My Obsidian Workflow

Obsidian as a Second Brain

Obsidian is a powerful knowledge base that works on local Markdown files. I use it as my primary note-taking and thinking tool.

My Workflow

1. Capture: Quick notes in a daily note or inbox
2. Process: Link and organize during weekly reviews
3. Publish: Sync to this digital garden via Git

Plugins I Use

• Dataview: Query notes like a database
• Templater: Consistent frontmatter templates
• Git: Auto-commit and push to the garden repo

Publishing Pipeline

The flow from Obsidian to the web:

1. Write notes in Obsidian with standard frontmatter
2. Notes are stored in the same Git repository as the Astro project
3. Each commit triggers a rebuild
4. Pagefind re-indexes automatically

Tips

Keep notes atomic — one idea per note. This makes linking more meaningful and the graph view more useful.

See also: digital-gardening