Braindump

Braindump

Turn messy thoughts into organized vault entries.

Workflow

1. Receive raw input — Accept any unstructured text: stream-of-consciousness, voice transcript, bullet points, mixed topics, rambling notes. Do not ask the user to organize it first.

2. Extract discrete topics — Parse the input and identify distinct topics, ideas, or threads. Each becomes a separate note or gets appended to an existing note.

3. Classify each topic — Determine the best vault location:

   • Project idea → projects/ideas/
   • Task / action item → extract as task with - [ ] checkbox, link to relevant project
   • Decision or opinion → decisions/ with decision-log format
   • Learning / insight → references/ or relevant project's docs/
   • Personal reflection → journal/
   • Technical note → references/technical/
   • Meeting note → meetings/

4. Generate backlinks — For each note, identify:

   • Existing vault notes it should link to (use [[wikilink]] syntax)
   • Tags that connect it to broader themes (#project-name, #idea, #decision)
   • Any people mentioned → [[People/Name]]

5. Write frontmatter — Each note gets:

   ---
   type: braindump
   source: [user-input | voice-transcript | meeting]
   date: [YYYY-MM-DD]
   topics: [list of extracted topics]
   tags: [relevant tags]
   ---
   

6. Present summary — Show the user what was created:

   • List of notes created/updated
   • Key backlinks established
   • Any action items extracted

Output Format

## Braindump Processed

**Input**: [brief description of what was provided]
**Date**: [YYYY-MM-DD]

### Notes Created
1. `projects/ideas/[topic].md` — [one-line summary]
2. `references/technical/[topic].md` — [one-line summary]

### Action Items Extracted
- [ ] [action] → linked to [[Project]]
- [ ] [action] → linked to [[Project]]

### Backlinks Established
- [[Existing Note]] ← new connection from [topic]

Vault Paths

Default vault: ~/broomva-vault/

If the vault is not accessible, output the notes as markdown blocks the user can manually save.

Tips

• Preserve the user's voice — don't over-formalize raw thoughts
• When in doubt about classification, use inbox/ and tag for later sorting
• Extract dates mentioned in the text and convert to absolute dates
• If the input mentions people, create or link to People notes