obsidian-bases SKILL.md skillA

obsidian-bases from nicholyx/ai-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

mdr add nicholyx/ai-skills/obsidian-bases@git:20260516.4d9ab13

Pins git:20260516.4d9ab13 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade

A, 17 of 17 checks passed

Kind

SKILL.md skill

Repository

nicholyx/ai-skills

Path

.agents/skills/obsidian-bases/SKILL.md

Versions recorded

1

Latest version

git:20260516.4d9ab13, committed May 16, 2026

Size

12,903 bytes

Repository stars

6

License

Apache-2.0

Create and edit Obsidian Bases (.base files) with views, filters, formulas, and summaries. Use when working with .base files, creating database-like views of notes, or when the user mentions Bases, table views, card views, filters, or formulas in Obsidian.

Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.

What the file says

# Obsidian Bases Skill

## Workflow

1. **Create the file**: Create a `.base` file in the vault with valid YAML content
2. **Define scope**: Add `filters` to select which notes appear (by tag, folder, property, or date)
3. **Add formulas** (optional): Define computed properties in the `formulas` section
4. **Configure views**: Add one or more views (`table`, `cards`, `list`, or `map`) with `order` specifying which properties to display
5. **Validate**: Verify the file is valid YAML with no syntax errors. Check that all referenced properties and formulas exist. Common issues: unquoted strings containing special YAML characters, mismatched quotes in formula expressions, referencing `formula.X` without defining `X` in `formulas`
6. **Test in Obsidian**: Open the `.base` file in Obsidian to confirm the view renders correctly. If it shows a YAML error, check quoting rules below

## Schema

Base files use the `.base` extension and contain valid YAML.

```yaml
# Global filters apply to ALL views in the base
filters:
  # Can be a single filter string
  # OR a recursive filter object with and/or/not
  and: []
  or: []
  not: []

# Define formula properties that can be used across all views
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

mdr add nicholyx/ai-skills/obsidian-bases@sha256:1785f37a2b00d900

[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_op74htxaiuopq7dh.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_op74htxaiuopq7dh)

Versions

The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on May 16, 2026.

Audit of the latest version

Source

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_op74htxaiuopq7dh
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=nicholyx/ai-skills/obsidian-bases
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/1785f37a2b00d900d259ed57faac6a3f9c589f9fb40ec5ccdeba83daa850452c

Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.

Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.

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