Agent skill

Vault

Manage the Obsidian vault at ~/.local/share/sbdb -- backlog tasks, meeting notes, journal entries, task notes, and general vault lookups.

MITAuto-check passedProductivity & Automation

Install Vault

skills CLI

$ npx skills add meain/dotfiles --skill vault -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install meain/dotfiles vault --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/meain/dotfiles.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/agents/.agents/skills/vault .claude/skills/vault && 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/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "vault" agent skill from https://github.com/meain/dotfiles/tree/master/agents/.agents/skills/vault into .claude/skills/vault/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "vault", 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

$skill-installer install https://github.com/meain/dotfiles/tree/master/agents/.agents/skills/vault

Type 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.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add meain/dotfiles --skill vault -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install meain/dotfiles vault --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/meain/dotfiles.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/agents/.agents/skills/vault .agents/skills/vault && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "vault" agent skill from https://github.com/meain/dotfiles/tree/master/agents/.agents/skills/vault into .agents/skills/vault/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "vault", 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.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add meain/dotfiles --skill vault -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install meain/dotfiles vault --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/meain/dotfiles.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/agents/.agents/skills/vault .cursor/skills/vault && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "vault" agent skill from https://github.com/meain/dotfiles/tree/master/agents/.agents/skills/vault into .cursor/skills/vault/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "vault", 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

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/meain/dotfiles.git --path agents/.agents/skills/vault

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add meain/dotfiles --skill vault -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install meain/dotfiles vault --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/meain/dotfiles.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/agents/.agents/skills/vault .gemini/skills/vault && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.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/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "vault" agent skill from https://github.com/meain/dotfiles/tree/master/agents/.agents/skills/vault into .gemini/skills/vault/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "vault", 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.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install meain/dotfiles vault

Installs 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).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add meain/dotfiles --skill vault -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/meain/dotfiles.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/agents/.agents/skills/vault .github/skills/vault && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.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/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "vault" agent skill from https://github.com/meain/dotfiles/tree/master/agents/.agents/skills/vault into .github/skills/vault/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "vault", 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.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add meain/dotfiles --skill vault -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install meain/dotfiles vault --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/meain/dotfiles.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/agents/.agents/skills/vault .opencode/skills/vault && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "vault" agent skill from https://github.com/meain/dotfiles/tree/master/agents/.agents/skills/vault into .opencode/skills/vault/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "vault", 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: vault
GitHub stars: 285
Token cost: ~1.3k tokens
SKILL.md length: 500 words
Files: 1
Skills in repo: 36
Repo updated: Sep 5, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: MIT

At a glance

Manage the Obsidian vault at ~/.local/share/sbdb -- backlog tasks, meeting notes, journal entries, task notes, and general vault lookups.

Works in 10 steps: View Backlog → Add Task to Backlog → Complete Task → …
Tasks that involve Meeting notes and agendas
SKILL.md covers Vault Structure, Task Format, Operations and Conventions, plus 1 more section
Calls vault

What it does

Vault is an agent skill from meain/dotfiles. Manage the Obsidian vault at ~/.local/share/sbdb -- backlog tasks, meeting notes, journal entries, task notes, and general vault lookups. Triggers: /vault, "add to backlog", "add to my tasks", "check my backlog", "what's on my plate", "create meeting note", "save to vault", "look up in vault", "add to journal", "what did I discuss with", "find in my notes", "add to task", "meeting notes for"

Its SKILL.md is about 1.3k 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 Productivity & Automation, covering Meeting notes and agendas and Accounting and bookkeeping. It works with Obsidian. The repository describes itself as: If there is a shell, there is a way! The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

Tasks that involve Meeting notes and agendas
Tasks that involve Accounting and bookkeeping

Example prompts

“add to backlog”
“add to my tasks”
“check my backlog”
“/vault”

Workflow steps

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

View Backlog
Add Task to Backlog
Complete Task
Create Task Note
Add to Existing Task Note
Create Meeting Note
Update Meeting Note
Journal Entry
Vault Search
Save Content to Vault

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit f469fb6. 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:
- vault
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 loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 100 tokens; SKILL.md has 500 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~100
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~1.3k

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 meain/dotfiles at commit f469fb6, republished under its MIT licence (© meain). 500 words, ~1,274 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/vault/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).

name: vault
description: Manage the Obsidian vault at ~/.local/share/sbdb -- backlog tasks, meeting notes, journal entries, task notes, and general vault lookups. Triggers: /vault, "add to backlog", "add to my tasks", "check my backlog", "what's on my plate", "create meeting note", "save to vault", "look up in vault", "add to journal", "what did I discuss with", "find in my notes", "add to task", "meeting notes for"

/vault -- Obsidian Vault Operations

Root: /Users/meain/.local/share/sbdb

Vault Structure

Path	Purpose
`Backlog/Backlog.md`	Primary backlog — sections: Today, Tomorrow, day names, This Week, Weekend, Next Week, Whenever, Ongoing
`Tasks/YYYY-MM/<Task Name>.md`	Detailed task notes
`Meeting/YYYY/MM/DD/<Name>.md`	Meeting notes
`Journal/Day/YYYY/MM/YYYY-MM-DD.md`	Daily journal
`Templates/`	Templates
Root level	~435 files: people (~80), technical (~130), work (~40) notes

Task Format

- [ ] Task description                        # unchecked
- [x] Task description                        # completed (use for done OR won't-do — no [-] state)
- [ ] Description 🔺                          # high priority
- [ ] Description 📅 YYYY-MM-DD               # due date
- [ ] [[Tasks/YYYY-MM/Task Name]]             # linked task note
- [ ] Description [PROJ-123](url)             # linked to Jira
- [ ] Description [ref](url)                  # linked to external ref

Entry length: Keep backlog entries short — a few words, enough to identify the task. Do NOT add long descriptions, rationale, or investigation notes inline. If more context is needed, create a task note (Tasks/YYYY-MM/<name>.md) and link it with a wiki-link.

Completion: Always use [x] for completed/won't-do items. Never use [-] or any other state.

Operations

1. View Backlog

Read Backlog/Backlog.md. Show Today + Tomorrow + This Week by default. Filter out completed items unless asked.

2. Add Task to Backlog

Append - [ ] <description> to the end of the target section in Backlog/Backlog.md.

Section keywords:

"today"/"now"/"next" → Today | "tomorrow" → Tomorrow | "this week" → This Week
"weekend" → Weekend | "next week" → Next Week | "whenever"/"someday" → Whenever | "ongoing" → Ongoing
Day names → match the ### DayName section heading

Keep the description short. Include a link if there's a Jira ticket or PR: [PROJ-123](https://...) or [ref](url). If additional context is needed, create a task note first and link with a wiki-link.

3. Complete Task

Find the line by substring match in Backlog.md, change - [ ] to - [x]. If multiple matches, show and ask.

4. Create Task Note

Save to Tasks/YYYY-MM/<Task Name>.md. Free-form markdown. If a backlog entry exists, add the wiki-link: [[Tasks/YYYY-MM/Name]]. The task name in the backlog and the note filename must match.

5. Add to Existing Task Note

Read and append. Search with Tasks/**/<partial-name>*.md if unsure of the exact name.

6. Create Meeting Note

Save to Meeting/YYYY/MM/DD/<Name>.md:

markdown

---
date: YYYY-MM-DD
presenter:
participants:
tags:
---
### Agenda
### Notes
### Follow-ups

Optionally add to backlog: - [ ] [[Meeting/YYYY/MM/DD/<Name>]]

7. Update Meeting Note

Find with Meeting/YYYY/MM/**/<partial-name>*.md. Add to Notes, Follow-ups, and optionally extract follow-ups to backlog.

Show full SKILL.md (204 more words)Show less

8. Journal Entry

Create or append to Journal/Day/YYYY/MM/YYYY-MM-DD.md. Each entry is a new paragraph prefixed with HH:MM timestamp. Create dirs as needed.

9. Vault Search

By person: check root-level <Name>.md files, then Meeting/ and Backlog/
By topic: grep across the vault
By date: navigate date directories
By meeting: search Meeting/ subdirs
Recent: check recent backlog entries, meeting files, journal entries
Wiki-links: [[Page Name]] → search for Page Name.md

10. Save Content to Vault

Determine best location based on content type:

Research/plans → Tasks/YYYY-MM/<name>.md
Meeting output → Meeting/YYYY/MM/DD/<name>.md
Person info → root <Name>.md
Technical reference → TIL/<topic>.md or root
Book/article/blog idea → Backlog/Backlog.md (Whenever)
Cross-link from backlog if actionable

Conventions

Wiki-links: full path for Tasks/Meetings ([[Tasks/2026-04/Name]]), bare name for root-level ([[Person Name]])
Dates: YYYY-MM-DD
File naming: natural name with spaces, not kebab-case
Create intermediate dirs as needed
No frontmatter for tasks/backlog items — only meeting notes and journal use YAML
Only modify specific lines when editing Backlog.md — never rewrite the whole file

Arguments

/vault — show Today backlog /vault add <task> — add to Today /vault add tomorrow <task> — add to Tomorrow /vault meeting <name> — create meeting note /vault task <name> — create task note /vault search <query> — search vault /vault journal <content> — add journal entry Free-form: /vault what meetings did I have last week

Files

Just SKILL.md in agents/.agents/skills/vault of meain/dotfiles.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit f469fb6

Compare with similar skills

Vault 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.

Vault compared with similar skills
Skill	Stars	Used in	Tokens	Auto-check	Licence	Repo updated
Vault this skillmeain/dotfiles	285	—	~1.3k	Automated safety check: Pass	MIT	1 mo ago
Daily Journalravila4/claude-adhd-skills	157	—	~2.5k	Automated safety check: Pass	MIT	7 mo ago
GranolaArtemXTech/claude-code-obsidian-starter	224	—	~905	Automated safety check: Pass	None	3 days ago
Followup Todosbenoror/obsidianos_work	165	—	~1.8k	Automated safety check: Pass	MIT	3 mo ago
Daily UpdateAr9av/obsidian-wiki	3.5k	—	~2.4k	Automated safety check: Notes	MIT	yesterday
Granola To Obsidianharperreed/dotfiles	334	—	~1.2k	Automated safety check: Pass	None	5 days ago

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Questions about Vault

What does Vault do?

Manage the Obsidian vault at ~/.local/share/sbdb -- backlog tasks, meeting notes, journal entries, task notes, and general vault lookups. Vault is an agent skill from meain/dotfiles.local/share/sbdb -- backlog tasks, meeting notes, journal entries, task notes, and general vault lookups.

When should I use Vault?

Vault fits situations like: tasks that involve Meeting notes and agendas; tasks that involve Accounting and bookkeeping.

How do I install Vault in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Vault in Codex?

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

Can I use Vault 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 meain/dotfiles --skill vault -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, .gemini/skills/vault, .github/skills/vault and .opencode/skills/vault in your project.

What does Vault need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Vault needs the command-line tools its instructions call (vault).

Does Vault 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 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 use?

Vault 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 Vault use?

About 1.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.1k 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?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Vault: Daily Journal (ravila4/claude-adhd-skills, 157 stars), Granola (ArtemXTech/claude-code-obsidian-starter, 224 stars), Followup Todos (benoror/obsidianos_work, 165 stars) and Daily Update (Ar9av/obsidian-wiki, 3.5k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Vault?

meain (a GitHub user) maintains it in meain/dotfiles, which has 285 GitHub stars. The repository holds 36 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 5, 2026.

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

Install Vault

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

/vault -- Obsidian Vault Operations

Vault Structure

Task Format

Operations

1. View Backlog

2. Add Task to Backlog

3. Complete Task

4. Create Task Note

5. Add to Existing Task Note

6. Create Meeting Note

7. Update Meeting Note

8. Journal Entry

9. Vault Search

10. Save Content to Vault

Conventions

Arguments

Files

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