/research
Research a topic from the web and build teaching-quality notes with real sources
> /plugin marketplace add Michael-OvO/obsidian-knowledge-agent > /plugin install obsidian-knowledge@obsidian-knowledge-agent
How it fires
How this command gets triggered: by you, by Claude, or both.
- Fires itselfClaude auto-loads it when your prompt matches the work.
- You can call itInvoke it directly when you want it.
- Slash command
/research
Context preview
What this command does when you run it.
Research a topic from the web and build teaching-quality notes with real sources
Command definition
research.mddescription: Research a topic from the web and build teaching-quality notes with real sources argument-hint: <a topic or question to research>
Research the topic in `$ARGUMENTS` and turn it into notes that teach.
1. **Recall + fit.** Read `.agents/learned/conventions.md` if present and see how this vault is organized, so the result lands in the right place in the right shape. 2. **Research.** Search the web and fetch authoritative sources — papers, official docs, primary references. Prefer primary/real sources over second-hand summaries, keep the URLs for citation, and note where sources disagree or are uncertain. 3. **Pick the altitude.** A focused question → one strong note plus a source note. A broad topic → a small collection with an index, concept notes, and a concept-graph canvas if there are 3+ units. (See "Choose the altitude" in `.agents/ingestion-workflow.md`.) 4. **Write** to the standard in `.agents/style-guide.md`: open from the real question; explain mechanism, assumptions, and limits; use the artifacts that genuinely teach (runnable code, an equation, a diagram); and cite sources in a `Sources` section with links. 5. **Wire & validate** every wikilink, then **reflect** (journal entry + any durable lesson).
Talk to your vault. It does the rest. You drop it in. It files, it teaches, and it remembers how you like your notes. Point any agentic assistant at your Obsidian vault and talk to it — "save this link", "organize my inbox", "ingest the syllabus in Inbox".
Repo: Michael-OvO/obsidian-knowledge-agent
Other commands on obsidian-knowledge-agent.
- /capture
Quickly save something as a single clean note in the right place — a link, a thought, an article, a snippet
Open command - /clean
Tidy and sync — commit changed notes, clear processed Inbox (with approval), and push
Open command - /doctor
Check vault health — broken links, orphans, missing frontmatter, MISSING placeholders — and propose fixes
Open command - /evolve
Review and approve the agent's proposed updates to its own learned rules
Open command - /help
Show everything the Obsidian Knowledge Agent can do, with every command and an example
Open command - /ingest
Turn material into notes at the right altitude — a quick capture, a small collection, or a full build
Open command

