Obsidian Vault Management

Vault Structure (PARA-Based)

This vault uses a PARA-like organization:

Folder Purpose

00 - Maps of Content

Index notes linking related topics

01 - Projects

Active project notes

02 - Areas

Ongoing responsibilities

03 - Resources

Reference materials

04 - Permanent

Evergreen/zettelkasten notes

05 - Fleeting

Quick capture notes

06 - Daily

Daily notes (YYYY/MM/YYYYMMDD.md)

07 - Archives

Completed/inactive content

08 - books

Book notes and clippings

99 - Meta

Templates, settings

Clippings

Web clips and imports

Quick Reference

Linking Syntax

[[Note Name]] # Basic wikilink [[Note Name|Display Text]] # Aliased link [[Note Name#Heading]] # Link to heading [[Note Name#^block-id]] # Link to block ![[Note Name]] # Embed note ![[image.png]] # Embed image ![[Note Name#Heading]] # Embed section

Frontmatter Template

created: {{date:YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm}} updated: {{date:YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm}} title: "Note Title" type: note status: draft tags:

• tag1
• tag2 aliases:
• "Alternate Name" cssclasses:
• custom-class

Callouts

[!note] Title Content

[!warning] Important Warning content

[!tip] Helpful tip Tip content

[!info]+ Collapsible (open by default) Content

[!danger]- Collapsed by default Content

Available callout types: note, abstract, info, todo, tip, success, question, warning, failure, danger, bug, example, quote

Creating Notes

Daily Note

Create in 06 - Daily/YYYY/MM/ with filename YYYYMMDD.md :

created: 2025-12-09T09:00 updated: 2025-12-09T09:00 title: "20251209" type: daily-note status: true tags:

• daily
• journal
• 2025
• 2025-12 aliases:
• "2025-12-09" date_formatted: 2025-12-09 topics:
• "[[daily]]"
• "[[journal]]" related:
• "[[2025-12-08]]"
• "[[2025-12-10]]" cssclasses:
• daily

Daily Note - 2025-12-09

Tasks

• Task 1

Journal

...

Navigation

<< [[2025-12-08]] | Today | [[2025-12-10]] >>

Zettelkasten Note

Create in 04 - Permanent/ :

created: {{date}} type: zettelkasten tags:

• permanent
• topic

Note Title

Main Insight

Key Idea: [Main point]

Connections

• [[Related Note 1]]
• [[Related Note 2]]

References

• Source citation

Dataview Queries

For dataview query syntax, see references/dataview.md.

Quick examples:

LIST FROM "06 - Daily" WHERE file.cday = date(today) SORT file.ctime DESC

TABLE status, tags FROM "01 - Projects" WHERE status != "completed"

Templates

Templates location: 99 - Meta/00 - Templates/

For Templater syntax, see references/templater.md.

Common Templater variables:

<% tp.file.title %> # Current file name <% tp.date.now("YYYY-MM-DD") %> # Current date <% tp.file.cursor(1) %> # Cursor position <% tp.system.prompt("Question") %> # User input prompt

Installed Plugins

Plugin Purpose

Dataview Query and display data from notes

Templater Advanced templates with scripting

Auto Note Mover Auto-organize notes by tags

Periodic Notes Daily/weekly/monthly notes

Kanban Kanban boards in markdown

Tag Wrangler Bulk tag management

Table Editor Markdown table editing

Advanced URI Deep links to notes

Local REST API External API access

File Operations

Creating a Note

• Determine appropriate folder based on note type

• Add proper frontmatter

• Use consistent naming conventions

• Include relevant tags for auto-organization

Best Practices

• Use descriptive filenames (avoid special characters except hyphens)

• Always include created and updated timestamps

• Tag notes for discoverability

• Link to related notes bidirectionally

• Use callouts for important information

• Include navigation links in daily notes

Advanced Features

• Dataview queries: references/dataview.md

• Templater scripting: references/templater.md

• Canvas diagrams: references/canvas.md

• Plugin configurations: references/plugins.md