Archive To Vault

Archive to Vault

Role: smart routing from KNOWLEDGE → vault on the user's active request.

Triggers

• "save to the vault"
• "archive this"
• "move X to the vault"
• "into the vault"

Flow

1. Identify input

Two variants:

• KNOWLEDGE slug (e.g. john-doe): read ~/.claude/memory/KNOWLEDGE/{type}/{slug}.md
• Direct entity data (frontmatter + body): from user prompt or pipe

2. Read entity type and map to vault

Configure per project. Default mapping for a generic vault:

Default folder is always Unsorted/ (common vault convention for new files). The user moves manually to MOC folders as needed.

3. Generate the vault file with correct frontmatter

---
MOC: "[[People MOC]]"          # Determined by entity type
Created: YYYY-MM-DD
Modified: YYYY-MM-DD
Links:
  - "[[organization]]"            # Classification for Organizations
  - "[[topic1]]"
  - "[[topic2]]"
tags:
  - status-new                   # Only canonical status tags
Type:
---

# {Title}

{Body from KNOWLEDGE converted to vault format}

Strict vault convention:

• tags: ONLY status (status-new, status-active, status-done, status-draft)
• Links: wikilinks for all classification, themes, hierarchy
• MOC: exactly one, from the canonical list
• Type: empty for manual notes (or e.g. [[Article]] for the Article template)

4. Body conversion

KNOWLEDGE body uses a Miessler-style structure (Thesis/Background/Key Facts/Evidence/Notes). Vault body follows the user's structure (heading + flowing prose or thematic structure).

Conversion:

• ## Thesis → first paragraph in body (core claim)
• ## Background → second paragraph
• ## Key Facts → bullet list under "## Background" or similar
• ## Evidence → "## Sources" or footnotes
• ## Notes → "## Notes" or integrated

5. Update the KNOWLEDGE node's vault_link

After the vault file is created:

# Before
vault_link:

# After
vault_link: "[[Unsorted/John Doe]]"

This is a one-way coupling (KNOWLEDGE → vault). Two-way (vault updates reflected back) is deferred.

6. User confirmation

Before the vault file is created, present:

## Suggested archiving

**KNOWLEDGE node:** People/john-doe
**Vault file:** Unsorted/John Doe.md
**MOC:** [[People MOC]]
**Template:** Person.md
**Links:** [[ExampleOrg]], [[ExampleProject]], [[collaboration]]

OK to archive?

User: "yes" / "change X to Y" / "no, put it in Spaces/" etc.

Special cases

People in the People MOC

Vault has a Person.md template with specific fields per project convention. Map KNOWLEDGE → Person.md format.

Organizations without a vault MOC

If the vault lacks a clear organisations MOC: default to Note.md with MOC: "[[People MOC]]" + Links: ["[[organization]]", ...].

Sources with Zotero

If the source was imported from Zotero (has zotero-key in frontmatter), use the Zotero.md template instead of Article.md.

Safety and validation

• Never overwrite an existing vault file without user confirmation
• Never modify vault templates (the templates folder should be treated as read-only)
• Never invent new MOCs — only use the canonical set
• Never invent new tags beyond the configured status set

Version history

• v3.0 (2026-05-02): initial public release.