weekly

Weekly Review

Synthesize the week into a single coherent note. The goal is not to log what happened — it's to extract what you'll actually remember and carry forward.

Ask, Don't Assume

Shared principle (canonical version in the vault skill): never guess, deduce, or fill gaps with assumptions about the user's notes, priorities, or intent. If you don't know — a date range, what counts as a win, which goals are active — ask. Before writing any synthesis or judgment into a note, show your draft with its source and get explicit confirmation. Missing data is not permission to invent.

Step 1 — Read/Create This Week's Note

WEEK=$(date +%Y-W%V)
MONTH=$(date +"%B %Y" | sed 's/^/M - /')
WEEKLY_PATH="2 - Areas/Daily Ops/Weekly/$MONTH/$WEEK.md"

obsidian read path="$WEEKLY_PATH" 2>/dev/null || \
  obsidian create path="$WEEKLY_PATH" template="Weekly"

Step 2 — Gather This Week's TIL Notes

obsidian files folder="3 - Resources/TIL/" format=json

Filter for files created or modified this week (ISO week number from filename til-YYYY-MM-DD.md). Read each matching TIL note.

Step 3 — Read Daily Notes for the Week

Compute the actual dates for this week and read each day's note (don't hardcode the year or assume a Mon–Fri week — derive the real dates):

# Resolve each YYYY-MM-DD in the current week, then:
obsidian read path="2 - Areas/Daily Ops/$(date +%Y)/<YYYY-MM-DD>.md" 2>/dev/null

If you're unsure which date range to cover (e.g. the user means last week, or a partial week), ask before reading. If a day's note is missing or sparse, do not conclude the day was idle — note the gap and ask the user what happened.

Extract from daily notes:

• Accomplishments: things completed or shipped
• Carry-forward items: anything marked for "next week" or unresolved
• Key decisions: any choices made that shaped direction
• Energy/focus notes: only if the user tracks these — don't invent them

Step 4 — Synthesize into Weekly Note Sections

Write these sections into the weekly note:

Section	Content
Highlights	3–5 bullet accomplishments worth remembering
What I Learned	Distilled from TIL notes — key insights, not summaries
Carry Forward	Unfinished items moving to next week
Next Week Focus	Top 1–3 priorities (from carry-forward + goal check)

Draft each section from the notes, then show the user what you extracted and the source for each item before writing anything. Don't decide what counts as a highlight or a priority on their behalf — propose, let them correct or cut, then write only the confirmed version.

The CLI has no patch, so filling these named sections means either the MCP obsidian_patch_content tool (heading-targeted) or a read + create ... overwrite rewrite of the whole note. Ask the user which to use, then write each section's content.

Step 5 — Check Goal Alignment

Read active monthly/quarterly goals:

MONTHLY_PATH="2 - Areas/Goals/Monthly/M - $(date +'%B %Y').md"
obsidian read path="$MONTHLY_PATH" 2>/dev/null

Ask: are this week's accomplishments connected to monthly objectives?

Flag any goals that saw zero progress this week — not to guilt-trip, but because consistent drift means the goal should be adjusted or dropped.

Set Next Week Focus from the user's stated priorities — ask them directly which 1–3 things matter most next week. Don't infer the focus from activity volume or what looks unfinished.

Report

After synthesis:

• Confirm which weekly note was created/updated
• List the TIL notes pulled in
• Surface any goals with zero weekly progress
• Show the carry-forward count for next week

Writing Prep Mode

When the user wants candidate topics for writing (not note synthesis), output to terminal only — no file creation.

Read previous weekly learnings for continuity:

obsidian search query="Weekly Learnings" format=json
# Read the most recent one — extract threads opened but unresolved

Then present:

WEEKLY LEARNINGS PREP — Week [N], [YYYY]

FROM LAST EDITION:
- [Thread from previous that developed further this week]
- [Promise made that can now be addressed]

CANDIDATE TOPICS (ranked by depth + relevance):
[#]. [Topic] — [Project/Area]
    What happened: [specific events or decisions]
    The insight: [the non-obvious thing worth sharing]
    Source: [which daily notes contain the raw thinking]

CONNECTING THREAD:
[Theme that ties multiple candidates together]

SUGGESTED STRUCTURE:
[3–4 sections based on depth of material]

Rules: be specific (cite daily note dates), prioritize insights over updates, match existing tone (first person, reflective, connects specific events to broader ideas). Present candidates as options — let the user pick which to develop; never assume which topic they want to write. Offer the connecting thread and structure as suggestions to confirm, not decisions already made.