Seed Vault

A starter Obsidian vault built around the PARA Model, a framework for sorting everything you capture into four categories: Projects, Areas, Resources, and Archive. This vault comes with suggested folders and templates optimised for use as a work-related vault, but the structure doesn't enforce that use case keeping you free to adapt to our own needs.

Folder Structure

Seed Vault/
├── 1 Projects/                     # Active work with a defined outcome
│   └── Onboarding/
├── 2 Areas of focus/               # Ongoing responsibilities with no end date
│   └── Hiring/
│       └── Candidates/
├── 3 Resources and curiosities/    # Reference material and supporting files
│   ├── Attachments/
│   ├── Definitions/
│   ├── People/
│   ├── Prompts/
│   ├── Saved articles/
│   ├── List of opportunities.md
│   ├── List of questions.md
│   └── List of reminders.md
├── 4 Archive/                      # Completed or inactive items
├── Notes/                          # Periodic notes
│   ├── Daily/
│   ├── Weekly/
│   ├── Monthly/
│   ├── Quarterly/
│   ├── Yearly/
│   └── Zettelkasten/
├── Templates/                      # All Templater templates
├── Inbox.md                        # Your landing pad, process regularly
└── Scratch.md                      # A throwaway scratchpad

Templates

All templates use Templater and include YAML frontmatter with saved_date and updated_date fields for tracking.

Template	Purpose
Daily Note	Agenda, task rollup via Tasks plugin, and a space for notes
Week in Review	Weekly summary with done/not-done task queries and links to daily notes
Month in Review	Monthly summary with weekly note links and task rollups
Quarterly Review	Structured reflection with what went well / to improve / to continue
Year in Review	Annual summary linked to quarterly notes
Zettelkasten Template	Atomic note with blockquote for the core idea and source links
Note	General-purpose note
MOC	Map of Content with auto-generated backlinks, tag queries, and text references
Definition	Personal glossary entry
Extract	Pull a passage out of another note, maintaining the source link
Person	Contact note with org metadata fields (role, team, department, etc.), biography, and auto-generated references via Dataview
Saved Article	Clipped article with URL, author, and publisher fields

Periodic notes (Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Yearly) auto-file themselves into the correct subfolder under Notes/ when created.

Plugins Included

Plugin	Purpose
Templater	Powers all templates with dynamic dates and scripting
Dataview	Query your notes like a database
Tasks	Track and query tasks across your vault
Periodic Notes	Create daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly notes
Calendar	Calendar sidebar view for navigating periodic notes
Natural Language Dates	Type dates in plain English
Advanced URI	Deep-link into your vault from external apps
Smart Typography	Auto-converts quotes and dashes to typographically correct characters
Tag Wrangler	Rename, merge, and manage tags
Change Case	Quickly transform text case

Getting Started

Download seed-vault.zip from the releases section
Unzip it to wherever you keep your vaults
Open Obsidian → Open folder as vault → select the unzipped folder
Obsidian will prompt you to trust community plugins; click Trust and enable
Start in Inbox.md and go from there

Customizing

Daily Note includes a placeholder comment for an AI briefer link — replace or remove it
Person template includes org-specific fields (role, team, department, division), trim these if using this for personal rather than work contacts
Quarterly Review queries three list files in 3 Resources and curiosities/:
- List of opportunities — open opportunities; completed ones move to the Closed section
- List of questions — open questions you're tracking over time
- List of reminders — standing reminders that don't fit neatly as tasks
All three are tagged ignore so they can be easily excluded from searches.

Credits

Organizational structure based on the PARA Model by Tiago Forte.

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