obsidian-decide
The obsidian-decide command extracts decisions from conversations and logs them into project notes within an Obsidian vault. It scans for conclusions, choices, and commitments, optionally filtered by topic argument, then appends dated entries to the "Key Decisions" section of relevant project notes while also recording a summary in the daily note. All created or updated notes must comply with the vault's AI-first rules, including proper frontmatter, wikilinks for references, and confidence markers.
mkdir -p ~/.claude/commands && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eugeniughelbur/obsidian-second-brain/HEAD/commands/obsidian-decide.md -o ~/.claude/commands/obsidian-decide.mdobsidian-decide.md
Use the obsidian-second-brain skill. Execute `/obsidian-decide $ARGUMENTS`:
Two depths, one command. The optional argument narrows focus to a topic. Add `--formal` (or lead with `adr`) to write a full Architecture Decision Record instead of a one-line log entry.
- **Default (lightweight):** capture decisions from the conversation as dated one-liners in the relevant project notes. Use for the steady stream of choices made while working.
- **`--formal` (ADR):** write one structured decision record with context, options, rationale, and consequences. Use for a structural or directional decision worth a full writeup (a folder reorg, a convention adopted, an idea graduated, a stack choice).
1. Read `_CLAUDE.md` first if it exists in the vault root.
### Lightweight mode (default)
2. Scan the conversation for decisions made - conclusions, choices, commitments, direction changes. If a topic argument is given, focus there.
3. Find the relevant project note(s) - search the vault if needed.
4. Append each decision to the project note's `## Key Decisions` section with today's date.
5. Log a summary in today's daily note. If a decision affects multiple projects, log it in all of them.
### Formal mode (`--formal`)
2. Identify the structural decision - from the argument or recent conversation (a project graduated, a folder reorganized, a convention adopted, a concept promoted to hub). To surface decisions already made in code but never recorded, run `uv run --directory "SKILL_ROOT" scripts/mine_commit_decisions.py --repo <project> --json` (the skill root was given at session start as **Skill root**; substitute it for `SKILL_ROOT`) - it scans git history for decision-shaped commits ("switch to", "replace", "adopt", "rename", "migrate") and returns ADR candidates.
3. Create a decision record in the decisions folder resolved per `references/folder-map.md` (wiki-style `wiki/decisions/YYYY-MM-DD - Title.md`, Obsidian-style `Knowledge/ADR-YYYY-MM-DD - Title.md`), with frontmatter `date`, `type: adr`, `status: accepted`, `tags: [adr, decision]`, `ai-first: true`. Structure:
- **Decision** - one-line summary of what was decided.
- **Context** - what prompted it (the problem or trigger).
- **Options Considered** - 2-3 alternatives evaluated.
- **Rationale** - why this option over the others.
- **Consequences** - what changes as a result (notes created, moved, restructured).
- **Related** - links to affected project notes, people, ideas.
4. Update the relevant project note's `## Key Decisions` section with a link to the record, and update `index.md`.
5. Append to the operation log (`Logs/YYYY-MM-DD.md` if it exists, else `log.md`) and link from today's daily note.
Decision records keep the vault from becoming a black box: when a future session asks "why is it structured this way?", the ADR answers. Other commands may offer to call the formal mode - when `/obsidian-graduate` promotes an idea, when `/obsidian-health` recommends a structural fix, or when folders are reorganized - offer, do not force.
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**AI-first rule:** Every note created or updated by this command MUST follow `references/ai-first-rules.md` - `## For future agent` 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. If that path does not resolve from your working directory, search upward for it; if you still cannot read it, say so before writing rather than producing a note that silently skips the rule. The vault is for future agent 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`.>
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