Obsidian as agent IDE

Obsidian = readable filesystem UI; agents = writers/maintainers; markdown git repo = codebase.

Takeaways

• File over app (kepano) — plain files outlive products.
• Bottom-up linking beats rigid PARA for some; PARA still useful for actionable buckets.
• AI-native vaults add CLI, skills, MCP, Bases — not just ChatGPT-in-a-pane.
• Vault-as-OS experiments (ObsidianOS, work OS plugins) push toward agent-operated personal software.

Vault stance

Human homes (Daily/, ToDos/, SoM/, Projects/) + agent runtime (.agents/) + compile layer (Wiki/). PARA-ish intentionality without full PARA folders.