majiayu000 Digital Garden Cultivator
Design, manage, and evolve digital gardens as living knowledge bases. Digital gardens are interconnected note collections that grow organically, emphasizing evolution over perfection.
What It Is
A digital garden approach to knowledge management that:
- Builds dynamic knowledge bases that evolve over time
- Connects notes through bidirectional links
- Incubates ideas before formalizing as documentation
- Creates discovery paths for information navigation
- Tracks content maturity and maintenance needs
Quick Start
Calculate Garden Metrics
python scripts/garden_metrics.py path/to/garden.json --format brief
Output Formats
json- Full metrics as JSONbrief- One-line summaryprometheus- Prometheus exposition format
When to Use
- Building dynamic knowledge bases that evolve over time
- Connecting notes, skills, and palaces through bidirectional links
- Incubating ideas before formalizing as documentation
- Creating discovery paths for navigating information
- Managing content lifecycle (seedling → growing → evergreen)
Content Maturity Levels
| Level | Status | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Seedling | New/rough | Early ideas, incomplete thoughts |
| Growing | Developing | Being actively refined |
| Evergreen | Mature | Stable, well-developed content |
Core Workflow
- Collect Sources - Gather notes, bookmarks, ideas
- Plan Structure - Define garden organization
- Create Links - Build bidirectional connections
- Schedule Maintenance - Establish tending cadence
- Document Outputs - Convert mature ideas to formal docs
Garden Layout Template
garden:
sections: ["research", "patterns", "experiments"]
plots:
- name: "My First Note"
purpose: "reference" # reference | evergreen | lab
maturity: "seedling" # seedling | growing | evergreen
inbound_links: []
outbound_links: []
last_tended: "2025-11-24T10:00:00Z"
Maintenance Cadence
| Action | Frequency | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Quick prune | Every 2 days | Remove dead links, fix typos |
| Stale review | After 7 days inactive | Assess content freshness |
| Archive | After 30 days inactive | Move to archive or delete |
Success Metrics
- Link density - Average links per piece of content
- Bidirectional coverage - % of links that are reciprocal
- Freshness - Time since last update per area
- Maturity ratio - Evergreen content / total content
Detailed Resources
- Linking Patterns: See
modules/linking-patterns.md - Maintenance Guide: See
modules/maintenance.md - Metrics Integration: See
modules/metrics-integration.md
Integration
memory-palace-architect- Host garden within palace structureknowledge-locator- Search garden contentsession-palace-builder- Seed garden from session insights