- Skill ID
- ar9av/obsidian-wiki/wiki-switch
- Publisher
- ar9av
- Repository
- obsidian-wiki
- Installs
- 0
- Files
- 1
- Synced
- Sep 23, 2026
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ar9av/obsidian-wiki/wiki-switchInstalls these files- SKILL.md
What this skill tells the agent
Wiki Switch — Manage Multiple Vault Profiles
Global config dir. Every path below is relative to the global config dir, resolved per the Config Resolution Protocol in llm-wiki/SKILL.md: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/obsidian-wiki (default ~/.config/obsidian-wiki), or the legacy ~/.obsidian-wiki if that already exists on disk. Resolve it once per invocation with:
CONFIG_DIR="$( [[ -d "$HOME/.obsidian-wiki" && ! -e "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/obsidian-wiki" ]] && echo "$HOME/.obsidian-wiki" || echo "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/obsidian-wiki" )"Each vault is a complete config file at $CONFIG_DIR/config.<name>. The active vault is whichever file $CONFIG_DIR/config symlinks to. Switching vaults means re-pointing that symlink.
Switch vs. inline targeting. /wiki-switch <name> changes your persistent default (re-points the symlink, affecting all future requests). To touch a different vault for just one request without changing your default, use the inline `@name` override in any request (e.g. @work save this, wiki-query @personal about X). The @name override is handled by the Config Resolution Protocol in llm-wiki/SKILL.md, not by this skill — it resolves $CONFIG_DIR/config.<name> for that one invocation and never re-points the symlink.
Dispatch
Parse the invocation and route to the right section:
| Invocation | Action |
|---|---|
/wiki-switch <name> | → Switch |
/wiki-switch list | → List |
/wiki-switch show [name] | → Show |
/wiki-switch new <name> | → New |
/wiki-switch (no args) | → List (treat as list) |
@<name> … (inline, in any request) | → Not this skill — the Config Resolution Protocol resolves that vault for one invocation without re-pointing the symlink |
Switch (default action)
Activate a named vault profile.
- Verify
$CONFIG_DIR/config.<name>exists. If not, tell the user the vault doesn't exist and list what's available (run List). - Run: ``
bash ln -sf "$CONFIG_DIR/config.<name>" "$CONFIG_DIR/config"`` - Read
OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATHfrom the newly active config. - Confirm to the user: ``
Switched to vault: <name> Vault path: <value of OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH from the config>``
List
Show all registered vault profiles and which is active.
- Find all files matching
$CONFIG_DIR/config.*(excludeconfigitself — that's the symlink). - Resolve the current symlink target:
readlink "$CONFIG_DIR/config" - For each config file, read the first non-empty comment line (lines starting with
#) as a human description of the vault. Fall back to the file's suffix as the label if no comment exists. - Display: ``
Vaults: personal My personal research wiki ← active work Work projects wiki`Mark the active one with← active. If the symlink is broken orconfigdoesn't exist, show(none active)`.
Show
Print the full config for a vault.
- If a name is given, read
$CONFIG_DIR/config.<name>. - If no name given, read
$CONFIG_DIR/config(the active vault). - If the file doesn't exist, tell the user and list what's available.
- Print the file contents verbatim (redact any lines containing
API_KEYorSECRET— show***instead of the value).
New
Scaffold a new vault config from the current active config as a template.
- Check
$CONFIG_DIR/config.<name>doesn't already exist. Abort if it does. - Copy the active config: ``
bash cp "$CONFIG_DIR/config" "$CONFIG_DIR/config.<name>"`` - Read the copied config. Config files use
# --- Section name ---comment headers to group fields into sections (e.g.,# --- Vault-specific ---,# --- Vault-independent ---,# --- Secrets ---). Use these sections to determine what to ask about:
- Fields in sections labeled "vault-specific", "paths", or similar → ask the user for new values
- Fields in sections labeled "vault-independent", "global", "shared" → keep as-is (copy over unchanged)
- Fields in sections labeled "secrets" → ask if the new vault uses the same credentials or different ones
- If there are no section headers, present all fields and let the user decide which to change
- Ask the user for updated values for the vault-specific fields. Use the current values as visible defaults — the user only needs to supply what differs.
- Write the updated values into
$CONFIG_DIR/config.<name>. - Update the top comment line to describe the new vault (e.g.,
# Obsidian Wiki — <name> vault). - Confirm: ``
Created: $CONFIG_DIR/config.<name> Run/wiki-switch <name>to activate it, then runwiki-setupto initialise the new vault.`` Do not switch automatically — let the user decide when to activate.
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