Guides setting up, configuring, and organizing Obsidian vaults for software engineers — folder structure, plugins, templates, Git backup, Dataview queries, and AI integrations. Also creates and edits Obsidian vault files following best practices for frontmatter schemas, wikilinks, Templater syntax, Dataview code blocks, and Canvas JSON. Use when setting up a new vault, recommending plugins, creating note templates, writing Dataview queries, configuring Git sync, advising on vault organization, or generating Obsidian-compatible Markdown files.
~/vaults/brain).vault/
├── _templates/
├── daily/
├── meetings/
├── projects/
├── references/
├── archive/
└── attachments/
_templates/daily.md, _templates/meeting.md, _templates/project.md, _templates/reference.md using the templates in references/templates-and-daily-notes.md.YYYY-MM-DD, location daily/, template _templates/daily.md, open on startup._templates, enable folder templates (daily/ → _templates/daily.md, meetings/ → _templates/meeting.md), trigger on new file creation.git init, create private remote, configure Obsidian Git plugin (auto backup every 10-30 min, auto pull on open, auto push after commit)._ (e.g., _templates/).archive/.Every note gets this minimum frontmatter:
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