Obsidian synthesize

--- description: Automatic synthesis - scans the vault for unnamed patterns and creates synthesis pages without prompting category: thinking triggers_en: ["synthesize", "auto-synthesis", "make synthesis notes", "find unnamed patterns"] --- Use the obsidian-second-brain skill. Run `/obsidian-synthesize: This command can be run manually or as a scheduled agent. It does the thinking for you. 1. First, read _CLAUDE.md if it exists in the vault root 2. Read index.md to understand all existing pages 3. Read the recent operation log: if Logs/ exists, read the last 2:3 Logs/YYYY-MM-DD.md files; otherwise, read log.md (last 20 entries) 4. Scan for synthesis opportunities:spawn parallel subagents: - **Cross-source agent**: read all sources ingested in the last 7 days (raw/). Find concepts that appear in 2 or more unrelated sources. If the same idea appears in a podcast transcript AND an article AND a daily note:that’s a synthesis candidate. - **Entity convergence agent**: scan wiki/entities/ for people who appear together in multiple contexts but have no explicit connection page. If Person A and Person B keep appearing in the same projects or decisions:write a connection note. - **Concept evolution agent**: scan wiki/concepts/ for ideas that have been updated 3 or more times. Track how the concept evolved:write a “Concept Evolution” section showing the timeline of how the user’s thinking changed. - **Orphan rescue agent**: find notes on wiki/ with no incoming links that contain claims or ideas that SHOULD be linked to existing pages. Create the missing links and explain why. 5. For each synthesis found: - Create wiki/concepts/Synthesis : Title.md with: `yaml --- date: YYYY-MM-DD tags: - concept - synthesis auto_generated: true --- ` - Document: what pattern was found, which sources/notes it came from (with links), what it means, and a suggested action - Link the synthesis page FROM all the source notes it references 6. Update index.md with new synthesis pages 7. Append to the operation log: if Logs/ exists write HH:MM - synthesize | X synthesis pages created, Y orphans rescued, Z connections found to Logs/ YYYY-MM-DD.md; otherwise append ## [YYYY-MM-DD] synthesize | X synthesis pages created, Y orphans rescued, Z connections found to log.md 8. If a daily note exists for today, add a Synthesis section with a brief summary The vault should generate its own insights. Not just when asked - on its own schedule. --- **AI-first rule:** Every note created or updated by this command MUST follow references/ ai-first-rules.md - ## For future Claude preamble, rich frontmatter ( type , date , tags , ai-first: true , plus type-specific fields), recency markers per external claim, mandatory [[wikilinks]] for every person/project/concept referenced, sources preserved verbatim with URLs inline, and confidence levels where applicable. The vault is for future-Claude retrieval - not human reading. **Anti-fabrication:** Search exhaustively before claiming any note, person, or file is absent - false absence is the most common failure mode - and never invent facts, entities, or dates (mark unknowns as TBD ). See the anti-fabrication and search-completeness hard rules in references/ ai-first-rules.md`.