 3, 2026.

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