audit_links

🔍 Audit Links Skill

Fast audit of vault structure to catch:

• Orphan papers (not linked to any project)
• Orphan projects (not linked to any MOC)
• Broken bidirectional links (paper→project without reciprocal project→paper)
• Forbidden concept links (e.g., [[Attention Mechanism]])
• Papers linking directly to MOCs (forbidden)
• Malformed wiki links

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CRITICAL RULES

Vault constraints (non-negotiable):

1. Every paper in Reading/ must link to ≥1 project in Projects/
2. Every project in Projects/ must link to ≥1 MOC in MOCs/
3. Bidirectional links: If paper→project exists, project→paper must exist
4. Papers never link directly to MOCs
5. Papers link only to projects and other papers
6. Concept/method/technique links forbidden (e.g., [[Transformer]], [[Attention Mechanism]])

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WORKFLOW

1. Spawn scan subagent

Use the Agent tool to spawn a subagent. Pass it the prompt from the SCAN SUBAGENT PROMPT section below verbatim. Wait for the subagent to return its structured findings before proceeding.

2. Present findings to user

Parse the subagent's output and display violations grouped by severity:

1. Orphan papers (not linked to any project)
2. Orphan projects (not linked to any MOC)
3. Broken bidirectional links (paper→project without project→paper)
4. Forbidden concept links (in papers)
5. Forbidden paper→MOC links
6. Malformed links (broken wiki syntax)

Each violation: file name + issue + suggested fix. If subagent returned NO_VIOLATIONS, report clean audit.

Prioritize by severity (orphans > broken bidirectional > concept links). Offer fixes: "Should I remove this link?" / "Should I add reciprocal link?"

3. Apply fixes (with user approval only)

• Remove orphan papers/projects (ask first)
• Fix broken bidirectional links
• Remove forbidden concept links
• Remove paper→MOC links

4. Update vault_maintanance.md

After completing the audit (regardless of whether fixes were applied):

• Run date via Bash to get the current system time
• Read .claude/vault_maintanance.md
• Update audit_links: line to current date and time in format DD-MM-YYYY HH:MM
• Reset papers_since_audit_links: to 0
• Reset projects_since_audit_links: to 0
• Write the updated file

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SCAN SUBAGENT PROMPT

Pass this prompt verbatim to the Agent tool:

You are a vault structure auditor for an Obsidian research vault.
Vault root: {{VAULT_ROOT}}

STEP 1: Get audit scope
Read `.claude/vault_maintanance.md` and note the `audit_links:` timestamp.
Default: incremental scan — only files modified after that timestamp.
Convert the timestamp (DD-MM-YYYY HH:MM) to YYYYMMDDHHMI format for `touch -t`.
Run: touch -t YYYYMMDDHHMI /tmp/audit_ref && find "Reading/" "Projects/" "MOCs/" -newer /tmp/audit_ref
(Run this bash command from the vault root directory)
Only do a full scan if no audit_links: timestamp exists yet.

STEP 2: Scan for violations
Exclude: Inbox/, Daily Notes/
For Archive/: skip orphan checks, but include in bidirectional validation.

For papers in Reading/:
- Run: grep -rl "\[\[" "Reading/" to get files, then grep "\[\[" on each to extract links
- Flag: Papers with zero links pointing to files in Projects/ (orphan papers)
- Flag: Papers with any link pointing to a file in MOCs/ (forbidden)
- Flag: Concept links — single-concept terms with no paper-like specificity e.g. [[Attention]], [[Transformers]], [[Softmax]]

For projects in Projects/:
- Extract all [[wiki links]] from each project using grep
- Flag: Projects with zero links pointing to files in MOCs/ (orphan projects)

For bidirectional consistency:
- For each paper→project link: verify the project file contains a reciprocal link back to the paper
- Flag: Missing reciprocal links

STEP 3: Return findings in EXACTLY this format (nothing else):

ORPHAN_PAPERS:
- [[filename]] | no project links found | add link to relevant project
(or write "none" if no violations in this category)

ORPHAN_PROJECTS:
- [[filename]] | no MOC links found | add link to relevant MOC
(or "none")

BROKEN_BIDIR:
- [[paper]] → [[project]] | project missing reciprocal link | add [[paper]] to project's Relevant Papers
(or "none")

FORBIDDEN_CONCEPT_LINKS:
- [[filename]] | [[ConceptLink]] | remove link
(or "none")

FORBIDDEN_MOC_LINKS:
- [[paper]] | links to [[MOC Name]] directly | remove link
(or "none")

MALFORMED_LINKS:
- [[filename]] | malformed link text | fix
(or "none")

If zero violations across ALL categories, return only the single line: NO_VIOLATIONS

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TOKEN EFFICIENCY

Scan work is fully isolated in a subagent — it does not pollute the main context window. Main session only handles user interaction and writes.

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OUTPUT RULES

• Concise summary first
• Group violations by type
• Each violation: file name + issue + suggested fix
• No prose, bullets only

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SELF-CHECK

✅ Did I spawn the scan subagent and receive structured findings? ✅ Did I present findings grouped by violation type? ✅ Did I get user approval before fixing? ✅ Did I update vault_maintanance.md with current timestamp and reset counters?