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+# Manual Setup Instructions for ExecuteIT Consulting Vault
+
+## ✅ Vault Structure Created
+The complete folder structure and templates have been created automatically.
+
+## 🔌 Recommended Community Plugins Setup
+
+### Step 1: Enable Community Plugins
+1. Open Obsidian
+2. Go to Settings (gear icon) → Community plugins
+3. Click "Turn on community plugins"
+4. If prompted about safe mode, click "Turn off Safe Mode"
+
+### Step 2: Install Recommended Plugins
+
+#### Essential Plugins
+
+**1. Dataview**
+- Click "Browse" in Community plugins
+- Search for "Dataview"
+- Click Install, then Enable
+- **Purpose**: Dynamic tables and queries for job tracking
+- **Configuration**: Settings → Dataview → Enable JavaScript Queries
+
+**2. Templater**
+- Search and install "Templater"
+- **Purpose**: Advanced template functionality with dynamic dates
+- **Configuration**: 
+  - Settings → Templater → Template folder location: `07-Templates`
+  - Enable "Trigger Templater on new file creation"
+
+**3. Calendar**
+- Search and install "Calendar"
+- **Purpose**: Visual calendar navigation for daily notes
+- **Configuration**: 
+  - Settings → Calendar → Dot threshold: 1
+
+#### Highly Recommended Plugins
+
+**4. Kanban**
+- Search and install "Kanban"
+- **Purpose**: Visualize job pipeline as a kanban board
+- **Usage**: Create a kanban board in `02-Jobs` to track application stages
+
+**5. Advanced Tables**
+- Search and install "Advanced Tables"
+- **Purpose**: Better table editing experience
+- **Usage**: Auto-formats tables as you type
+
+**6. Tag Wrangler**
+- Search and install "Tag Wrangler"
+- **Purpose**: Easier tag management
+- **Usage**: Rename tags across all notes easily
+
+#### Optional but Useful
+
+**7. Periodic Notes**
+- For advanced weekly/monthly note creation
+- Works with Calendar plugin
+
+**8. Graph Analysis**
+- Better graph view with more options
+- Useful for seeing connections between jobs, skills, projects
+
+**9. Excalidraw**
+- For drawing diagrams and architecture sketches
+- Great for technical interviews prep
+
+### Step 3: Configure Daily Notes (Already Done)
+The daily notes configuration is already set up, but verify:
+- Settings → Daily notes → Date format: `YYYY-MM-DD`
+- New file location: `01-Daily`
+- Template file location: `07-Templates/Daily Note`
+
+### Step 4: Configure Templates (Already Done)
+The templates configuration is already set up, but verify:
+- Settings → Templates → Template folder location: `07-Templates`
+
+## 📊 Setting Up Dataview Queries
+
+Once Dataview is installed, add these queries to your Home.md dashboard:
+
+### Active Jobs Table
+```dataview
+TABLE 
+  status as Status,
+  priority as Priority,
+  applied-date as Applied,
+  company as Company
+FROM "02-Jobs/Active"
+WHERE contains(tags, "job-application")
+SORT priority DESC, applied-date DESC
+```
+
+### Recent Daily Notes
+```dataview
+LIST
+FROM "01-Daily"
+SORT file.name DESC
+LIMIT 7
+```
+
+### Skills by Category
+```dataview
+TABLE 
+  proficiency as Level,
+  category as Category
+FROM "04-Skills"
+WHERE contains(tags, "skill")
+SORT proficiency DESC
+```
+
+## 🎨 Appearance Settings (Optional)
+
+### Theme Recommendations
+1. Settings → Appearance → Themes → Manage
+2. Try these popular themes:
+   - **Minimal**: Clean, professional look
+   - **Things**: GTD-inspired theme
+   - **Blue Topaz**: Feature-rich with good color coding
+
+### CSS Snippets (Optional)
+You can create custom CSS snippets in `.obsidian/snippets/` for:
+- Custom callout styles
+- Better table formatting
+- Tag coloring
+
+## 📱 Mobile Setup (Optional)
+
+### Obsidian Mobile App
+1. Download Obsidian from App Store/Google Play
+2. Open existing vault from iCloud/Dropbox/local storage
+3. Same plugins available on mobile
+
+### Sync Options
+- **Obsidian Sync** (paid, official, most reliable)
+- **iCloud** (free for Mac/iOS users)
+- **Dropbox/Google Drive** (free, works cross-platform)
+
+## ⚙️ Additional Configuration
+
+### Graph View
+Settings → Graph view:
+- Enable "Show attachments"
+- Groups: Create color groups for tags (jobs, skills, reflections)
+- Forces: Adjust for better layout
+
+### Hotkeys
+Set up custom hotkeys for frequent actions:
+- Settings → Hotkeys
+- Recommended:
+  - "Open today's daily note" → Ctrl/Cmd + T
+  - "Insert template" → Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + T
+  - "Quick switcher" → Ctrl/Cmd + O
+
+### File & Links
+Settings → Files & Links:
+- Default location for new notes: `00-Inbox`
+- Automatically update internal links: ON
+- Default location for attachments: `08-Resources/Attachments`
+
+## 🎯 First Actions Checklist
+
+After setup is complete:
+
+- [ ] Open vault in Obsidian
+- [ ] Install Dataview plugin
+- [ ] Install Templater plugin
+- [ ] Install Calendar plugin
+- [ ] Create first daily note (Ctrl/Cmd + P → "Open today's daily note")
+- [ ] Review and customize [[Home]] dashboard
+- [ ] Fill out [[Skills Inventory]]
+- [ ] Create profiles in `03-Profiles/`:
+  - [ ] Data Architect profile
+  - [ ] Backend Developer profile
+  - [ ] Technical Architect profile
+- [ ] Move existing job applications to proper folders:
+  - [ ] SEB application → `02-Jobs/Active/`
+  - [ ] Vattenfall application → `02-Jobs/Pipeline/`
+  - [ ] Svenska Kraftnät → `02-Jobs/Pipeline/`
+- [ ] Document 2-3 major Tieto projects in `05-Projects/`
+- [ ] Create first weekly reflection
+
+## 📚 Learning Obsidian
+
+### Quick Start Resources
+- Obsidian Help Vault (Help → Open help vault)
+- [Official Documentation](https://help.obsidian.md/)
+- [Obsidian Hub Community](https://publish.obsidian.md/hub)
+
+### Key Concepts
+- **Double brackets [[]]**: Create links between notes
+- **Tags #**: Categorize and filter notes
+- **Frontmatter**: YAML metadata at top of notes
+- **Backlinks**: See what notes link to current note
+- **Graph view**: Visualize connections
+
+### Markdown Basics
+- `#` Headers
+- `**bold**` and `*italic*`
+- `- [ ]` Checkboxes
+- Tables with `|`
+- `> ` Blockquotes
+
+## 🆘 Troubleshooting
+
+### Dataview not showing results
+- Check that plugin is enabled
+- Verify frontmatter YAML is correct (no typos)
+- Check query syntax
+
+### Templates not working
+- Verify template folder path in settings
+- Check that Templater plugin is enabled
+- Ensure template files exist in `07-Templates/`
+
+### Sync issues
+- Check sync service status
+- Verify folder permissions
+- Try manual sync/refresh
+
+## 💡 Tips for Success
+
+1. **Start simple**: Don't try to use every feature immediately
+2. **Daily notes are key**: Build the habit of daily journaling
+3. **Link generously**: Create connections between related notes
+4. **Review weekly**: Use weekly reflections to see progress
+5. **Customize gradually**: Adjust system as you learn what works
+6. **Backup regularly**: Your vault is just a folder - back it up!
+
+---
+
+**Need help?** 
+- Obsidian Forum: https://forum.obsidian.md/
+- Obsidian Discord: https://discord.gg/obsidianmd
+- Reddit: r/ObsidianMD
+
+**Ready to start?** Open [[Home]] and begin your consulting journey!