Agent Guidelines for Obsidian Brain Vault

Project Type

This is an Obsidian knowledge vault containing personal notes, research, and documentation published as a static site using Quartz.

Commands

  • Validation: npx linkinator --recurse --silent https://brain.ansonbiggs.com
  • No build/test commands - Content is managed through Obsidian and published via GitLab CI pipeline
  • Publishing: Changes trigger GitLab CI which builds and deploys via brain-quartz project

Content Guidelines

  • Format: All files are Markdown (.md) with YAML frontmatter
  • Frontmatter structure:
    ---
    categories: ["[[Category]]"]
    tags: [tag-one, tag-two] 
    publish: true/false
    ---
  • Links: Use Obsidian double-bracket syntax [[Page Name]] for internal links
  • Categories: Reference other pages using bracket syntax "[[Category Name]]"
  • Privacy: Content in private/ folder should not be made public or referenced in published content
  • Templates: Use existing templates in Templates/ folder for consistency

File Organization

  • Root level: Main topic pages and indexes
  • Daily/: Daily notes and time-based content
  • Templates/: Page templates with standard frontmatter
  • private/: Personal/sensitive content (never publish)
  • Archive/, Clippings/: Historical and reference content