Vault Triage

A ruthless review queue for the notes that actually need attention.

Vault Triage scans your vault for stale notes, thin notes, orphan notes, missing metadata, and unfinished drafts — then gives you a clean review workflow so maintenance stops feeling like a side quest from hell.

Free gets you real scanning and one-note-at-a-time cleanup. Pro adds saved audits, custom rules, bulk workflows, severity tuning, and Markdown reports.

Local-first, privacy-friendly, and built to help you decide what to fix first instead of burying you in note guilt.

Why Vault Triage exists

Most vault-maintenance tools dump a pile of flags on you and call it a day. That is not triage. That is administrative vandalism.

Vault Triage is built around a sharper job:

• surface the notes most worth reviewing
• show why they were flagged
• let you work through them one at a time or in batches
• keep the workflow tight enough that you will actually use it

What it finds

• Stale notes — notes that have gone untouched longer than your threshold
• Thin notes — notes with barely any substance
• Orphan notes — notes with no real connections in or out
• Missing required properties — notes missing frontmatter fields your workflow depends on
• Draft markers — TODO, FIXME, WIP, and your own custom unfinished-note markers

Why this is better than a generic vault audit

Vault Triage is not trying to be a vague "health dashboard." Its wedge is simple: help you decide what to fix next.

That means:

• a dashboard that shows where the mess actually is
• a review queue so you can clean as you go
• filters and severity so you can work the high-value problems first
• custom rules when your vault has its own standards

Free vs Pro

Free is genuinely useful. Pro is about speed, repeatability, and scale.

Feature	Free	Pro
Manual vault scan	✓	✓
Built-in detectors	✓	✓
Dashboard and issue list	✓	✓
Open notes from results	✓	✓
Ignore / exclude / mark reviewed	✓	✓
Basic review queue	✓	✓
Saved scan profiles		✓
Custom rules		✓
Bulk actions		✓
In-queue quick fixes		✓
Severity tuning		✓
Markdown report export		✓

Purchase: Buy Me a Coffee — Vault Triage Pro. License keys are verified offline (Ed25519) — no account, server, or subscription.

Activate Pro

1. Purchase via the link above.
2. Your license key is emailed to you automatically, within seconds — delivery is fully automated, no waiting.
3. Paste it into the plugin's settings — Pro unlocks instantly, fully offline.

Install

Community plugins

After community review approval, search for Vault Triage in Community plugins and install it there.

Manual install

Copy main.js, manifest.json, and styles.css into .obsidian/plugins/vault-triage/ in your vault, then enable the plugin.

Usage

1. Run Vault Triage: Run vault scan from the command palette.
2. Review the dashboard to see what actually needs attention.
3. Filter by issue type or start the review queue.
4. Fix notes one at a time, or use Pro workflows when you need to move fast.

Configuration

You can customize:

• stale-note thresholds
• minimum note length
• required properties
• draft markers
• folder, path, and tag exclusions

Pro

Vault Triage Pro uses an offline license key.

• one-time payment
• no account required
• no always-online checks
• validated locally in your vault

Pro is for people who want recurring audits, custom standards, bulk cleanup workflows, and exportable reports instead of babysitting maintenance manually.

Buy Pro

Vault Triage Pro uses an offline license key and a one-time payment.

Purchase: Buy Me a Coffee — Vault Triage Pro — $12 one-time. License keys are verified offline (Ed25519) — no account, server, or subscription.

What you get:

• saved audits
• custom rules
• bulk workflows
• severity tuning
• Markdown report export

Delivery model:

• one-time purchase
• no account required
• offline license verification
• license key delivered automatically by email, in seconds

Privacy

Vault Triage is local-first.

• your notes stay in your vault
• no cloud processing
• no telemetry
• offline license validation

Pricing

• Free — core scanning and review features
• Pro — $12 one-time — saved audits, custom rules, bulk workflows, quick fixes, severity tuning, and Markdown reports

FAQ

Is the free version actually useful? Yes. Free is meant to stand on its own, not act like a crippled demo.

Does Pro require an account? No. Pro uses a one-time offline license key.

Does Vault Triage send my notes anywhere? No. It runs locally in your vault.

Can I use it without a metadata-heavy workflow? Yes. The default detectors are useful even if your vault is lightweight.

Support

Open an issue at github.com/israerusan/vault-triage.