VaultForge - AI-powered tool turns PDFs into structured Obsidian vaults

Computers got 100x faster. Our learning method didn't: read, highlight, forget, repeat. VaultForge takes PDFs and applies what cognitive science knows about learning — chunking into atomic notes, building semantic networks via 5-type wikilinks, and active retrieval through guided questions. Firecrawl & Exa power deep research on consensus and controversy. ⚡ Crash recovery · 📚 Incremental learning · ✅ 58 tests Open source, MIT. Claude Code, Codex, Cursor.

I built VaultForge after watching EMBA classmates drown in 600+ pages of reading every month. Smart people, no system. They'd highlight, re-read, forget, repeat. The management consulting method works — build a framework, define what you don't need to know, find the core debates — but it requires experts and years of practice. Luhmann's zettelkasten works, but it requires a lifetime of manual card maintenance. VaultForge automates the mechanical work so you can do the human work: think, question, connect. This started as a personal script. After 58 tests, 16 audit fixes, and 7 pipeline iterations, it became something worth sharing. Open source, MIT licensed. Would love your feedback — what breaks, what's confusing, what you'd want next.

VaultForge - AI-powered tool turns PDFs into structured Obsidian vaults

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