#LifeOS Skill: AI Can Manage My Notes

I wrote a skill for LifeOS, and now AI can help manage my notes.

I have used LifeOS for more than a year, and I still love the PARA + periodic notes system.

But one problem kept getting in the way: the friction of recording was too high.

An idea appears → open Obsidian → go to today's daily note → scroll to "Daily Record" → type → close it. Those few steps are enough for countless ideas to disappear into "I'll skip it this time."

So last month I built an AI skill for LifeOS.

#What is it?

In one sentence: after installing it, Claude Code learns how to operate your LifeOS vault.

It knows what your PARA folders are called, how your daily-note paths are formatted, where your templates live, and what section headings you use. It reads all of that from your real LifeOS plugin configuration automatically, so you do not have to explain it manually.

You describe what you want in natural language, and the AI executes it.

The Skill is not limited to an Obsidian vault. It can also initialize or take over any local Markdown folder while preserving images, PDF, DOC, PPT, audio, video, and other attachments.

#What can it do?

#Quick capture in one sentence

"Log to today's journal: 2:30pm product requirements review."

The AI locates today's note, finds the "Daily Record" section, inserts the line, and finishes. You do not even need to open Obsidian.

#Query and complete tasks

"What are my tasks today?"

"Mark the quarterly report task as done."

The AI can return the task list or directly change - [ ] to - [x].

#Create project notes with templates

"Create a project called Q3 Product Redesign."

The AI finds your project template, renders {{snapshot:Project}}, injects the theme tag, and creates the index file. The result matches what you would create manually.

#Generate AI Wiki pages for topics

"Organize the AI Wiki for all projects."

The AI can generate or update .AI.md files for topic-level notes such as projects, areas, and resources. It turns the theme note and its direct materials into an AI-readable summary with a one-sentence overview, core judgments, a material map, and next ingestion priorities.

These .AI.md files are topic guides for AI. They are not created for ordinary daily notes, captures, meeting notes, imported articles, or one-off source documents.

#Full-text search

"Where did I write about superlinear returns?"

The AI scans the vault and returns the file and line number.

#Weekly and monthly reviews

"Add a review paragraph to this week's weekly note."

The AI locates the correct file and writes the content in the right place.

#Initialize or migrate a local folder

"Help me set up this folder as a PARA knowledge base."

The Skill inventories the folder, recommends Memos, IPO, GTD, PARA, or OPC from easiest to hardest, previews the exact structure, and writes only after confirmation. Existing scattered files are classified in bounded batches with a destination, reason, and confidence for each suggestion.

Memos is the capture-first choice for daily bullets and tasks. It has no classification destinations, so historical material is not moved into daily notes; choose IPO, GTD, or PARA when existing material needs organization.

PARA keeps Capture and Express separate, and uses Archive as the fallback for old material that cannot be classified reliably. GTD Inbox remains a method stage for new unclarified items. Link, path, and collision checks run before a confirmed migration batch moves files.

The inventory sees attachment paths and media types but does not automatically extract binary DOC, PPT, audio, or video contents.

An existing Memos, IPO, GTD, or PARA vault can also be migrated to another template. The agent first records whether the scope is new content only, selected history, or full history, then tracks the settings-field diff and each move batch. Periodic notes, custom templates, activation, AI, calendar, and sync settings remain unchanged by default. Template files, query pages, .AI.md files, and dashboards are not bulk-classified as ordinary material.

Files remain in place when Markdown links, Wikilinks, shared attachments, name collisions, or meaning are unsafe. The profile manifest changes only after the target entry point, task queries, links, and selected migration scope are verified. OPC migrations use the separate OPC Skill.

#Why is it useful?

Because it does not think for you. It executes for you.

Tone, tag choice, and whether something is worth recording are still your decisions. The skill removes the operational friction: opening Obsidian, finding the folder, finding the right section, and writing the content.

Recording changes from an interruption into a side path: keep doing your work, say one sentence, and let AI write it down.

#How to start

Install LifeOS Skill:

npx skills add quanru/lifeos-skill

Then tell your agent:

Check my lifeos configuration

It will understand the shape of your note system, and you can manage your notes conversationally from there.

To begin onboarding, say:

Help me set up or take over this knowledge base.

#Links

• LifeOS Skill on GitHub

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