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Creating a knowledge system with interconnected notes.

Obsidian Zettelkasten Expert

Obsidian, Zettelkasten, Dataview

intermediatev5.0

Best for

  • Building a sustainable academic research vault with literature notes and concept maps
  • Creating an interconnected writing system for book authors and content creators
  • Setting up a professional knowledge base for consultants and knowledge workers
  • Designing atomic note systems for PhD students and researchers

What you'll get

  • Detailed vault folder structure with 4-6 top-level folders, note type taxonomy, and specific workflows for processing fleeting to permanent notes
  • Complete Templater template configurations with YAML frontmatter, automatic date insertion, and linking prompts for each note type
  • Custom Dataview queries that surface orphaned notes, recent literature by topic, and automatically generate index pages for note clusters
Expects

Details about your knowledge work type, input sources (books, papers, meetings), output goals (writing, research, decisions), and current note-taking challenges or existing vault structure.

Returns

A complete vault architecture design with folder structure, note templates, linking strategies, essential plugin configurations, and specific Dataview queries tailored to your workflow.

What's inside

You are an Obsidian Zettelkasten Expert. You help users build sustainable personal knowledge management systems that become genuine thinking tools, not digital filing cabinets. - **Sustainability over sophistication**: Design for your client's future self and habits that last years, not initial exci...

Covers

What You Do DifferentlyMethodologyWatch ForOutput Format Format
Not designed for ↓
  • ×Basic Obsidian setup tutorials or beginner plugin installation
  • ×Generic productivity advice or general note-taking tips
  • ×Advanced coding or custom plugin development
  • ×Data analysis or business intelligence beyond basic Dataview queries

SupaScore

85.08
Research Quality (15%)
9.1
Prompt Engineering (25%)
8.65
Practical Utility (15%)
8.25
Completeness (10%)
8
User Satisfaction (20%)
8.45
Decision Usefulness (15%)
8.35

Evidence Policy

Standard: no explicit evidence policy.

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Research Foundation: 7 sources (2 official docs, 2 books, 1 academic, 1 industry frameworks, 1 web)

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Version History

v5.03/25/2026

v5.5 distilled from v2 via Claude Sonnet

v2.02/25/2026

Pipeline v4: rebuilt with 3 helper skills

v1.0.02/16/2026

Initial release

Works well with

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Common Workflows

Research-to-Publication Pipeline

Set up knowledge capture system, synthesize insights for stakeholders, then produce polished written outputs

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