carlos-algms Second brain
Route personal vault work. The project-notes skill owns repo-specific
findings, investigations, decisions and coding lessons.
Skill loading
Classify the next operation before using a vault tool:
| Operation | Required skills |
|---|---|
| Classify the content route | second-brain only |
| Search, read or choose a file | second-brain, obsidian-mechanics |
| Create or edit Markdown | second-brain, obsidian-mechanics, obsidian-markdown |
| Discover or troubleshoot CLI use | Add obsidian-cli |
Create or edit .base |
obsidian-bases, plus obsidian-mechanics for vault access |
Create or edit .canvas |
json-canvas, plus obsidian-mechanics for vault access |
Requirements are conditional:
- Load each required skill before its first matching operation.
- Do not load a skill merely because the task concerns Obsidian.
- If the operation changes, load newly required skills before continuing.
- Never skip a required skill because its rules seem familiar or time is short.
Route selection
- Repo-specific provenance or lessons ->
project-notes - Reusable knowledge -> load
references/wiki.md - Personal docs, captures, daily notes, travel, people or admin -> rules below
If multiple routes fit, prefer project notes, then wiki, then personal docs. Load only the selected route reference.
Personal routes
- Search before choosing a destination.
001-Quick-Notes/: low-context captures and inbox notes010-Daily/: date-scoped daily notes011-personal/: personal documentation- Ask when multiple destinations remain plausible.
- Add folders for durable ownership or lifecycle, not imported headings.
Content units:
- Profile: stable entity facts
- Case: one process, timeline, decision and outcome
- Reference: knowledge reusable outside the personal case
- Raw source: input only unless the user requests archival or quotation
Paths:
011-personal/people/<person-slug>/<person-slug>.md
011-personal/countries/<country>/<domain>/<stable-case>/<unique-note>.md
100-wiki/countries/<country>/<domain>/<unique-reference>.md
- Start with one note per case.
- Split only for an independent lifecycle, owner, update cadence or reuse.
- Link personal cases to reusable wiki references instead of duplicating rules.
- Put dates in filenames, not stable folders.
- Person slugs use first name and one surname by default; put full names and variants in aliases.
Filenames
Filenames must be globally unique by vault convention. This avoids ambiguous basename-only links and keeps concise wikilinks reliable.
- Folders provide context; filenames identify notes.
- Do not use
index.md. - Use a descriptive slug even when the folder supplies similar context.