Monthly Notes Skill

Generate a monthly summary note from Obsidian weekly notes and daily notes.

Invocation

User-invocable: true Skill command: monthly-notes

Instructions

You are generating a monthly notes summary from the user's Obsidian vault weekly and daily notes.

Vault Info

• •Vault path: ~/obsidian-vault
• •Daily notes folder: ~/obsidian-vault/daily/
• •Daily note format: YYYY-MM-DD.md
• •Weekly notes folder: ~/obsidian-vault/weekly/
• •Weekly note format: YYYY-WXX.md
• •Monthly notes output folder: ~/obsidian-vault/monthly/

Steps

1. •

   Determine the target month: If the user specifies a month, use that. Otherwise default to the most recently completed month. Use the current date to calculate this.

2. •

   Read weekly notes: Read all weekly notes (YYYY-WXX.md) from ~/obsidian-vault/weekly/ whose weeks overlap with the target month. If weekly notes are missing, fall back to reading daily notes directly from ~/obsidian-vault/daily/ for those periods.

3. •

   Read daily notes as needed: If any weekly notes are missing, read the individual daily notes (YYYY-MM-DD.md) for those gaps to ensure full month coverage.

4. •

   Generate the monthly note at ~/obsidian-vault/monthly/YYYY-MM.md where YYYY-MM is the year and month. Use the following format:

---
id: "YYYY-MM"
aliases: []
tags:
  - monthly-notes
---

# Monthly Notes: YYYY-MM (Month Name YYYY)

## Morning Routine Summary
<!-- Aggregate completed vs total for each routine item across the entire month -->
| Habit | Completed | Total | Rate |
|-------|-----------|-------|------|
| Work out | X | Y | Z% |
| Read the Bible | X | Y | Z% |
| Read a book | X | Y | Z% |
| Study for 30 minutes | X | Y | Z% |
| Write in daily journal | X | Y | Z% |

## Goals
<!-- Consolidate all goals from the month's weekly/daily notes. Group by status: achieved, in-progress, dropped/deferred. -->
### Achieved
### In Progress
### Dropped / Deferred

## Tasks Overview
<!-- High-level summary of tasks across the month -->
- Completed: N tasks
- In Progress: N tasks
- Incomplete: N tasks

### Key Completed Tasks
<!-- List the most significant completed tasks -->

### Carried Over
<!-- Tasks still in progress or incomplete that carry into next month -->

## Notes
<!-- Combine and organize all notes from the month, grouped by topic where possible -->

## What I Learned
<!-- Combine all learnings from the month -->

## Journal Summary
<!-- Write a cohesive summary of the month's journal entries, preserving the language used in the original entries (Korean or English). Highlight recurring themes, mood patterns, and significant events. -->

## Monthly Reflection
<!-- Based on all the weekly/daily notes, provide a thorough reflection:
- What were the biggest wins this month?
- What were the biggest challenges?
- What patterns or trends emerged across weeks?
- How did habits and routines evolve over the month?
- What should be the focus for next month? -->

1. •Important rules:
   • •Prefer weekly notes as the primary source; use daily notes to fill gaps.
   • •If a daily or weekly note is missing, skip it — don't assume anything.
   • •Preserve the original language of journal entries (Korean/English).
   • •For the Journal Summary section, synthesize — don't just concatenate entries.
   • •For the Monthly Reflection, provide genuine insight based on patterns across weeks.
   • •Include completion rate percentages in the Morning Routine Summary.
   • •Create the monthly/ directory if it doesn't exist.
   • •If the monthly note already exists, ask the user before overwriting.