Sample vault

This folder shows what an obsidian-second-brain vault looks like in practice. Every note inside sample-vault/ follows the AI-first rule defined in references/ai-first-rules.md.

If you are evaluating the skill, browse the files here before installing. If you are contributing a new command, match the structure shown in the note type closest to your output.

What's in here

sample-vault/
├── _CLAUDE.md                                       # Vault operating manual (the file /obsidian-init writes)
├── Daily/2026-04-27.md                              # type: daily
├── people/Alex Rivera.md                            # type: person (vault owner)
├── people/Sam Patel.md                              # type: person (collaborator)
├── Projects/Tide.md                                 # type: project
├── Ideas/2026-04-27 — Streak insurance feature.md   # type: idea
└── wiki/logs/2026-04-27 — Tide retention rebuild.md # type: devlog

A real vault would also have Companies/, Decisions/, Knowledge/, Research/, Boards/, and social-media/ folders. Those are referenced in wikilinks here but not included as files — a 7-file sample is enough to show the AI-first pattern without bloating the repo.

What to look for

Each file demonstrates the 7 rules from the AI-first spec:

1. Self-contained context — every note explains itself without relying on backlinks alone
2. ## For future Claude preamble — the 2-3 sentence summary right after the frontmatter
3. Rich frontmatter — type, date, tags, ai-first: true, plus type-specific fields
4. Recency markers per claim — external facts carry (as of YYYY-MM, source.com)
5. Sources verbatim — URLs preserved inline, not paraphrased
6. Mandatory [[wikilinks]] — every person, project, idea linked
7. Confidence levels — stated | high | medium | speculation where applicable

Important note about the content

Everything here is fictional. Alex Rivera, Sam Patel, Tide, Currentscale Labs, and the cited URLs are made up. Do not treat any claim in this folder as a real fact about a real person or product. The point is to show structure and tone, not to provide research.

How to use this for your own vault

You don't copy this folder into your vault. The skill builds your vault for you when you run /obsidian-init and grows it through normal usage of the 31 commands. This folder exists only to show what the output looks like before you install.

If you want a clean starting point, run:

/obsidian-init

That writes a real _CLAUDE.md tailored to your name, your projects, and your folder preferences.