Creating Obsidian Templates

creating-obsidian-templates

Create Obsidian templates for the Second Brain vault. Use when asked to "create a template", "make a template for", "add an Obsidian template", or "template for X".

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SKILL.md

Full skill instructions

Creating Obsidian Templates

Create templates for the Second Brain Obsidian vault that work with the core Templates plugin.

Template Location

All templates go in: content/_obsidian-templates/

This directory is excluded from Nuxt Content (configured in content.config.ts).

Template Format

Templates use Obsidian's template syntax:

{{date}} - Current date (YYYY-MM-DD)
{{date:format}} - Custom format (e.g., {{date:YYYY-MM-DD}})
{{time}} - Current time
{{title}} - Note title

Workflow

Understand the use case: Ask what the template is for if unclear
Check existing templates: ls content/_obsidian-templates/
Research structure (if external format): Fetch examples from the web
Create template: Write to content/_obsidian-templates/{name}.md
Verify: Confirm template is valid markdown

Template Structure

---
title: "Template Name - {{date:YYYY-MM-DD}}"
draft: true
---

## Section 1

<!-- Guidance comment -->

## Section 2

<!-- Guidance comment -->

Existing Templates

Template	Purpose
`newsletter.md`	Weekly newsletter draft for beehiiv

User Setup

Remind user to configure Obsidian:

Settings → Core plugins → Enable Templates
Template folder: _obsidian-templates
Shortcut: Cmd/Ctrl + T to insert

Install skill

Copy and run in your terminal

npx -y skills add https://github.com/majiayu000/claude-skill-registry --skill creating-obsidian-templates

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skills/data/creating-obsidian-templates/SKILL.md

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