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Obsidian

A knowledge editor for editing markdown nodes and wikilinks and seeing graph connections at a glance

What it is

An editor for working with local markdown files and wikilinks, showing their connections in a graph view.

Perspectives

Ronin (2026-04-10, X)

Use Obsidian to look at the files and links of an AI content skill graph and check for nodes that are unconnected or over-connected. It isn't required, since an AI agent can read markdown in a plain folder just fine.

How to apply

Limits

  • The source doesn't cover sync, collaboration, plugins, or security settings.

  • Content quality depends on the specificity of each node and post-publish updates, not on the graph view.

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