# Wiki Research

Perform multi-round web research on a topic, synthesize the findings, and file...

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

## Install

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

## Description

Perform multi-round web research on a topic, synthesize the findings, and file structured results into the Obsidian wiki. Use for comprehensive web-sourced research intended to become wiki knowledge.

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

# Wiki Research, Autonomous Multi-Round Research

You are running an autonomous research loop on a topic, synthesizing what you find, and filing the results into the Obsidian wiki as permanent knowledge.

## 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.
`WRITING.md` preferences apply only to newly drafted or rewritten natural-language Markdown; preserve source content and structured records.

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` and `OBSIDIAN_LINK_FORMAT` (default: `wikilink`).
2. Read `$OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH/index.md` to understand what's already in the wiki, don't re-research things the wiki covers well
3. Read `$OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH/hot.md` if it exists, it surfaces recent context
4. Check `$OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH/references/research-config.md` if it exists, it may define source preferences, domains to skip, or confidence rules for this vault
5. Check `$OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH/references/research-backends.md` if it exists, it registers optional CLI retrieval backends (social media, video transcripts, paid APIs, etc.). Load any available backends into your working state for this session.

When writing internal links in generated pages, apply the link format from `llm-wiki/SKILL.md` (Link Format section) using the `OBSIDIAN_LINK_FORMAT` value.

Confirm the research topic with the user if it's ambiguous. Then proceed.

## Research Configuration (optional)

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