Genealogy Agent

Extract, structure, research, and visualize family history from raw text. Builds knowledge graphs, generates Mermaid trees, Obsidian vaults, and GEDCOM exports.

A powerful agent skill for extracting, structuring, researching, and visualizing family history from raw text (memoirs, archives, chat logs).

Features

• LLM Extraction: Parses unstructured text to find people, dates, locations, and relationships.
• Knowledge Graph: Stores family data in a local JSONL ontology graph.
• Obsidian Vault Generation: Automatically generates an Obsidian-compatible vault (Markdown files with YAML frontmatter) for your family tree.
• Auto-Research: Autonomously searches global and regional databases (FamilySearch, Ancestry, OBD Memorial, Geneteka, etc.) to find new facts about ancestors.
• GEDCOM Export: Exports your family tree to the standard .ged format for use in MyHeritage, FamilySearch, or any desktop genealogy software.
• Mermaid Visualization: Automatically generates beautiful family tree diagrams.

Setup

1. Install dependencies: uv pip install pydantic litellm duckduckgo-search
2. Set your preferred LLM provider (e.g., OPENAI_API_KEY or GEMINI_API_KEY).

Usage

You can ask the agent to:

• "Extract family members from this text: [text]"
• "Build a family tree from the extracted data"
• "Research my great-grandfather Ivan Ivanov born in 1910"
• "Export my family tree to GEDCOM"
• "Generate an Obsidian vault from my family data"

Tools

• extract_family_data: Extracts structured family data (people, dates, relationships) from raw text using an LLM.
• build_family_graph: Saves extracted data into the local ontology graph.
• generate_mermaid_tree: Generates a Mermaid diagram from the graph.
• generate_obsidian_vault: Generates an Obsidian-formatted vault from extracted family data.
• research_ancestor: Autonomously researches an ancestor using web search and LLM extraction.
• export_gedcom: Exports extracted family data to a standard GEDCOM (.ged) file.