Quickly saves information to an Obsidian vault's raw/ directory for later processing by the compile skill. This skill should be used when the user asks to "capture a note", "save this to my vault", "add to raw", "jot this down", "save for later", "capture this link", or "add a source".
Quickly save information to the vault's raw/ directory for later processing by the compile skill. Designed for fast capture of notes, links, quotes, ideas, and research findings without going through the full compile workflow.
Before any operation, resolve the vault path:
OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATHwiki/index.md exists in the current working directoryAskUserQuestionCreate raw/ if it doesn't exist.
See vault-conventions.md for vault structure and naming conventions.
Accept content from one of these sources:
AskUserQuestion: "What would you like to capture?"Determine which project this capture belongs to:
/workspace/acme/backend → project: backend)AskUserQuestionIf the user provides metadata, include it. Do not prompt for metadata unless the user's message suggests they want to add some. Common metadata fields:
Write a timestamped file to raw/:
Filename format: raw/YYYY-MM-DD-topic-slug.md
raw/2026-04-08-topic-slug-2.mdFile format:
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