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name: cross-linking description: Guidance for finding and adding bidirectional wikilinks when creating or updating content in the knowledge base. Use when user creates new content or wants to improve discoverability by adding links to related pages. Helps maintain the interconnected graph structure.

Cross-Linking

Maintain bidirectional links for discoverability and graph navigation.

What to Link

Always Link

On First Mention

Link concepts, tools, and references on their first appearance in a document.

Link Syntax

Basic Wikilink

Copy[[Page Name]]

With Display Text

Copy[[Page-Name|Display Text]]
[[Team/Alice-Smith|Alice]]

With Relative Path

Copy[[../Team/Alice-Smith|Alice Smith]]
[[../../04-Knowledge/AI-Ecosystem/Zep|Zep]]

Finding Related Content

By Topic

Search for related pages in the same category:

• AI tools → 04-Knowledge/AI-Ecosystem/
• Projects → 03-Projects/
• Team → 01-Team/

By Tag

Find pages with similar tags:

Copy#project/agi-assistant
#topic/ai
#team/member

By Existing Links

Check what the page already links to, then find related pages that should also be linked.

Linking Checklist

When creating/editing content:

1. People mentioned? → Link to profiles in 01-Team/
2. Projects referenced? → Link to project READMEs
3. Tasks discussed? → Link to task files
4. Tools/tech mentioned? → Link to AI-Ecosystem entries
5. Related knowledge? → Link to relevant research pages
6. Meetings referenced? → Link to meeting notes

Bidirectional Linking

Obsidian automatically creates backlinks, but for better navigation:

1. Link from new page to existing related content
2. Consider updating related pages to link back (for important connections)

Common Link Targets

Team

• Link to team member profiles in Database/People/

Projects

• Link to project documentation in Projects/ or Database/Projects/

AI Ecosystem Categories

• [[Agent-Frameworks]]
• [[LLM-Providers]]
• [[Developer-Tools]]
• [[MCP-Ecosystem]]
• [[Vector-Databases]]

Example

Before:

CopyAlice is working on the authentication integration for our web app project.

After:

Copy[[Alice Smith]] is working on the [[OAuth]] integration for our [[Web App]] project.