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Runs a project literature review in an Obsidian vault: paper notes in Sources/Papers feed Knowledge synthesis, a Writing handoff and a default literature canvas.
Install Obsidian Literature Workflow
$ npx skills add Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar --skill obsidian-literature-workflow -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar obsidian-literature-workflow --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/Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/obsidian-literature-workflow .claude/skills/obsidian-literature-workflow && 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-literature-workflow" agent skill from https://github.com/Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar/tree/main/skills/obsidian-literature-workflow into .claude/skills/obsidian-literature-workflow/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "obsidian-literature-workflow", 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/Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar/tree/main/skills/obsidian-literature-workflowType 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 Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar --skill obsidian-literature-workflow -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar obsidian-literature-workflow --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/obsidian-literature-workflow .agents/skills/obsidian-literature-workflow && 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-literature-workflow" agent skill from https://github.com/Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar/tree/main/skills/obsidian-literature-workflow into .agents/skills/obsidian-literature-workflow/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "obsidian-literature-workflow", 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 Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar --skill obsidian-literature-workflow -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar obsidian-literature-workflow --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/obsidian-literature-workflow .cursor/skills/obsidian-literature-workflow && 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-literature-workflow" agent skill from https://github.com/Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar/tree/main/skills/obsidian-literature-workflow into .cursor/skills/obsidian-literature-workflow/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "obsidian-literature-workflow", 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/Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar.git --path skills/obsidian-literature-workflow--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 Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar --skill obsidian-literature-workflow -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar obsidian-literature-workflow --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/obsidian-literature-workflow .gemini/skills/obsidian-literature-workflow && 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-literature-workflow" agent skill from https://github.com/Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar/tree/main/skills/obsidian-literature-workflow into .gemini/skills/obsidian-literature-workflow/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "obsidian-literature-workflow", 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 Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar obsidian-literature-workflowInstalls 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 Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar --skill obsidian-literature-workflow -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/obsidian-literature-workflow .github/skills/obsidian-literature-workflow && 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-literature-workflow" agent skill from https://github.com/Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar/tree/main/skills/obsidian-literature-workflow into .github/skills/obsidian-literature-workflow/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "obsidian-literature-workflow", 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 Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar --skill obsidian-literature-workflow -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar obsidian-literature-workflow --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/obsidian-literature-workflow .opencode/skills/obsidian-literature-workflow && 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-literature-workflow" agent skill from https://github.com/Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar/tree/main/skills/obsidian-literature-workflow into .opencode/skills/obsidian-literature-workflow/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "obsidian-literature-workflow", 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-literature-workflow- GitHub stars
- 5.7k
- Token cost
- ~431 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 140 words
- Files
- 11 (incl. scripts, references)
- Skills in repo
- 34
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Runs a project literature review in an Obsidian vault: paper notes in Sources/Papers feed Knowledge synthesis, a Writing handoff and a default literature canvas.
- Running a structured literature review inside an Obsidian vault
- SKILL.md covers Main flow, Default outputs, Rules and Read next
- Runs Python scripts from its folder
- Turning paper notes into a method taxonomy and a research gap list
What it does
The skill owns the literature workflow for a project vault. Work flows from Sources/Papers to Knowledge, then Writing, with Maps/literature.canvas as the default graph. Default outputs are one note per paper, a Literature Overview, Method Taxonomy, Research Gaps and Claim Map in Knowledge, a related-work draft and comparison matrix in Writing, and the canvas.
Rules keep the layers separate. Paper notes stay in Sources/Papers, synthesis never lives inside source notes, every synthesis note links its supporting sources and every research gap carries evidence. A promoted claim needs an Evidence Record ID, source type, claim strength, allowed wording and forbidden stronger wording before it can flow into writing, and the related-work draft and comparison matrix are produced only once promoted claims pass that evidence gate. Weak paper notes, abstract-only pages and web placeholders can update coverage or the To-Read list but cannot support conclusions.
Reference files cover the paper note schema, literature overview, claim extraction, method taxonomy, research gaps, canvas and graph workflows, and Python scripts build the literature canvas and graph. No extra canvases are generated unless requested.
When your agent uses it
- Running a structured literature review inside an Obsidian vault
- Turning paper notes into a method taxonomy and a research gap list
- Building the default literature canvas from source notes
- Preparing evidence-backed claims for a related-work draft
Example prompts
- “Review the papers in Sources/Papers and update the Method Taxonomy and Research Gaps notes.”
- “Rebuild Maps/literature.canvas from the current paper notes.”
- “Which claims in the Claim Map pass the evidence gate and can go into the related-work draft?”
Requirements
- An Obsidian vault with Sources, Knowledge, Writing and Maps folders
- Python, for the canvas and graph scripts
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9037873. 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.
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 Literature Workflow loads about 431 tokens when it runs, and up to ~1.8k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 59 tokens; SKILL.md has 140 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
The full file from Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar at commit 9037873, republished under its MIT licence (© Galaxy-Dawn). 140 words, ~431 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/obsidian-literature-workflow/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 10 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- obsidian-literature-workflow
- description
- Use this skill for project-scoped literature review built on Sources/Papers, with synthesis landing in Knowledge, writing handoff in Writing, and the default literature canvas under Maps/literature.canvas.
- version
- 1.0.0
Obsidian Literature Workflow
This skill owns the project literature workflow.
Main flow
Sources/Papers/ -> Knowledge/ -> Writing/ -> Maps/literature.canvasDefault outputs
Sources/Papers/{paper-slug}.mdKnowledge/Literature Overview.mdKnowledge/Method Taxonomy.mdKnowledge/Research Gaps.mdKnowledge/Claim Map.mdWriting/related-work-draft.mdonly after promoted claims pass the evidence gateWriting/comparison-matrix.mdonly after promoted claims pass the evidence gateMaps/literature.canvas
Rules
- paper notes stay under
Sources/Papers/ - literature synthesis does not live inside source notes
- every synthesis note must link its supporting source notes
- every research gap must carry evidence
- every promoted claim must carry an Evidence Record ID, source type, claim strength, allowed wording, and forbidden stronger wording when it may flow into writing or rebuttal
- weak paper notes, abstract-only pages, and webpage placeholders may update coverage or
To-Read, but they cannot supportKnowledgeorWritingconclusions - default graph output is
Maps/literature.canvas - do not generate extra canvases unless explicitly requested
Read next
references/PAPER-NOTE-SCHEMA.mdreferences/LITERATURE-OVERVIEW.mdreferences/CLAIM-EXTRACTION.mdreferences/METHOD-TAXONOMY.mdreferences/RESEARCH-GAPS.mdreferences/LITERATURE-CANVAS.md
© Galaxy-Dawn, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
Files
SKILL.md and 10 other files (scripts, references) in skills/obsidian-literature-workflow of Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar.
- SKILL.md
- references/CANVAS-WORKFLOW.md
- references/CLAIM-EXTRACTION.md
- references/GRAPH-WORKFLOW.md
- references/LITERATURE-CANVAS.md
- references/LITERATURE-OVERVIEW.md
- references/METHOD-TAXONOMY.md
- references/PAPER-NOTE-SCHEMA.md
- references/RESEARCH-GAPS.md
- scripts/build_literature_canvas.py
- scripts/build_literature_graph.py
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9037873
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| Obsidian Literature Workflow this skillGalaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar | 5.7k | — | ~431 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Conference Paper Recommenderjuliye2025/evil-read-arxiv | 1.7k | — | ~2.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Daily arXiv Paper Briefjuliye2025/evil-read-arxiv | 1.7k | — | ~4.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Paper and Web Source Analyzerjuliye2025/evil-read-arxiv | 1.7k | — | ~715 | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Paper Figure Extractorjuliye2025/evil-read-arxiv | 1.7k | — | ~298 | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Scholar RAGjoshzyj/open-scholar-skill | 168 | — | ~7.4k | Automated safety check: Notes | Custom licence |
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Questions about Obsidian Literature Workflow
What does Obsidian Literature Workflow do?
Runs a project literature review in an Obsidian vault: paper notes in Sources/Papers feed Knowledge synthesis, a Writing handoff and a default literature canvas. The skill owns the literature workflow for a project vault.canvas as the default graph.
When should I use Obsidian Literature Workflow?
Obsidian Literature Workflow fits situations like: running a structured literature review inside an Obsidian vault; turning paper notes into a method taxonomy and a research gap list; building the default literature canvas from source notes; preparing evidence-backed claims for a related-work draft.
How do I install Obsidian Literature Workflow in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar --skill obsidian-literature-workflow -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/obsidian-literature-workflow in Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar) into .claude/skills/obsidian-literature-workflow in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Obsidian Literature Workflow in Codex?
Run `npx skills add Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar --skill obsidian-literature-workflow -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/obsidian-literature-workflow in Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar) into .agents/skills/obsidian-literature-workflow in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Obsidian Literature Workflow 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 Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar --skill obsidian-literature-workflow -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-literature-workflow, .gemini/skills/obsidian-literature-workflow, .github/skills/obsidian-literature-workflow and .opencode/skills/obsidian-literature-workflow in your project.
What does Obsidian Literature Workflow need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Obsidian Literature Workflow needs Python for the scripts in its folder. Our summary lists: An Obsidian vault with Sources, Knowledge, Writing and Maps folders; Python, for the canvas and graph scripts.
Does Obsidian Literature Workflow 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 Literature Workflow 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 Literature Workflow use?
Obsidian Literature Workflow 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 Obsidian Literature Workflow use?
About 431 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. Its references folder adds about 1.3k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
What are the alternatives to Obsidian Literature Workflow?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Obsidian Literature Workflow: Conference Paper Recommender (juliye2025/evil-read-arxiv, 1.7k stars), Daily arXiv Paper Brief (juliye2025/evil-read-arxiv, 1.7k stars), Paper and Web Source Analyzer (juliye2025/evil-read-arxiv, 1.7k stars) and Paper Figure Extractor (juliye2025/evil-read-arxiv, 1.7k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Obsidian Literature Workflow?
Galaxy-Dawn (a GitHub user) maintains it in Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar, which has 5,725 GitHub stars. The repository holds 34 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 23, 2026.
Source: Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.