Wiki Switch — Manage Multiple Vault Profiles

~/.obsidian-wiki/config.<name>

~/.obsidian-wiki/config

Dispatch

/wiki-switch <name>

/wiki-switch list

/wiki-switch show [name]

/wiki-switch new <name>

/wiki-switch

Switch (default action)

1. Verify

   ~/.obsidian-wiki/config.<name>

   exists. If not, tell the user the vault doesn't exist and list what's available (run List).
2. Run:
   bash

   ln -sf ~/.obsidian-wiki/config.<name> ~/.obsidian-wiki/config

3. Read

   OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH

   from the newly active config.
4. Confirm to the user:

   Switched to vault: <name>
   Vault path: <value of OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH from the config>

List

1. Find all files matching

   ~/.obsidian-wiki/config.*

   (exclude

   config

   itself — that's the symlink).
2. Resolve the current symlink target:

   readlink ~/.obsidian-wiki/config

3. For each config file, read the first non-empty comment line (lines starting with

   #

   ) as a human description of the vault. Fall back to the file's suffix as the label if no comment exists.
4. Display:

   Vaults:
     personal   My personal research wiki    ← active
     work       Work projects wiki

   Mark the active one with

   ← active

   . If the symlink is broken or

   config

   doesn't exist, show

   (none active)

   .

Show

• If a name is given, read

  ~/.obsidian-wiki/config.<name>

  .
• If no name given, read

  ~/.obsidian-wiki/config

  (the active vault).
• If the file doesn't exist, tell the user and list what's available.
• Print the file contents verbatim (redact any lines containing

  API_KEY

  or

  SECRET

  — show

  ***

  instead of the value).

New

1. Check

   ~/.obsidian-wiki/config.<name>

   doesn't already exist. Abort if it does.
2. Copy the active config:
   bash

   cp ~/.obsidian-wiki/config ~/.obsidian-wiki/config.<name>

3. Read the copied config. Config files use

   # --- Section name ---

   comment headers to group fields into sections (e.g.,

   # --- Vault-specific ---

   ,

   # --- Vault-independent ---

   ,

   # --- Secrets ---

   ). Use these sections to determine what to ask about:
   • Fields in sections labeled "vault-specific", "paths", or similar → ask the user for new values
   • Fields in sections labeled "vault-independent", "global", "shared" → keep as-is (copy over unchanged)
   • Fields in sections labeled "secrets" → ask if the new vault uses the same credentials or different ones
   • If there are no section headers, present all fields and let the user decide which to change
4. Ask the user for updated values for the vault-specific fields. Use the current values as visible defaults — the user only needs to supply what differs.
5. Write the updated values into

   ~/.obsidian-wiki/config.<name>

   .
6. Update the top comment line to describe the new vault (e.g.,

   # Obsidian Wiki — <name> vault

   ).
7. Confirm:

   Created: ~/.obsidian-wiki/config.<name>
   Run `/wiki-switch <name>` to activate it.

   Do not switch automatically — let the user decide when to activate.