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wiki-dashboard

by Ar9av3.6k

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The skill file stays in the publisher's repository.

Paste the copied command in a terminal. It installs this SKILL.md into that agent.

npx skills add Ar9av/obsidian-wiki --skill wiki-dashboard -a cursor -y

Download skill .skills/wiki-dashboard/SKILL.md on GitHub

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How do I install wiki-dashboard?: Download .skills/wiki-dashboard/SKILL.md from the publisher, or copy the path and open the repository. PlugMCP lists the skill and does not host the file.
Where does wiki-dashboard live?: The publisher keeps it at https://github.com/Ar9av/obsidian-wiki.
Which agents can use wiki-dashboard?: Claude, Cursor, and Codex can read a SKILL.md you add from the publisher's repository.

name: wiki-dashboard 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.

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; syntax remains unchanged.

.base

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)

views:
  - type: table          # table | list | cards | map
    name: "View Name"    # display label
    limit: 50            # optional max rows
    order:               # column display order (list of property/formula names)
      - file.name
      - note.updated
    groupBy:             # grouping — goes INSIDE the view, NOT at top level
      property: note.tags
      direction: ASC     # ASC | DESC
    filters:             # view-specific filter (merges with global filters)
      and:
        - 'note.status != "done"'
    summaries:
      formula.myFormula: Average

# CORRECT
filters:
  and:
    - file.inFolder("concepts")

# WRONG — typed objects (parse error)
filters:
  - type: folder
    folder: concepts

filters:
  or:
    - file.hasTag("book")
    - and:
        - file.inFolder("concepts")
        - file.hasTag("research")
    - not:
        - file.hasTag("archived")

Context	Frontmatter field `tags`	File name	Formula
`properties:` keys	`note.tags`	`file.name`	`formula.<name>`
`order:` values	`tags` (bare)	`file.name`	`formula.<name>`
`groupBy.property:`	`tags` (bare)	`file.name`	—
`filters:` expressions	`file.hasTag(...)` / `note.tags`	`file.name`	`formula.<name>`
`formulas:` expressions	`note.tags`, `note.updated`	`file.name`	—

filters:
  and:
    - file.inFolder("concepts")
properties:
  file.name:
    displayName: Page
  note.tags:
    displayName: Tags
  note.summary:
    displayName: Summary
  note.updated:
    displayName: Updated
views:
  - type: table
    name: Table
    order:
      - file.name
      - tags
      - summary
      - updated

filters:
  and:
    - file.inFolder("entities")
properties:
  file.name:
    displayName: Entity
  note.title:
    displayName: Full Name
  note.tags:
    displayName: Tags
  note.summary:
    displayName: Summary
views:
  - type: cards
    name: Cards
    order:
      - file.name
      - title
      - tags
      - summary

filters:
  and:
    - file.inFolder("concepts")
properties:
  file.name:
    displayName: Concept
  note.summary:
    displayName: Summary
  note.updated:
    displayName: Updated
views:
  - type: table
    name: By Domain
    groupBy:
      property: tags        # bare property name, no note. prefix
      direction: ASC
    order:
      - file.name           # do NOT include tags here — already the group header
      - summary
      - updated

filters:
  and:
    - file.hasTag("machine-learning")
properties:
  file.name:
    displayName: Page
  note.category:
    displayName: Category
  note.summary:
    displayName: Summary
views:
  - type: table
    name: Table
    order:
      - file.name
      - category
      - summary

filters:
  and:
    - file.inFolder("projects")
    - file.hasTag("active")
properties:
  file.name:
    displayName: Project
  note.summary:
    displayName: Summary
  note.updated:
    displayName: Last Updated
views:
  - type: cards
    name: Cards
    order:
      - file.name
      - summary
      - updated

filters:
  or:
    - file.inFolder("concepts")
    - file.inFolder("entities")
properties:
  file.name:
    displayName: Page
  note.category:
    displayName: Category
  note.updated:
    displayName: Updated
views:
  - type: table
    name: Table
    order:
      - file.name
      - category
      - updated

filters:
  and:
    - file.inFolder("concepts")
formulas:
  days_stale: "floor((now() - note.updated) / 86400000)"
properties:
  file.name:
    displayName: Page
  note.updated:
    displayName: Updated
  formula.days_stale:
    displayName: Days Stale
views:
  - type: table
    name: Stale
    order:
      - file.name
      - updated
      - formula.days_stale

Expression	What it does
`file.inFolder("path")`	Pages in that folder
`file.hasTag("tag")`	Pages with that tag (no `#` prefix)
`file.hasLink("Note Name")`	Pages linking to a note
`file.name == "note-name"`	Exact filename match
`file.ext == "md"`	Filter by extension
`note.propertyName`	Any frontmatter property
`formula.formulaName`	A named formula result
`now()`	Current timestamp in ms

```dataview
TABLE
  tags AS "Tags",
  summary AS "Summary",
  file.mtime AS "Last Modified"
FROM "concepts"
SORT file.mtime DESC
```

```dataview
TABLE WITHOUT ID
  file.link AS "Entity",
  tags AS "Tags",
  summary AS "Summary"
FROM "entities"
SORT file.name ASC
```

```dataview
TABLE WITHOUT ID
  rows.file.link AS "Concept",
  rows.summary AS "Summary"
FROM "concepts"
GROUP BY tags[0] AS "Domain"
```

```dataview
TABLE WITHOUT ID
  file.link AS "Page",
  category AS "Type",
  file.mtime AS "Last Modified",
  (date(today) - file.mtime).days + " days" AS "Age"
FROM "concepts" OR "entities" OR "projects"
WHERE file.name != file.folder
WHERE (date(today) - file.mtime).days > 30
SORT (date(today) - file.mtime).days DESC
```

```dataview
TABLE
  summary AS "Summary",
  file.mtime AS "Last Modified"
FROM "projects"
WHERE file.name != file.folder
SORT file.mtime DESC
```

Clause	Usage
`FROM "folder"`	All notes in folder
`FROM #tag`	All notes with tag
`FROM "a" OR "b"`	Union of two folders
`WHERE file.name != file.folder`	Exclude folder index pages
`GROUP BY field AS "Label"`	Group rows — use `rows.` for properties after this
`SORT field DESC`	Sort direction
`file.link`	Clickable wikilink
`file.mtime`	Last modified time (always valid DateTime)
`(date(today) - file.mtime).days`	Days since last modification

## Entities
![[_meta/entities-tracker.base]]

- [TIMESTAMP] WIKI_DASHBOARD name="<slug>" tool=bases|dataview view=<type> filter="<description>"

Dashboard	Best tool	What it shows
Content index	Bases or Dataview	All pages grouped by category, sorted by updated
Entity tracker	Bases (cards)	Entity pages as a visual card gallery
Concepts by domain	Dataview	Concepts grouped by first tag using GROUP BY
Ingestion log	Either	Pages sorted by `created` date
Stale content	Dataview	Pages not touched in 30+ days with day count
Project overview	Either	Project pages with last-sync date
Research tracker	Dataview	Synthesis pages tagged `research`

${QMD_CLI:-qmd} update

${QMD_CLI:-qmd} embed

${QMD_CLI:-qmd} ls "$QMD_WIKI_COLLECTION"

${QMD_CLI:-qmd} get "qmd://$QMD_WIKI_COLLECTION/<page>.md" -l 5

wiki-dashboard

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name: wiki-dashboard 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.

Wiki Dashboard — Dynamic Vault Views

Before You Start

Option A — Obsidian Bases (`.base` files)

Official canonical schema

Filter syntax — CRITICAL

Property name conventions

Basic table — folder filter

Cards view — folder filter

Group by property — groupBy goes INSIDE the view

Tag filter

Multi-filter (folder AND tag)

OR filter (two folders)

Computed column via formulas

Filter expression reference

Option B — Dataview (community plugin)

Basic table — folder

Table with clickable links (TABLE WITHOUT ID)

GROUP BY — use `rows.` prefix after grouping

Stale pages — use `file.mtime` for date math

Multi-folder query

Dataview reference

Step 3: Write the File

Step 4: Embed Bases (optional)

Step 5: Update Tracking

Common Dashboard Recipes

Quality Checklist

QMD Refresh After Vault Writes

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name: wiki-dashboard 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.

Wiki Dashboard — Dynamic Vault Views

Before You Start

Option A — Obsidian Bases (.base files)

Official canonical schema

Filter syntax — CRITICAL

Property name conventions

Basic table — folder filter

Cards view — folder filter

Group by property — groupBy goes INSIDE the view

Tag filter

Multi-filter (folder AND tag)

OR filter (two folders)

Computed column via formulas

Filter expression reference

Option B — Dataview (community plugin)

Basic table — folder

Table with clickable links (TABLE WITHOUT ID)

GROUP BY — use rows. prefix after grouping

Stale pages — use file.mtime for date math

Multi-folder query

Dataview reference

Step 3: Write the File

Step 4: Embed Bases (optional)

Step 5: Update Tracking

Common Dashboard Recipes

Quality Checklist

QMD Refresh After Vault Writes

Option A — Obsidian Bases (`.base` files)

GROUP BY — use `rows.` prefix after grouping

Stale pages — use `file.mtime` for date math