Cross-Linking

Cross-Linking

Maintain bidirectional links for discoverability and graph navigation.

What to Link

Always Link

On First Mention

Link concepts, tools, and references on their first appearance in a document.

Link Syntax

Basic Wikilink

[[Page Name]]

With Display Text

[[Page-Name|Display Text]]
[[Team/​Alice-Smith|Alice]]

With Relative Path

[[../​Team/​Alice-Smith|Alice Smith]]
[[../​../​04-Knowledge/​AI-Ecosystem/​Zep|Zep]]

Finding Related Content

By Topic

Search for related pages in the same category:

• AI tools → 04-Knowledge/​AI-Ecosystem/
• Projects → 03-Projects/
• Team → 01-Team/

By Tag

Find pages with similar tags:

#project/​agi-assistant
#topic/​ai
#team/​member

By Existing Links

Check what the page already links to, then find related pages that should also be linked.

Linking Checklist

When creating/​editing content:

1. People mentioned? → Link to profiles in 01-Team/
2. Projects referenced? → Link to project READMEs
3. Tasks discussed? → Link to task files
4. Tools/​tech mentioned? → Link to AI-Ecosystem entries
5. Related knowledge? → Link to relevant research pages
6. Meetings referenced? → Link to meeting notes

Bidirectional Linking

Obsidian automatically creates backlinks, but for better navigation:

1. Link from new page to existing related content
2. Consider updating related pages to link back (for important connections)

Common Link Targets

Team

• Link to team member profiles in Database/​People/

Projects

• Link to project documentation in Projects/ or Database/​Projects/

AI Ecosystem Categories

• [[Agent-Frameworks]]
• [[LLM-Providers]]
• [[Developer-Tools]]
• [[MCP-Ecosystem]]
• [[Vector-Databases]]

Example

Before:

Alice is working on the authentication integration for our web app project.

After:

[[Alice Smith]] is working on the [[OAuth]] integration for our [[Web App]] project.