Nilhem LLM Wiki (Wiki Layer)

Karpathy-inspired personal knowledge base for Obsidian + LLMs

Turn chaotic raw files into a clean, linked, queryable Markdown wiki.
Dramatically reduce token waste, improve answer quality, and build a visual second brain that grows with you.

Inspired by Andrej Karpathy’s ideas on LLM knowledge bases ("Wiki Layer").

Why this exists

Large language models waste huge amounts of tokens re-reading the same raw documents.
This system processes everything once into a structured, interconnected knowledge base so the LLM works on clean Markdown forever after.

Benefits

• 70–90% token savings on repeated queries
• Higher accuracy and better cross-document reasoning
• Automatic bidirectional links + knowledge graph
• Fully local & private
• Live dashboards (desktop + mobile)

Features

• raw/ → wiki/ separation (immutable sources + living knowledge base)
• Standardized YAML frontmatter + Obsidian [[wiki links]]
• Production-ready templates (Research, Concept, Meeting, Project, Base)
• Interactive desktop dashboard + lightweight mobile dashboard
• Optimized Dataview / DataviewJS queries (single-pass stats, hard limits)
• QuickAdd capture macros + recommended hotkeys
• Full structuring agent system prompt with automatic dashboard maintenance rules
• One-command setup script
• Performance testing note + optimization guide
• Compatible with the Grok wiki-layer-ingest skill

Quick Start

git clone https://github.com/nilhemdot/nilhem-llm-wiki.git
cd nilhem-llm-wiki

# Point the script at your Obsidian vault
./scripts/setup-wiki-layer.sh /path/to/your/obsidian-vault

Or manually copy the templates/ and wiki/ folders into your vault.

Recommended Plugins

Plugin	Purpose
Dataview	Live queries & dashboards
Templater	Dynamic templates
Obsidian Charts	Charts in dashboards
Buttons	Interactive action buttons
QuickAdd	Fast capture macros
Linter	Consistent formatting
Auto Note Mover	Automatic filing
Omnisearch	Better search

Folder Structure After Setup

your-vault/
├── raw/                  # Immutable original files
├── wiki/                 # Clean, linked knowledge base
│   ├── Interactive-Dashboard.md
│   ├── Mobile-Dashboard.md
│   ├── Research-Dashboard.md
│   ├── Business-Dashboard.md
│   ├── Health-Dashboard.md
│   ├── Index.md
│   ├── Performance-Testing.md
│   └── ...
├── templates/            # Note templates
└── docs/
    ├── structuring-agent-prompt.md
    ├── performance.md
    └── quickadd-macros.md

Ingestion Workflow

1. Drop files into raw/
2. Use the wiki-layer-ingest Grok skill
   or paste the structuring agent prompt into Claude / Cursor / etc.
3. The agent cleans, templates, links, and outputs ready Markdown for wiki/
4. Dashboards update automatically via Dataview

QuickAdd Macros (Suggested)

Macro	Hotkey	Template
New Concept	Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + C	Concept.md
New Research Note	Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + R	Research-Paper.md
New Meeting Notes	Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + M	Meeting-Notes.md
New Project	Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + P	Project.md
Quick Capture	Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + Q	Simple inbox note

Mobile

Open wiki/Mobile-Dashboard.md on your phone. It is intentionally lightweight (no heavy charts) for fast loading.

Performance

See docs/performance.md and wiki/Performance-Testing.md for optimization techniques, single-pass patterns, and alternatives (Bases / Datacore).

Suggested GitHub Topics

obsidian  knowledge-base  pkm  llm  wiki-layer  dataview  personal-knowledge-management  markdown  second-brain  karpathy

You can add these in the repository settings under "Topics".

License

MIT

Credits

Inspired by Andrej Karpathy’s ideas on LLM knowledge bases / “Wiki Layer”.