doombringerz-vault

The Laziest YouTuber's Obsidian setup. ADHD-friendly starter vault. Fork it, work in it, change one thing per week until it's yours.

Made by Doombringerz.

Why

Most Obsidian starter vaults assume you're a neurotypical knowledge worker who wants to recreate Maggie Appleton's digital garden. This one assumes:

• You alternate between "doing absolutely nothing" and "OH BOI does shit get done"
• You forget you've started notes if they don't auto-bubble up somewhere
• You'd rather have a working setup today than spend 8 hours watching tutorials
• You want capture friction to be near zero (the thought goes away fast)
• You want the tool to show you the rhythm of your work, not pretend you're a 9-to-5

It's built around that.

What's in it

doombringerz-vault/
├── .obsidian/                 # pre-enabled plugins + sensible app defaults
├── 00 Inbox/                  # all new notes land here (set in app.json)
├── 01 Daily/                  # daily notes (periodic-notes auto-creates)
├── 02 Weekly/                 # weekly notes (periodic-notes auto-creates)
├── 03 Projects/               # active projects (Example Project shows the shape)
├── 04 Reference/              # long-term notes you'll re-read
├── 99 Archive/                # done / dead / cold storage
├── _templates/                # Templater templates: Daily, Weekly, Project
└── _assets/                   # attachments folder (set in app.json)

Install

1. Clone or download this repo to wherever you keep your vaults

   git clone https://github.com/Doombringerz/doombringerz-vault.git

2. Open the folder in Obsidian ("Open folder as vault")
3. Install the listed community plugins. Obsidian will show "22 plugins are not installed" on first open. Click each, install, enable. (Or use the manual list below if you prefer that flow.)
4. Restart Obsidian so all plugins activate cleanly
5. Configure Templater (Settings, Templater) to use _templates as the template folder
6. Configure Periodic Notes (Settings, Periodic Notes):
   • Daily notes folder: 01 Daily
   • Daily template: _templates/Daily.md
   • Weekly notes folder: 02 Weekly
   • Weekly template: _templates/Weekly.md

You're done. Hit cmd+P, search "Periodic Notes: Open today's daily note", and you're in.

The plugin list

Twenty-two, grouped by what they do for you:

Capture and tasks (the load-bearing ones for ADHD)

• quickadd, capture text or a task in one keybind, before the thought escapes
• obsidian-tasks-plugin, task management with due dates, recurrence, queries
• periodic-notes, daily and weekly notes on a schedule
• templater-obsidian, real templates with logic and date math

Querying and rollups

• dataview, query your notes like a database. Powers the Daily and Weekly rollups
• auto-note-mover, auto-organize notes based on tags (less manual sorting)

Visual thinking

• obsidian-excalidraw-plugin, drawing canvas. Great for visual thinkers
• obsidian-kanban, drag-and-drop task boards
• obsidian-outliner, bullet-driven thought
• cards-view, browse notes as visual cards instead of file lists

Time and focus

• obsidian-day-planner, time-blocking. Fixes ADHD time-blindness
• obsidian-hover-editor, preview any link without leaving your current note

Visual cues (more visual signal = less re-reading)

• highlightr-plugin, color-coded highlighting
• obsidian-banners, header images on notes
• obsidian-icon-folder, icons on folders for fast scanning
• colored-tags-wrangler, color-code your tags
• tag-wrangler, rename and merge tags

Quality of life

• obsidian-linter, auto-format on save
• obsidian-style-settings, easy theme tweaks
• workspaces-plus, switch workspaces fast
• file-cleaner-redux, find and remove orphan attachments
• local-backup, scheduled local backups of the vault folder

How the Daily note works

Every daily note (auto-created from Daily.md) starts with:

• Energy: low / medium / OH BOI
• Mode: deep focus / shallow / admin / rest
• Top 3 today, three things you'll do (only three)

Then there are two Dataview queries that auto-fill:

• What got done today, every task completed today, across the whole vault
• Rolled over, every open task with a due date that's today or earlier

The point: you don't have to manually track. Just write - [ ] task @due(2026-05-20) anywhere and it shows up in the right places.

Customize it

It's yours. Change one thing per week:

• Add or remove plugins
• Edit templates in _templates/
• Tweak .obsidian/app.json (Inbox folder name, attachment folder, etc)
• Change folder structure to match how YOU work

The starter is opinionated so you have a real starting point. Make it yours over weeks.

What's NOT in this vault

Deliberately:

• No personal MCP or integration configs (set those up per machine if you use any)
• No custom CSS snippets (clean default, add your own)
• No theme (Obsidian default; install whatever theme you like)
• No notes from my actual vault (private)

License

MIT, see LICENSE.

Related

• doombringerz.com
• oh-boi-cli, companion ADHD focus tracker
• win-rice-doombringerz, companion terminal setup