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# Obsidian Vault -- Best Practices Reference This is the canonical reference for how the Exobrain interacts with the Obsidian vault. All skills that read from or write to the vault MUST follow these conventions. ## Vault Root `/Users/alexhedtke/Exobrain/` ## Key Locations | Path (relative to vault root) | Purpose | |-------------------------------|---------| | `Daily notes/` | Daily journal notes | | `Areas/` | Life areas (11 folders), each containing related notes and subfolders | | `Areas/Relationships & Community/People/[Name].md` | Network CRM contact notes | | `Areas/Health & Fitness/Health Log/YYYY-MM-DD.md` | Daily health log notes | | `Areas/Exobrain/Audits/` | Exobrain audit reports | | `Areas/Adventure & Creativity/TTRPG Campaigns/` | TTRPG campaign folders | | `Projects/[Project Name]/` | Project folders (contain project note + related files) | | `Dashboard.md` | Current priorities and overview | | `Network CRM.base` | CRM dashboard (database views) | | `Media/[Title].md` | Individual media notes (books, movies, shows, games) -- rendered by `Media.base` | | `Mood Journal.md` | Longitudinal mood tracking | | `Plaud/` | Raw Plaud transcript files | ## Best Practices ### CRITICAL Rules 1. **NEVER overwrite existing content.** All vault writes are append-only. Read the file first, then append new content at the end. Destroying existing content is the single worst failure mode. 2. **Daily note filename format.** Use `dddd, MMMM Do, YYYY` -- e.g., `Wednesday, Ma