vault-status

Show the current status of the Web Capture Obsidian vault.

Usage

/vault-status
/vault-status --detailed

Options

• --detailed - Show breakdown by topic and recent captures

Instructions

When the user invokes /vault-status, follow these steps:

Step 0: Load Configuration

Read config.json from the engram project root to get the vault path:

{
  "vault_path": "~/Documents/Obsidian/WebCapture"
}

Use the vault_path value as {VAULT_PATH} in all paths below. Expand ~ to the user's home directory.

Step 1: Read Index and Queue

Read both files:

• {VAULT_PATH}/_system/index.json
• data/queue.json

Step 2: Calculate Stats

From the index, extract:

• Total notes
• Unread count
• Starred count
• By type breakdown
• By topic breakdown
• Last updated timestamp
• Connection stats:
  • Total connections (from stats.total_connections or count related arrays)
  • Most connected note (note with longest related array)
  • Isolated notes count (notes with empty or missing related array)

From the queue:

• Pending links
• Failed links

Step 3: Format Basic Output

## Web Capture Vault Status

**Total Notes:** 150
**Unread:** 45 (30%)
**Starred:** 12

### By Type
- Articles: 80
- X Posts: 40
- Videos: 20
- Tools: 10

### Connections
- Total connections: 85
- Most connected: [Note Title] (5 connections)
- Isolated notes: 3

### Queue
- Pending: 5 links
- Run `/process-links` to process

*Last updated: 2026-02-05 10:30*

Step 4: Detailed Output (if --detailed)

Add:

### By Topic
| Topic | Notes | Unread |
|-------|-------|--------|
| AI & ML | 45 | 12 |
| Dev Tools | 30 | 8 |
| Product Ideas | 25 | 10 |
| Design | 20 | 5 |
| Productivity | 20 | 5 |
| Inbox | 10 | 5 |

### Recent Captures (Last 7 Days)
- 2026-02-05: [Article Title](path) - ai-ml
- 2026-02-04: [Video Title](path) - dev-tools
- 2026-02-03: [Tool Name](path) - dev-tools

### Connection Map
- Most connected: [Note Title] (5 links)
- Clusters: dev-tools has 3 highly connected notes
- Bridges: [Note] connects ai-ml and dev-tools topics

### Reading Suggestions
Based on your interests, consider reading:
1. [Unread article matching user_context patterns]
2. [Highly relevant unread item]

Step 5: Suggest Actions

Based on status, suggest:

• If many unread: "You have X unread items. Want to see your reading queue?"
• If queue has items: "Run /process-links to process X pending links"
• If inbox has items: "X items in inbox need categorization - I can move them with /vault-search --move"
• If isolated notes exist: "X notes have no connections - consider re-capturing or manually linking"

Step 6: Quick Actions (if user requests)

Mark as read:

obsidian-cli frontmatter "{note-path}" --edit --key "read" --value "true"

Then update index.json to set read: true on the entry, decrement stats.unread, and regenerate views/unread.md.

Mark as starred:

obsidian-cli frontmatter "{note-path}" --edit --key "starred" --value "true"

Then update index.json and regenerate views/favorites.md.

Move inbox item to topic:

obsidian-cli move "content/_inbox/{filename}" "content/{new-topic}/{filename}"

Then update index.json (topic, path), update both topic pages, and regenerate views.

Notes

• Vault: {VAULT_PATH}/
• Index: _system/index.json
• Queue: data/queue.json
• obsidian-cli frontmatter --edit handles YAML updates cleanly
• obsidian-cli move auto-rewires wiki-links when reorganizing notes