music-listening-journal

Purpose

Captures structured listening session notes in Obsidian. Records album/track, listening context (mood, activity, date), personal ratings, and discovery source. Bridges Subsonic playback data with Obsidian vault knowledge.

Invocation

OpenCode / Codex: Invoke music-listening-journal Freebuff: /skill music-listening-journal

Workflow Steps

1. Capture session: Record what is playing (artist, album, track list).
2. Context: Note mood, activity, discovery source (Soulseek search, recommendation).
3. Rate: Apply 1-5 star rating and brief review note.
4. Tag: Add genre, decade, vibe tags.
5. Write: Create or append to Obsidian daily note under Music heading.
6. Link: Backlink to artist/album pages in vault.

Inputs

• Artist, album, and track information (manual or from subsonic-api-client getNowPlaying)
• Mood, activity, and discovery source context
• Optional: star rating and short review note

Outputs

• Created or appended daily note entry under the Music heading in Obsidian
• Backlinks to artist/album pages
• Genre, decade, and vibe tags applied

Safety

• Writes only to Obsidian vault; never modifies Subsonic library.
• Respect rate limits if querying Subsonic getNowPlaying endpoint.

Failure Modes

• Subsonic getNowPlaying unavailable — fall back to manual track entry.
• Vault write conflict if daily note is open in Obsidian — prompt user to close before writing.

References

• Obsidian Markdown
• OpenSubsonic getNowPlaying

Companion Skills

• obsidian-music-journal, subsonic-api-client, dj-mix-documentarian