---
title: "Skills cheatsheet"
description: "Every trigger phrase, one table."
source: "Obsidian Academy"
source_url: https://obsidian-academy.pages.dev/reference/01-skills-cheatsheet/
saved: 2026-05-16
tags: [obsidian-academy, saved-from-web, reference]
---

## Daily ops

| Say this | Skill | Result |
|---|---|---|
| **"good morning"** | `daily-driver` | Today's daily note appears in `10-Daily/` |
| **"start my day"** / **"build today's note"** | `daily-driver` | Same |
| **"process my inbox"** | `process-inbox` | `00-Inbox/` triaged + filed |
| **"inbox zero"** / **"triage"** | `process-inbox` | Same |
| **"prep for [Name]"** | `prep-for` | One-page briefing on a person, in chat |
| **"brief me on [Name]"** | `prep-for` | Same |

## Meeting + content

| Say this | Skill | Result |
|---|---|---|
| **"process this meeting"** + paste notes | `process-meeting` | `70-Meetings/YYYY-MM-DD-topic.md` + actions filed |
| **"I just got off a call with [Person] about [topic]"** | `process-meeting` | Walks you through capture |
| **"write a blog post about [topic]"** | `content-engine` | Draft + featured + inline illustrations in `80-Content/drafts/` |
| **"make a thread about [topic]"** | `content-engine` | Same, optimized for Twitter/X |
| **"generate an image of [scene]"** | `nano-banana` | Direct image gen, no post wrapper |

## Review + maintenance

| Say this | Skill | Result |
|---|---|---|
| **"weekly review"** | `weekly-review` | `30-Areas/reviews/YYYY-WW.md` synthesis |
| **"review my week"** | `weekly-review` | Same |
| **"what happened this week"** | `weekly-review` | Same |
| **"rebuild my MOCs"** | `rebuild-mocs` (not yet built) | Folder index notes refreshed |
| **"review my cards"** | `review-cards` (not yet built) | Spaced-repetition session |
| **"synthesize [topic]"** | `synthesize` (not yet built) | Literature-review MOC |

## Search + ask (no specific skill, just plain English)

| Say this | What Claude does |
|---|---|
| **"what notes do I have about [topic]?"** | Vault-wide search via `obsidian_simple_search` |
| **"find anything mentioning [Person]"** | Search returns matching files |
| **"when did I last talk to [Person]?"** | Searches meetings + daily notes |
| **"what's open on the [project] project?"** | Reads the project's `tasks.md` / `log.md` |

## Direct file ops

| Say this | What Claude does |
|---|---|
| **"create a project note for [name]"** | New folder + `README.md` from `90-Templates/project.md` |
| **"add a task to today's daily note: ..."** | Appends `- [ ] ...` to today's note |
| **"move [note] from inbox to projects/[slug]"** | Reads source, writes to destination, deletes source |

## The big rule

Don't memorize commands. The skills trigger on plain English. If a workflow exists, describe what you want — Claude routes it.

When Claude doesn't trigger the right skill, it's usually because the trigger phrase in the skill's frontmatter is too narrow. Open the skill file and add a synonym.