Obsidian People Notes

Create notes for people, creators, and organizations. Three types with identical structure but different tags and directories.

Filename Convention

IMPORTANT: Use Title Case for names — capitalize the first letter of each word.

Correct: John Smith.md, Андрей Иванов.md, Apple Inc.md
Incorrect: john smith.md, андрей иванов.md, apple inc.md

Note Types

Contact (`base/contacts/`)

Personal and professional connections.

Tags: contact/working, contact/client, contact/personal, contact/routine

Creator (`base/creators/`)

Individual content creators, artists, and experts.

Tags: creator/writer, creator/director, creator/researcher, creator/contentmaker, creator/businessman, creator/expert, creator/musician, creator/composer, creator/actor, creator/painter, creator/photographer, creator/cinematographer

Production (`base/productions/`)

Companies, organizations, channels, studios.

Tags: production/channel, production/podcast, production/film_studio, production/art_studio, production/game_studio, production/label, production/band, production/organization, production/company, production/platform, production/publisher, production/journal

Linking Rules

CRITICAL: Only link to EXISTING notes. Use the obsidian-structure skill to understand the vault hierarchy.

Finding Valid Links

Before creating a people note, dynamically discover existing system notes:

Field	Location	Glob Pattern
`category`	`base/categories/`	`base/categories/*.md`
`meta`	`base/_meta-notes/`	`base/_meta-notes/*.md`
`problem`	`base/_problems/`	`base/_problems/*.md`

Workflow

Discover existing notes — use either:
- obsidian files folder=base/categories ext=md / obsidian files folder=base/_meta-notes ext=md (CLI, cross-platform)
- Glob patterns from the table above (Claude built-in Glob tool)
Match by relevance — choose the most appropriate existing note based on the person's domain/field
If no match exists — leave the field empty or ask user; NEVER create system notes
Categories are human-only — agent never creates categories
Meta and problem are optional — only fill if directly relevant to the person

Shared Frontmatter Template

---
tags:
  - <type/subtype>
aliases:
description:
category:
  - "[[category name]]"
meta:
  - "[[meta note name]]"
problem:
  - "[[problem name]]"
relevant: false
created: 2025-08-10T23:25:33+07:00
updated: 2025-08-10T23:25:33+07:00
---

Required Body Structure

Every people note MUST include this task management section verbatim:

> [!todo]- tasks (`$=dv.pages().file.tasks.where(t => !t.completed).where(t => dv.func.contains(t.outlinks, dv.current().file.link)).length`)
> > [!info]+ mentions
> > ```dataviewjs
> > dv.taskList(dv.pages().file.tasks
> >  .where(t => !t.completed)
> >  .where(t => !t.text.includes("#task/waiting_for"))
> >  .where(t => dv.func.contains(t.outlinks, dv.current().file.link))
> >  .groupBy(t => ""))
> > ```
>
> > [!check]+ delegated
> > ```dataviewjs
> > dv.taskList(dv.pages().file.tasks
> >  .where(t => !t.completed)
> >  .where(t => t.text.includes("#task/waiting_for"))
> >  .where(t => dv.func.contains(t.outlinks, dv.current().file.link))
> >  .groupBy(t => ""))
> > ```

Examples

Contact Example

Filename: base/contacts/John Smith.md

---
tags:
  - contact/working
aliases:
  - John
description: Senior developer at TechCorp
category:
  - "[[<existing category>]]"  # Find via: Glob base/categories/*.md
meta:
  - "[[<existing meta-note>]]"  # Find via: Glob base/_meta-notes/*.md
relevant: false
created: 2025-08-10T23:25:33+07:00
updated: 2025-08-10T23:25:33+07:00
---

> [!todo]- tasks (`$=dv.pages().file.tasks...`)
[... task sections ...]

Creator Example

Filename: base/creators/Jane Doe.md

---
tags:
  - creator/writer
aliases:
description: Science fiction author
category:  # Optional — leave empty if no relevant category exists
meta:  # Optional — leave empty if no relevant meta-note exists
relevant: false
created: 2025-08-10T23:25:33+07:00
updated: 2025-08-10T23:25:33+07:00
---

> [!todo]- tasks (`$=dv.pages().file.tasks...`)
[... task sections ...]

Production Example

Filename: base/productions/Acme Studios.md

---
tags:
  - production/film_studio
aliases:
  - ACME
description: Independent film production company
category:
  - "[[<existing category>]]"
meta:
problem:  # Optional — only if directly relevant
relevant: false
created: 2025-08-10T23:25:33+07:00
updated: 2025-08-10T23:25:33+07:00
---

> [!todo]- tasks (`$=dv.pages().file.tasks...`)
[... task sections ...]

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