What the source did
- Built a 'Digital Brain' in 8 days: folders for content archive, context, Readwise highlights, tasks and writing.
- A brain_index.md file tells Claude where to look for each kind of task.
- Repeated jobs became skills he runs as slash commands.
- Keeps 5,050+ files in a private GitHub repo, synced to Obsidian.
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Read their guide
Made and published by Gideon. Start here; it is their original, not ours.
Guide · by GideonHis article: how he built the Digital Brain in 8 daysFolders, a brain_index.md that routes the agent, and skills as slash commands.Open it ↗Guide · by GideonDay 1 of his build guide (Substack)Open ↗
Our adapted version
Ours Our version, based on what Gideon described. Not their wording. Fill in the [BRACKETS].
Help me organize [FOLDER] so you can answer questions about my work without me re-explaining.
1. Propose a folder structure and a root CLAUDE.md that says what lives where (under 100 lines).
2. Show the plan first. After I approve, move files in batches of 50 and log every move in moves.log so it can be undone.
Approval rule
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No deletions. Every move is logged and reversible.
Set it up
- Back up the folder.
- Approve the structure.
- Let it move files in logged batches.
- Ask it a real question to test.
Common failures
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- Huge CLAUDE.md files get ignored; keep it short and point to folders.
Variations
- Grok Bot version: same structure on the box.
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