A production-ready Obsidian vault template using the PARA method (Projects, Areas, Resources, Archive) with daily notes, three community plugins, and a custom HTML dashboard.
| Path | Purpose |
|---|---|
Templates/Daily.md |
Daily note — auto-renames to YYYY-MM-DD, Focus / Log / Tomorrow |
Templates/Meeting.md |
Meeting note — auto-dates, Attendees / Agenda / Notes / Actions |
Templates/Project.md |
Project index — Goals / Code Location / Key Decisions |
Templates/Resource.md |
Reference note — Summary / Source / Key Points |
Templates/Home.md |
Landing page with live Dataview queries for projects, inbox, meetings |
Templates/Weekly Review.md |
Weekly review — auto-renames to YYYY-WWW, inbox + project sweep |
dashboard.html |
HTML dashboard — open in browser or via Obsidian |
.obsidian/ |
Vault config: core plugins, community plugins, daily notes |
Second Brain/
├── Projects/ # One subfolder per active project
├── Areas/ # Ongoing responsibilities (no deadline)
├── Resources/ # Reference material, links, attachments
├── Archive/ # Completed or paused work
├── Inbox/ # Quick capture — process weekly
├── Daily/ # Daily notes (YYYY-MM-DD.md)
└── Templates/ # Reusable templates (this folder is tracked)
Three community plugins are configured (install via Obsidian → Settings → Community Plugins):
- Dataview (0.5.68) — query notes like a database
- Templater (2.19.1) — template variables like
{{date}}and{{title}} - Calendar (1.5.10) — sidebar calendar linked to Daily notes
- Clone this repo into a folder on your machine
- Open Obsidian → Open folder as vault → select the cloned folder
- Install the three community plugins listed above
- Drop new ideas into
Inbox/, create structured notes withTemplates/
- Frontmatter:
tags,status(active/paused/done),starteddate - Internal links:
[[wikilinks]] - Tags:
project,area,resource,meeting,daily - New files default to
Inbox/(configured in.obsidian/app.json)
MIT — see LICENSE