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obsidian-project-lifecycle

Use this skill when the user wants to detach, archive, purge, or otherwise change the lifecycle state of an Obsidian project knowledge base.

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Use obsidian-project-lifecycle to archive [project knowledge base], preserving its contents in Archive/, disabling syncing, and summarizing what was preserved and removed.

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  • [project knowledge base]

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name: obsidian-project-lifecycledescription: Use this skill when the user wants to detach, archive, purge, or otherwise change the lifecycle state of an Obsidian project knowledge base.

Obsidian Project Lifecycle

Use the shared helper script for deterministic lifecycle operations.

Role in the workflow

This is a supporting skill under obsidian-project-memory.

Use it for project-level state changes and, when needed, note-level removal or rename flows.

Project-level commands

python3 ../obsidian-project-memory/scripts/project_kb.py lifecycle --cwd "$PWD" --mode detach
python3 ../obsidian-project-memory/scripts/project_kb.py lifecycle --cwd "$PWD" --mode archive
python3 ../obsidian-project-memory/scripts/project_kb.py lifecycle --cwd "$PWD" --mode purge

Note-level command

python3 ../obsidian-project-memory/scripts/project_kb.py note-lifecycle --cwd "$PWD" --mode archive --note "Results/Old-Result.md"
python3 ../obsidian-project-memory/scripts/project_kb.py note-lifecycle --cwd "$PWD" --mode purge --note "Results/Old-Result.md"
python3 ../obsidian-project-memory/scripts/project_kb.py note-lifecycle --cwd "$PWD" --mode rename --note "Experiments/Old-Name.md" --dest "Experiments/New-Name.md"

Policy

  • Detach: stop syncing, keep vault content.
  • Archive: default for “remove this project's knowledge”; move the project to Archive/ and disable syncing.
  • Purge: only when the user explicitly requests permanent deletion.
  • Rename / move: treat as update plus link repair, not delete plus create.

Always summarize what was removed, what was preserved, and whether auto-sync remains enabled.