Second Brain Pipeline
Purpose
Classify and organize Second Brain knowledge atoms into PARA structures with explicit confidence and conflict flags after Sync Work ingest.
Use this skill when processing Second Brain atoms after Sync Work.
Capture
- Identify whether each atom is a task, risk, decision, insight, dependency, or skip.
- Preserve source facts. Do not invent business context that is not present in title, summary, labels, source provider, or metadata.
- Mark
skip=truefor noise, empty records, duplicates, or records that are not useful organizational memory.
Organise
- Assign
area_keyonly when the business vertical is clear. - Assign
para_bucketusing PARA: project for time-bound outcomes, area for ongoing responsibility, resource for reference material, archive for stale/closed records. - Use
confidence < 0.6andconflict_flag=truewhen the atom has mixed signals or weak vertical evidence. - Human approval remains the gate for proposals and materialization.
When to Use
- After Sync Work ingest completes and atoms need agentic classification.
- When reviewing unclassified org-visible atoms via
second_brain_list_unclassified. - When suggesting classification metadata with
second_brain_classify_atomwithout materializing changes.
When NOT to Use
- Direct planning materialization without a human-approved proposal.
- Per-agent CML memory workflows (use syncolab-cognitive-memory instead).
- Arbitrary doc search without Second Brain atom context.
Expected Outcome
- Capture output with
signal_type,urgency,skip, anddimensions. - Organise output with
area_key,para_bucket,confidence,conflict_flag, andmapped_entity_type. - Weak or mixed signals flagged for human review instead of forced classification.
Workflow
- List or search candidate atoms (
second_brain_list_unclassified,second_brain_search_atoms). - Run Capture: classify
signal_type,urgency,skip, anddimensionsfrom source facts only. - Run Organise: assign
area_key,para_bucket,confidence,conflict_flag, andmapped_entity_type. - Use
second_brain_classify_atomfor suggest-only review; do not materialize without pipeline or human approval. - Surface proposals for human approval before planning materialization.
Tool Availability Rules
| Access | Behavior |
|---|---|
| Full Second Brain tools | Inspect atoms, proposals, and classification candidates. |
| Read-only | List and search; do not materialize organise results without pipeline approval. |
| No integration | State limitation; do not fabricate atom metadata. |
Related tool sets
second-brainplanninginternal-wiki
Output Format
Report:
- Atoms processed and stages completed (Capture / Organise).
- Classification results with confidence and conflict flags.
- Items skipped or deferred for human review.
- Recommended next steps (proposal review, re-classify, or materialization).
Quality Bar
- Ground every classification in atom title, summary, labels, provider, or metadata.
- Prefer
conflict_flag=trueover guessing when signals are weak. - Concise summaries unless the user asked for detail.
Safety and Boundaries
- Do not invent business verticals or PARA buckets without evidence in the atom.
- Prefer
conflict_flag=trueover guessing when signals are weak. - Proposal approval and task materialization remain human gates.