# Daily Summary

> Read the last N days of daily notes, surface the dominant themes, and draft a synthesis note linking back to the originals.

- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-bettyguo-obsidian-mcp-daily-summary`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [bettyguo](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/bettyguo)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [Agent Skills](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/agent-skills)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Upstream author:** [bettyguo](https://github.com/bettyguo)
- **Source:** https://github.com/bettyguo/obsidian_mcp/tree/main/skills/daily-summary

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-bettyguo-obsidian-mcp-daily-summary
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

## When to use

The user wants a synthesis of recent daily-note activity — usually because they're returning to the vault after a gap, preparing a weekly review, or hunting for ideas worth expanding. The horizon defaults to 7 days; the user may specify (`/daily-summary 30d`).

## Procedure

1. Call `vault_info` to confirm the vault is accessible and to learn the daily-note pattern.
2. Call `list_daily_notes(since="7d")` (or the user-specified horizon). If fewer than 3 daily notes returned, tell the user and stop — there's nothing to synthesize.
3. Call `read_notes_batch(paths=[...returned paths])` with the daily-note paths. Respect the 200K-char cap.
4. Identify themes. Aim for 3–7 named threads, each with a one-sentence claim and 2–4 supporting daily-note references.
5. For each theme, pick 1–2 wikilinks from the daily notes that look central. Use `find_related` if a theme would benefit from atomic-note context.
6. Draft a synthesis note. Path: `Syntheses/Daily summary {YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD}.md`. Frontmatter: `created: `, `tags: [synthesis, daily-summary]`, `period_start`, `period_end`. Body uses the template in §Output format.
7. Surface the proposed body to the user IN CHAT. Wait for approval (or `--unattended`).
8. After approval, call `create_note(path=..., body=..., frontmatter=..., confirm=true)`.
9. Reply with the new path and a 2-sentence top-line.

## Output format

```markdown
# Daily summary, {YYYY-MM-DD} to {YYYY-MM-DD}

## Threads

### {Theme 1 — short imperative sentence}
{One paragraph of synthesis, referencing daily notes with wikilinks.}
- [[Daily Notes/YYYY-MM-DD]]: {short pull-quote or paraphrase}
- ...

### {Theme 2 ...}

## Loose ends
- {Question I left unresolved} — see [[Daily Notes/YYYY-MM-DD]]

## Sources
- [[Daily Notes/YYYY-MM-DD]] ... (every daily note read, in chronological order)
```

## Anti-patterns

- Don't summarize line-by-line. Surface threads, not transcripts.
- Don't invent themes the daily notes don't actually contain. If the period is sparse, say so.
- Don't edit the source daily notes — read-only.
- Don't run more than one `find_related` per theme. The synthesis is from what the user already wrote, not from new search.

## Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [bettyguo](https://github.com/bettyguo)
- **Source:** [bettyguo/obsidian_mcp](https://github.com/bettyguo/obsidian_mcp)
- **License:** MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-bettyguo-obsidian-mcp-daily-summary
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/bettyguo
- Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse

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