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Obsidian Bases

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davepoon·vlatest·productivity·MIT

Obsidian Bases generates structured notes & outlines from your Obsidian vault, streamlining knowledge organization and boosting productivity.

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Install on your platform

Showing Claude Code. One command installs this skill into any of the agents below.

  1. 1

    Run this in your project

    terminal
    $ npx skills add davepoon/buildwithclaude --skill obsidian-bases -a claude-code

  2. Uses the open-source skills CLI and needs Node.js. Add -g to install it for your user instead of this project.

What we know about this skill

Publisher

davepoon

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Install target

Live repository

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Automated safety checks

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This skill passed all 6 checks. We read its files at one commit and looked for the things that make a skill dangerous to run — not for whether it works.

  • Declares what it does: passed

    SKILL.md parses and declares a name and a description.

    SKILL.md exists, its frontmatter parses, and it declares a name and a description.

  • No undeclared network calls: passed

    Makes no network calls.

    Every host the skill dials — from its scripts, its config endpoints or the commands it tells the agent to run — is either well-known package and API infrastructure or declared in its own frontmatter. Links in documentation are not counted.

  • No obfuscated payloads: passed

    No encoded or obfuscated payloads.

    No base64, hex or compressed blob is decoded and then executed, and no encoded shell commands.

  • No credential access: passed

    Reads no keys, tokens, keychains or credential files.

    Neither the code nor the SKILL.md instructions read SSH keys, cloud credentials, keychains, token stores, browser cookie databases or dotfiles that hold secrets.

  • No pipe-to-shell installers: passed

    No pipe-to-shell or download-and-run installers.

    No `curl … | sh` pattern, in the code or in the instructions, that runs code fetched at run time.

  • Pinned to a commit: passed

    Scanned davepoon/buildwithclaude at fc03a95b41.

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fc03a95b41
Manifest
plugins/all-skills/skills/obsidian-bases/SKILL.md
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2 files, 1,134 lines
Copies in repo
2 — all of them scanned
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About this skill

What it does

This skill enables an AI agent, specifically Claude Code, to create and edit Obsidian Bases (.base files). Obsidian Bases are YAML-based configuration files that define dynamic views of notes within an Obsidian vault, allowing for structured organization and filtering of information. The skill supports creating views, filters, formulas, property configurations, and custom summaries within these Base files.

When to use it

  • Creating database-like views of your notes in Obsidian.
  • Building task trackers, reading lists, or project dashboards using note properties.
  • Filtering and organizing notes based on specific tags or properties.
  • Generating calculated fields (formulas) within your note organization system.

Key capabilities

  • Creation and editing of valid .base files.
  • Defining global filters that apply to all views in a Base file.
  • Creating formulas for use across multiple views.
  • Configuring display names and settings for properties.
  • Defining custom summary formulas.
  • Generating various view types: table, cards, list, or map.

Example prompts

  • "Create an Obsidian Base to track my reading list, with columns for title, author, status (read/unread), and date started."
  • "Generate a Base file that filters notes tagged 'project' and displays them in a card view sorted by due date."
  • "Write a formula property called wordCount that calculates the number of words in each note."

Tips & gotchas

  • Obsidian Bases are written in YAML, so proper formatting is crucial for validity.
  • The skill works best with Claude Code as it’s specifically designed to handle .base file syntax and structure.