Obsidian Vault Location

SkillDocs & knowledge

Use when David asks where Obsidian is installed, where his notes/vault/journal/writing live, or wants to read/find/edit a note from his Obsidian vault. Triggers on "Obsidian", "my notes", "my vault", "my journal", "private writing", "where do I write".

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

Connect ahel once, and every AI you use reads what you have installed.

Then ask your AI: use the Obsidian Vault Location skill

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by matyasstoch/david-skills in skills/obsidian-vault-location/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

Install

  • App: /Applications/Obsidian.app
  • Config: ~/Library/Application Support/obsidian/obsidian.json (lists active vault paths)

Main vault (where the notes live)

~/Documents/notes/private_writing

Personal journal + writing. .md files only (ignore .obsidian/ config dir).

Structure

  • Monthly folders: 01-2026/, 02-2026/, 03-2026/, 04-2026/, 05-2026/ — dated journal entries / reflections.
  • timeless/ — permanent notes not tied to a date:
    • original thoughts.md
    • Grand Things I Could Do.md
    • PLANE TOPICS.md
    • reasons for God's existence.md
  • private/ — sensitive/business notes.
  • prompts/ — e.g. Writing Analysis Framework.md.
  • keyboard_shortcuts/ — Obsidian shortcut notes.

Usage

  • To find a note: find "$HOME/Documents/notes/private_writing" -iname "*<keyword>*" -not -path "*/.obsidian/*"
  • Note titles contain spaces — quote paths.

Signals

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