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Switch between multiple Obsidian wiki vault profiles. Use this skill when the user says "/wiki-switch NAME", "switch to my work wiki", "switch vault", "change wiki", "which wiki am I on", "list my wikis", "show my vaults", "create a new vault config", or "add a new wiki profile". The skill manages named config files at ~/.obsidian-wiki/config.NAME and activates one by symlinking it to ~/.obsidian-wiki/config.

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Source SKILL.md: https://github.com/Ar9av/obsidian-wiki/blob/HEAD/.skills/wiki-switch/SKILL.md

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Wiki Switch — Manage Multiple Vault Profiles

Each vault is a complete config file at ~/.obsidian-wiki/config.<name>. The active vault is whichever file ~/.obsidian-wiki/config symlinks to. Switching vaults means re-pointing that symlink.

Switch vs. inline targeting. /wiki-switch <name> changes your persistent default (re-points the symlink, affecting all future requests). To touch a different vault for just one request without changing your default, use the inline @name override in any request (e.g. @work save this, wiki-query @personal about X). The @name override is handled by the Config Resolution Protocol in llm-wiki/SKILL.md, not by this skill — it resolves ~/.obsidian-wiki/config.<name> for that one invocation and never re-points the symlink.

Dispatch

Parse the invocation and route to the right section:

InvocationAction
/wiki-switch <name>→ Switch
/wiki-switch list→ List
/wiki-switch show [name]→ Show
/wiki-switch new <name>→ New
/wiki-switch (no args)→ List (treat as list)
@<name> … (inline, in any request)→ Not this skill — the Config Resolution Protocol resolves that vault for one invocation without re-pointing the symlink

Switch (default action)

Activate a named vault profile.

  1. Verify ~/.obsidian-wiki/config.<name> exists. If not, tell the user the vault doesn't exist and list what's available (run List).
  2. Run: 
    ln -sf ~/.obsidian-wiki/config.<name> ~/.obsidian-wiki/config
  3. Read OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH from the newly active config.
  4. Confirm to the user: 
    Switched to vault: <name>
Vault path: <value of OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH from the config>

List

Show all registered vault profiles and which is active.

  1. Find all files matching ~/.obsidian-wiki/config.* (exclude config itself — that's the symlink).
  2. Resolve the current symlink target: readlink ~/.obsidian-wiki/config
  3. For each config file, read the first non-empty comment line (lines starting with #) as a human description of the vault. Fall back to the file's suffix as the label if no comment exists.
  4. Display: 
    Vaults:
  personal   My personal research wiki    ← active
  work       Work projects wiki
    Mark the active one with ← active. If the symlink is broken or config doesn't exist, show (none active).

Show

Print the full config for a vault.

  • If a name is given, read ~/.obsidian-wiki/config.<name>.
  • If no name given, read ~/.obsidian-wiki/config (the active vault).
  • If the file doesn't exist, tell the user and list what's available.
  • Print the file contents verbatim (redact any lines containing API_KEY or SECRET — show *** instead of the value).

New

Scaffold a new vault config from the current active config as a template.

  1. Check ~/.obsidian-wiki/config.<name> doesn't already exist. Abort if it does.
  2. Copy the active config: 
    cp ~/.obsidian-wiki/config ~/.obsidian-wiki/config.<name>
  3. Read the copied config. Config files use # --- Section name --- comment headers to group fields into sections (e.g., # --- Vault-specific ---, # --- Vault-independent ---, # --- Secrets ---). Use these sections to determine what to ask about:
    • Fields in sections labeled "vault-specific", "paths", or similar → ask the user for new values
    • Fields in sections labeled "vault-independent", "global", "shared" → keep as-is (copy over unchanged)
    • Fields in sections labeled "secrets" → ask if the new vault uses the same credentials or different ones
    • If there are no section headers, present all fields and let the user decide which to change
  4. Ask the user for updated values for the vault-specific fields. Use the current values as visible defaults — the user only needs to supply what differs.
  5. Write the updated values into ~/.obsidian-wiki/config.<name>.
  6. Update the top comment line to describe the new vault (e.g., # Obsidian Wiki — <name> vault).
  7. Confirm: 
    Created: ~/.obsidian-wiki/config.<name>
Run `/wiki-switch <name>` to activate it, then run `wiki-setup` to initialise the new vault.
    Do not switch automatically — let the user decide when to activate.