obsidian-bases
Create and Manage Obsidian Bases
Also available from: kepano
Organize your Obsidian notes with dynamic database-like views. This skill enables you to create .base files with table, card, list, and map views, complete with filters, formulas, and custom summaries.
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Using "obsidian-bases". Create a base file for daily notes with a table view showing the day of week and estimated word count.
Expected outcome:
Created daily-notes-index.base with filters for Daily Notes folder, formulas calculating day_of_week and word_estimate, and a table view limited to 30 recent notes sorted by modified time.
Using "obsidian-bases". Make a reading list base with card view showing cover images and status.
Expected outcome:
Generated reading-list.base with filters for book/article tags, formulas for reading_time and status_icon, properties configured for author display, and two views: a Library cards view and a Reading List table view.
Security Audit
SafeStatic analyzer detected 259 patterns (233 external_commands, 4 network, 1 filesystem) but all are FALSE POSITIVES. The SKILL.md file is documentation-only describing YAML syntax for Obsidian Bases. Backticks are Markdown code formatting, not shell execution. URLs are reference links to Obsidian documentation. No executable code, network calls, or filesystem operations exist in this skill.
Risk Factors
⚙️ External commands (233)
🌐 Network access (4)
📁 Filesystem access (1)
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What You Can Build
Task Management Dashboard
Create a base file that displays tasks from multiple notes in a unified table view with status grouping, priority labels, and due date calculations.
Reading List Library
Build a card-view base showing books and articles with cover images, author information, reading status, and estimated reading time formulas.
Project Notes Index
Design a base that aggregates project notes with last-updated timestamps, link counts, and folder-based filtering for team knowledge bases.
Try These Prompts
Create a .base file that shows all notes tagged with 'meeting' in a table view with columns for file name, date, and attendees.
Create a task tracker base with two views: one table showing active tasks grouped by status, and another showing completed tasks. Include formulas for days until due and priority labels.
Create a base file for my reading list with a cards view showing book covers, author, status icon, and estimated reading time. Filter out books marked as 'dropped'.
Create a comprehensive project dashboard base with global filters for the Projects folder, formulas for last updated relative time and link counts, groupBy status, and custom summary calculations for average links per project.
Best Practices
- Use single quotes for formula expressions containing double quotes to avoid YAML parsing issues
- Start with global filters for conditions that apply to all views, then add view-specific filters for refinements
- Test formulas incrementally - verify simple expressions before combining into complex calculations
Avoid
- Do not create overly complex nested filters - break them into readable and/or/not blocks
- Avoid using file paths directly in formulas - use file properties like file.folder instead
- Do not forget to quote strings containing special characters or comparison operators