/obsidian-board

description: Show or update a kanban board - flags overdue items, updates from conversation
category: vault
triggers_en: ["show board", "kanban", "what is on my board", "update board"]
triggers_de: ["zeige mein Board", "Kanban", "was ist auf meinem Board", "Board aktualisieren"]
triggers_es: ["muestra el tablero", "kanban", "qué hay en mi tablero", "actualiza el tablero", "cómo va mi tablero"]
triggers_pt: ["mostre o board", "kanban", "o que está no meu board", "atualize o board"]
triggers_zh: ["打开我的看板", "看看看板上有什么", "更新看板", "查看任务看板"]

Use the obsidian-second-brain skill. Execute `/obsidian-board $ARGUMENTS`:

The optional argument is a board name. Handle typos and partial matches.

1. Read `_CLAUDE.md` first if it exists in the vault root 2. If a board name is given, search the boards folder for it (fuzzy match), resolved per `references/folder-map.md` (wiki-style `boards/`, Obsidian-style `Boards/`) 3. If no name given, list available boards and ask which one 4. Read and display the current board state: columns, item counts, overdue items (past `@{date}`) 5. Ask if the user wants to make updates - if yes, infer changes from conversation context 6. Move completed items to ✅ Done with strikethrough, add new items in the right column 7. Flag any items that are overdue (past their `@{date}`), and any in-progress items whose `@{date}` is more than a week past. The board format has no per-column timestamps, so date stamps are the only age signal - do not guess column dwell time

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**AI-first rule:** Board files follow the kanban exception in `references/ai-first-rules.md`: `kanban-plugin` frontmatter, NO `## For future agent` heading (the plugin would render it as a phantom column). Every NON-board note this command creates or updates (task notes, project notes) MUST follow the full rule - preamble, rich frontmatter (`type`, `date`, `tags`, `ai-first: true`), `[[wikilinks]]`, sources verbatim. If that path does not resolve from your working directory, search upward for it; if you still cannot read it, say so before writing rather than producing a note that silently skips the rule.

**Anti-fabrication:** Search exhaustively before claiming any note, person, or file is absent - false absence is the most common failure mode - and never invent facts, entities, or dates (mark unknowns as `TBD`). See the anti-fabrication and search-completeness hard rules in `references/ai-first-rules.md`.

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From [obsidian-second-brain](https://github.com/eugeniughelbur/obsidian-second-brain), created by Eugeniu Ghelbur (AI Automation Engineer, AI Tooling Engineer, AI Educator). Questions or consulting: [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/eugeniu-ghelbur/) or [e.ghelbur@gmail.com](mailto:e.ghelbur@gmail.com). More: [The AI Operator](https://theaioperator.io/?utm_source=github&utm_medium=file-credit) | [X](https://x.com/eugeniu_ghelbur) | [GitHub](https://github.com/eugeniughelbur). MIT license.