Reads and writes notes across Claude/CoWork sessions using direct REST calls — no MCP server required. Built for Jason Stedwell (Director of Technical Services / Systems Engineer, MPM / ALABAMA wISP), who is both the operator and the architect of this vault. Successor to the obsidian-memory system and sibling of the goldbrain vault (Bryan's).

What it does

Loads operator preferences, current context, and relevant project notes at the start of substantive conversations
Writes facts, preferences, and decisions Jason asks Claude to remember
Logs working sessions so future conversations can pick up where they left off
Defers to the vault's own BOOTSTRAP.md to verify and repair structure

Configuration

The plugin is hardcoded for:

Server: https://echoapi.alwisp.com (reverse proxy → backend Obsidian Local REST API)
API Key: stored in the skill (personal plugin, not for distribution)

The endpoint presents a valid TLS certificate, so -k is not required. The bearer key lives only in the plugin — never inside the vault (per the vault's own safety rules).

Vault layout (root-addressed)

/vault/
├── CLAUDE.md  STRUCTURE.md  BOOTSTRAP.md  spinup.md  index.md  README.md
├── inbox/        (captures, imports, processing-log)
├── journal/      (daily, weekly, monthly, templates)
├── projects/     (active, incubating, on-hold, archived)
├── areas/        (business, personal, learning, systems)
├── resources/    (concepts, references, people, meetings, source-material)
├── decisions/    (by-date, by-project)
├── reviews/      (weekly, monthly, quarterly, annual)
├── archive/      (notes, projects, imports)
└── _agent/
    ├── context/        ← task-scoped context bundles
    ├── memory/         ← working / episodic / semantic
    ├── sessions/       ← YYYY-MM-DD-HHMM-<slug>.md
    ├── templates/      ← canonical note templates
    ├── outputs/        ← briefs / drafts / summaries / synthesis
    ├── skills/         ← active / archived
    └── heartbeat/

Skills

Skill	Triggers
`echo-memory`	"remember that", "save to memory", "what do you know about me", "load my profile", "check my notes", "log this decision", "add to my inbox" — and proactively at the start of substantive conversations

Requirements

Obsidian running on the backend with the Local REST API plugin enabled
HTTPS access to https://echoapi.alwisp.com from the Claude/CoWork session environment