backlinkslisted
Install: claude install-skill slogsdon/skills-vault-knowledge
# Skill: /backlinks [argument]
Audit the vault's backlink structure to surface orphaned notes, dead links, and one-way connections — the value is in finding what the knowledge graph has lost or never built.
**Don't:** use this to find conceptual bridges — that's /connect. Don't auto-fix findings — surface for Shane to act on.
## Steps
1. Parse the argument/topic from Shane's request.
2. Follow [Qwen Protocol](_lib/qwen-protocol.md) with:
- `task`: "Vault access (bash only, no MCP tools): `obsidian search query='TERM' limit=10`, `obsidian read file='Note Name'` (no .md), `obsidian backlinks file='Note Name'`. Audit the vault's backlink structure around '[argument]' (or broadly). Find orphaned notes, broken connections, and opportunities to strengthen the knowledge graph."
- `skill`: "backlinks"
3. Review Qwen's result, synthesize if needed, and present to Shane.
## Fallback
If Qwen is unavailable:
1. If `[argument]` is provided, run `obsidian search query='[argument]' limit=10` via bash; otherwise run broad searches (e.g. `obsidian search query='MOC OR index OR hub' limit=20`) via bash to sample the vault
2. Read a set of notes by running `obsidian read file='[note name]'` via bash for each — look for `[[wikilinks]]` and `[[note references]]` embedded in them
3. Identify backlink health:
- **Orphaned notes:** notes that exist but appear nowhere as a `[[link]]` in other notes
- **Dead links:** `[[links]]` that reference notes that don't exist yet
- **One-w