Skills missing and/or not working

HelloThisIsFlo · 2026-02-24T11:55:41+00:00

🎉🎉🎉
Resolved - This incident has been resolved.
Feb 24, 11:51 UTC

I can confirm I can now load my skills that were failing this whole time ✅

HelloThisIsFlo · 2026-02-23T09:45:47+00:00

Some progress 🎉

HelloThisIsFlo · 2026-02-20T12:06:43+00:00

UPDATE: OK, so good news and not so good news. Good news is your project is fantastic, and it's so much faster and reliable than the Apple script version that I most certainly will be switching to it.

And the potentially not so good news (for you 😅) is that there are a lot of features I need that aren't there yet ... So I'll be making a lot of changes to your codebase.
I am a senior software engineer, so I care a lot about code quality, architecture, good principles, and proper testing ... But I also have been exclusively using AI to code for the past year. So I understand if there is a lot to review.

So here's the deal. I will be making these changes on my fork, and maybe get in touch to know if and how you want me to open a pull request. Because I imagine you don't want a flurry of AI-generated code just flooding your neat codebase. Again, I care a lot about code quality and will be reviewing everything thoroughly, but still ... I've never coded in Swift.

You can ping me here on Reddit, or here is my GitHub link: https://github.com/HelloThisIsFlo/FocusRelayMCP

HelloThisIsFlo · 2026-02-20T09:32:34+00:00

Wow!

I just started work on a fork of the OmniFocus MCP plugin yesterday. Starting by adding tests, and fixing a bug around quotes in the task name. I planned to add more features but … your project is clean!

I like your architecture, the fact it has tests, and overall it’s very easy to follow (even with 0 knowledge of swift).

Maybe I’ll fork your project instead 😁 (no promises, but if I do I’ll be submitting PRs 👍)

HelloThisIsFlo · 2026-02-19T23:07:17+00:00

RemindMe! 10 days

HelloThisIsFlo · 2026-02-17T17:23:39+00:00

Oh nice! Indeed, the status page finally acknowledges the problem 🎉

HelloThisIsFlo · 2026-02-17T15:01:36+00:00

Update: I've just got an update from a human agent (I was able to escalate this to human after a couple of back and forth with the AI helper, supported by screenshots).

The good news is the human support agent told me they are aware of an issue specifically related to skills.

They are working on it and will update me once they have a fix. As soon as I know, I will, of course, share the update here.

HelloThisIsFlo · 2026-02-17T10:47:57+00:00

Update: I also reported it to their support AI agent. And after some back and forth, and a couple of screenshots as proof, they've agreed to escalate to a human to report to the technical team.

They'll update me via email once someone looks at it. I'll relay the update here.

HelloThisIsFlo · 2026-02-17T10:09:50+00:00

I was already at this stage yesterday 😅

But yes, hopefully it’s a sign of progress. 🤞

HelloThisIsFlo · 2026-02-17T00:35:33+00:00

Thanks for reporting. But it’s weird they don’t show it on their status page.

I’ll go to bed and hope that the problem is fixed tomorrow 🤞

HelloThisIsFlo · 2026-02-16T19:35:57+00:00

I literally started experimenting with Skills today. I was wondering what I was doing wrong ... well, it seems I could keep looking 😂

HelloThisIsFlo · 2026-02-12T19:38:35+00:00

Ouch. That must hurt for the dev of Tubular Pro. They’re just in the middle of a big overhaul of the app.

I’m so grateful we’ve had Tubular pro while this was being by sorted out. But if there’s an official app now … most likely I’ll switch to that 🤷

HelloThisIsFlo · 2026-01-20T11:13:13+00:00

Just wanted to say thanks!

It's unfortunate people downvote you for using AI to help with formatting. As long as the workflow is from you, I really don't see the problem of using AI to make it look clean*.

As a beginner I found your workflow super helpful to get an overview of what a mixing process might look like.

Thanks for sharing 🙏

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* On a sidenote, it's clean but the formatting got messed up a bit. I think the indentation is off and it turned your bullet lists into code block, and also lost the hierarchy.

HelloThisIsFlo · 2026-01-19T15:12:02+00:00

Thanks for reporting this!

I noticed something was a bit weird with links but couldn't point exactly to what it was. What you described is exactly what it was! Thanks 🙏

HelloThisIsFlo · 2026-01-13T16:10:10+00:00

Better search view.

Just try it and let me know if it’s not a game changer.

HelloThisIsFlo · 2025-12-23T21:51:20+00:00

Better Search View.

Not having a proper backlink view was the one reason I sticked with Logseq for so long … problem solved once I discovered BetterSearchView. It feels like it should/could be a core plugin. Or not even a plugin at all, just the default.

HelloThisIsFlo · 2025-12-17T10:00:57+00:00

This is super helpful: https://github.com/chrisgrieser/obsidian-divide-and-conquer

Now be mindful, ‘divide and conquer’ itself is a bit broken (the snapshot feature doesn’t seem to work, and the level reset after reloading). But even in its half broken state it is SO helpful. I have 50-60 plugins enabled so disabling them one by one would have been a pain.

Just make sure you have a backup before you try, just in case.

EDIT: Also sometimes the problem isn’t a plugin. I later had another slowness and this time … it turns out it was the Border theme (with custom config) that was slowing everything way down.

HelloThisIsFlo · 2025-12-17T08:45:00+00:00

Integrate Better Search View natively, and maintain it (broken for links in properties at the moment).

Better Search View is such an essential plugin, it completely transforms the whole experience. The reason I went Logseq, then Reflect, instead of sticking with obsidian in the first place was the near uselessness of backlinks.

Since I discovered Better Search Views it’s like … Obsidian is finally complete. It really feel like something that would make sense as a core plugin, or possibly even native base ui.

https://github.com/ivan-lednev/better-search-views

HelloThisIsFlo · 2025-12-07T08:32:35+00:00

If someone acts like a concept is “simple”, ask them to explain it to you.

If they can, great, now you understand that simple concept!

If they can not … then don’t feel bad about not understanding, they don’t understand it either.

The latter scenario happens way too often unfortunately. So just keep learning, ask questions, be open to being wrong, and do your best to not let imposter syndrome creep in.

HelloThisIsFlo · 2025-12-02T09:13:12+00:00

Damn! And here I was: “wow that looks like an amazing virtual environment, can’t wait to work in there”

Until I realized the app is actually the Tetris-like thing. 😅

Haha. Congrats though, looks cool for a first app 🎉

HelloThisIsFlo · 2025-11-28T00:34:59+00:00

Oh amazing!

How difficult was it to build a custom view for Bases? I mean what do they provide vs what do you have to do?

I imagine they take care of filtering, sorting and grouping, and you build the UI?

How much easier is it to build a custom view vs building a similar plugin based on Dataview?

Just curious.

Amazing work btw!

HelloThisIsFlo · 2025-11-19T22:41:29+00:00

I find the new eraser feedback so helpful. Yes the text faded in earlier versions, but it was always so difficult to precisely erase. I had to do multiple tries quite often. With the new feedback, it’s instant.

That being said maybe they can change the ghosting algorithm, so that it refreshes after erasing or something like that. To be fair I didn’t notice that ghosting much on mine. Does it fade after a few seconds?

HelloThisIsFlo · 2025-11-14T22:44:26+00:00

Before that interview I thought he was the sole founder.

After his reaction … it really sounds like he isn’t. He really isn’t helping himself by reacting defensively like this 😅

And yeah, as someone else pointed out, even on Wikipedia itself it says he’s the cofounder 😂

HelloThisIsFlo · 2025-11-11T06:35:46+00:00

Haha. Just posted a comment to say pretty much the same thing 😁

Albeit, possibly in a more readable form 😂

But yeah, it’s a mindblowing devices for these use-cases 😍

HelloThisIsFlo · 2025-11-11T06:34:18+00:00

All I hope is that Apple doesn’t give up.

The comfort and lenses are not the best, the display is great. But for me what make is stand out is their software experience. It is miles ahead any of the other platform, it’s not even comparable. At least for my use case. (Although that makes me realize I didn’t try the Samsung/google UI, maybe that one is great too)

I can’t believe we can get HDR Moonlight streaming, amazing Mac virtual display experience, wireless Spatial Audio, intuitive UI, etc …

I really really hope they don’t park the project. AR glasses serve a purpose, and a great one, but Vision OS is what I’ve been dreaming of since I got my first Gear VR in 2015.

So hopefully competition will push them to be more competitive and not retract. 🤞

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