Agent skill · creative production · nicholasspisak
second-brain
Set up a new Obsidian knowledge base with the LLM Wiki pattern. Use when the user wants to create a second brain, initialize a vault, set up a personal knowledge base, or says "onboard". Guides through an interactive wizard to configure vault name, location, domain, agent support, and tooling.
Why this skill is useful
Adds an executable onboarding script that sets up a structured knowledge base with agent configurations and directory structure.
What it needs
Requires bash installed locally. About 4k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-04-07. 661 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
Second Brain — Onboarding Wizard Set up a new Obsidian knowledge base using the LLM Wiki pattern. The LLM acts as librarian — reading raw sources, compiling them into a structured interlinked wiki, and maintaining it over time. Wizard Flow Guide the user through these 5 steps. Ask ONE question at a time. Each step has a sensible default — the user can accept it or provide their own value. Step 1: Vault Name Ask: "What would you like to name your knowledge base? This will be the folder name." Default: second-brain Accept any user-provided name. This becomes the folder name and the title in the agent config. Step 2: Vault Location Ask: "Where should I create it? Give me a path, or I'll use the default." Default: ~/Documents/ Accept any absolute or relative path. Resolve ~ to the user's home directory. The final vault path is {location}/{vault-name}/. Step 3: Domain / Topic Ask: "What's this knowledge base about? This helps me set up relevant tags and describe the vault's purpose." Examples: "AI research", "competitive intelligence on fintech startups", "personal health and fitness" Accept free text. Use this to: Write a one-line domain description for the agent config Generate 5-8 suggested domain-specific tags Step 4: Agent Config Auto-detect which agent is running this skill. State it clearly: "I'm running in [Agent Name], so I'll generate a [config file] for this vault." Then ask: "Do you use any other AI agents you'd like config files for? Options: Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI — or skip." Skip the agent that was auto-detected. Generate configs for all selected agents. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
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