Curate Second Brain
Review fleeting notes in Inbox/ and decide what becomes permanent knowledge.
Process
- List all files in
Inbox/ - If empty, say so and suggest the user capture some notes first
- For each note, read it and then:
- Search
Zettelkasten/andMOCs/for related existing notes - Present the note with a recommendation: Promote, Merge, File, or Discard
- Wait for user decision before proceeding
- Search
- When promoting:
- Rewrite with a clean title and proper context
- Add
[[wikilinks]]to related Zettelkasten notes - Update or create relevant MOCs
- Move from
Inbox/toZettelkasten/ - Change frontmatter
type: fleetingtotype: permanent
- When merging: append content to the existing note, delete the inbox file
- When filing: move to
Resources/,Literature/, orProjects/as appropriate - When discarding: delete the file
After Processing
- Show a summary: X promoted, X merged, X filed, X discarded
- If any new MOCs were created, mention them
- If any existing MOCs were updated, mention them
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