Obsidian People Lister Skill

Description

This skill scans your Obsidian vault (specifically the People/ directory) for Markdown files representing people. It parses the YAML frontmatter of each file to extract and display key metadata:

Name: From the name field or filename.
Aliases: From the aliases or alias field.
Tags: From the tags or tag field.

It presents this information in a neat, tabular format.

Usage

To use this skill, navigate to the root directory of your Obsidian vault. Then execute the run.sh script.

Command:

cd /path/to/your/obsidian/vault
~/deploy/configs/llm/skills/obsidian-people/run.sh

Optional: You can pass a specific directory path as an argument if you are not currently in the vault root.

~/deploy/configs/llm/skills/obsidian-people/run.sh /path/to/vault

How it Works

The script looks for a People (or people) directory within the target path.
It iterates through all .md files in that directory.
For each file, it reads the YAML frontmatter (the block between --- at the top).
It extracts name, aliases, and tags using a robust parser (falling back to a simple manual parser if PyYAML is not installed).
It prints a formatted table of the results.

Notes

If the user provides more details about a person, such as an alias, please help update that person's information.