9-verb knowledge engine for Obsidian vaults. Karpathy LLM Wiki pattern, pure markdown prompts, zero code dependencies.

Works with Claude Code · Antigravity · Codex · Gemini CLI · Cursor via symlink distribution. Drop it in once, use everywhere.

9 verbs unified under /wiki — 2,600+ lines of lazy-loaded playbook:

Persistent artifact: cross-references already resolved, contradictions already flagged, synthesis reflects all inputs. Knowledge compounds.

Two paths — pick the one that fits.

git clone https://github.com/daniel8824-del/claude-wiki-verbs ~/repos/claude-wiki-verbs
cd ~/repos/claude-wiki-verbs
./install.sh

Handles everything:

1. Detects installed tools (Claude Code / Antigravity / Codex / Gemini CLI) and symlinks skills/wiki/ into each
2. Prompts for Obsidian vault path, exports VAULT_ROOT to your shell rc (~/.bashrc / ~/.zshrc) — the canonical skill files stay clean; Bash expands ${VAULT_ROOT} at runtime
3. Offers to copy VAULT_TEMPLATE/ (6-area scaffold) if the vault dir doesn't exist
4. Offers to install qmd (npm i -g qmd); if available, registers the vault collection and runs initial indexing
5. Cursor users: prints a hint to copy skills/wiki/SKILL.md into .cursor/rules/wiki.mdc (Cursor needs .mdc format, can't use a symlink)

After install, run source ~/.bashrc (or open a new terminal) to pick up VAULT_ROOT.

Flags: --vault /path (skip prompt) · --force (overwrite existing real skill dirs without backup) · --uninstall

/plugin marketplace add daniel8824-del/claude-wiki-verbs
/plugin install claude-wiki-verbs@claude-wiki-verbs-marketplace

⚠️ This path only registers the skill into Claude Code. It does NOT:

• Substitute ${VAULT_ROOT} — you must export VAULT_ROOT=/path/to/your/vault or sed-replace manually
• Install qmd or run initial indexing
• Copy VAULT_TEMPLATE/ scaffold
• Symlink into Antigravity / Codex / Gemini CLI

Use Path B only if you're Claude Code-only and comfortable doing the vault + qmd setup yourself.

One source of truth. With Path A, editing skills/wiki/** propagates to all symlinked tools instantly (no sync step). Existing real ~/.claude/skills/wiki directories are auto-backed up to .backup-{timestamp} before being replaced.

save and ingest route outputs by type:

<VAULT_ROOT>/
├── 10_Raw/                    # Layer 1: immutable sources (manual retrieval only)
│   ├── 01_Articles/  02_Books/  03_Videos/  04_Notes/
│   └── 05_Conversations/  06_Research/  07_Scholar/
├── 20_Wiki/                   # Layer 2: compiled knowledge (synthesize outputs)
│   ├── 01_Sources/  02_Entities/  03_Concepts/  04_Comparisons/
│   ├── 05_Questions/  06_Meta/  07_Syntheses/  08_Critiques/  09_ELI5/
└── 30_Claude/                 # Layer 3: collaboration records (auto-searchable)
    ├── 00_Meta/ (index.md, log.md, hot.md)
    ├── 01_Sessions/  02_Learnings/  03_Retros/
    └── 04_Plans/  05_Research/  06_Designs/

Scaffold lives in VAULT_TEMPLATE/ — install.sh copies it for you.

Tier 1 — 20_Wiki (compiled knowledge, automatic first)
         ↓ if sufficient, stop
Tier 2 — 30_Claude (collaboration records, automatic)
         ↓ if insufficient
Tier 3 — 10_Raw (sources, manual only — when user says "raw" or "원본")
         ↓ if still insufficient
Tier 4 — External web (Brave, Firecrawl — last fallback)

Score routing:

• ≥0.9 High → full Read + direct quote
• 0.7–0.9 Med-High → summary + "want the full page?"
• 0.5–0.7 Med → title only
• <0.5 Low → silent skip

Every ingest must answer 5 questions (auto-suggested if missing):

1. Why collected — what pulled you here?
2. My Take — what does this mean in your context?
3. One-line insight — the single sentence core
4. Gold Out — what did you actually get? (asymmetry check vs. "why collected")
5. Action Intent — {action}: {target} (e.g., synthesize: harness-wiki §1)

Spec: skills/wiki/TEMPLATES/gold-in-frontmatter.md

qmd powers query + manage verbs — hybrid BM25 + vector search.

Without qmd: query falls back to find + grep (works, no score ranking, slower). The other 8 verbs are unaffected.

Canonical source lives at skills/wiki/. install.sh creates symlinks for every detected tool:

Pattern credit: heyitsnoah/claudesidian, amtiYo/agents, AgriciDaniel/claude-obsidian.

./install.sh --uninstall

Removes symlinks only. Your vault, qmd index, and any backed-up *.backup-{timestamp} dirs are preserved.

qmd: command not found after install — npm i -g qmd writes to your npm prefix. Check npm config get prefix is on $PATH. Re-run ./install.sh after fixing.

Wikilinks render as plain text — save and synthesize verbs validate [[X]] targets via find ${VAULT_ROOT} -iname "X*.md" before writing. If the file doesn't exist, they fall back to plain text intentionally (avoids broken links).

Vault path contains spaces — Quote it: ./install.sh --vault "/path/with spaces/vault".

My Claude Code skill stopped working after install — The installer backs up your previous ~/.claude/skills/wiki/ to .backup-{timestamp} before symlinking. Restore with: mv ~/.claude/skills/wiki.backup-* ~/.claude/skills/wiki.

Want to skip qmd entirely — Just answer n at the install prompt. query and manage will use find + grep fallback (slower, no score ranking, but functional). The other 7 verbs are unaffected.

Inspired by:

• Andrej Karpathy's LLM Wiki pattern
• AgriciDaniel/claude-obsidian — multi-tool distribution layout reference

See ATTRIBUTION.md for full credits.

MIT — see LICENSE.