# Wiki Dashboard

Create dynamic, queryable Obsidian dashboard views using Bases or Dataview.

- Repository: https://github.com/Ar9av/obsidian-wiki (3650 stars)
- Category: Engineering
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2026-11-01
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add Ar9av/obsidian-wiki --skill wiki-dashboard -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add Ar9av/obsidian-wiki --skill wiki-dashboard -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add Ar9av/obsidian-wiki --skill wiki-dashboard -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add Ar9av/obsidian-wiki --skill wiki-dashboard -g -a gemini-cli -y`
Claude Code plugin marketplace: `/plugin marketplace add Ar9av/obsidian-wiki`

## Description

Create dynamic, queryable Obsidian dashboard views using Bases or Dataview. Use for auto-updating tables, indexes, or structured views of vault content; not for ordinary question answering.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# Wiki Dashboard, Dynamic Vault Views

Two tools available: **Obsidian Bases** (native, GUI-driven, no plugin) and **Dataview** (community plugin, SQL-like, more powerful). Check which the user has and prefer Bases unless they ask for Dataview or need GROUP BY / computed columns.

## Before You Start

**Writing profile:** Before drafting or rewriting natural-language Markdown, read and apply the `Writing Profile Resolution` section in `llm-wiki/SKILL.md`. Framework schema, provenance, safety, and operation-specific requirements take precedence.
Apply `WRITING.md` preferences only to optional Markdown dashboard prose; `.base` syntax remains unchanged.

1. **Resolve config**, follow the Config Resolution Protocol in `llm-wiki/SKILL.md` (inline `@name` override → walk up CWD for `.env` → global config → prompt setup). This gives `OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH`.
2. Read `$OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH/index.md` to understand what categories and pages exist.
3. Ask the user what they want to view if not specified, folder, tag, category, date range?
4. Ask if they have Dataview installed if you're unsure which tool to use.

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## Option A, Obsidian Bases (`.base` files)

Bases are YAML files that define live views over vault notes. Native to Obsidian 1.8+, no plugin needed.

### Official canonical schema

Top-level keys:

```yaml
filters:      # Global filter applied to all views (expression strings under and/or/not)
formulas:     # Named computed properties, referenced as formula.<name>
properties:   # Display config per property, sets displayName for column headers
summaries:    # Aggregation formulas (e.g. mean, sum)
views:        # Array of view definitions (required)
```

Each item in `views:`:

The rest: https://github.com/Ar9av/obsidian-wiki/blob/HEAD/.skills/wiki-dashboard/SKILL.md