Updated 6mo ago
by NicholasSpisak
second-brain
LLM-maintained personal knowledge base for Obsidian. Based on Andrej Karpathy's LLM Wiki pattern.
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- 4 skills (4 skills found in its SKILL.md files)
- 109 forks (109 forks)
- 6mo ago last update (Last updated 6mo ago)
Install
Skills CLI
npx skills add NicholasSpisak/second-brain
Asks which skills and agents to install. Just one: npx skills add NicholasSpisak/second-brain --skill second-brain-ingest — add -g for every project.
Claude Code
git clone https://github.com/NicholasSpisak/second-braincp -r "second-brain/skills/second-brain-ingest" ~/.claude/skills/
Copies the second-brain-ingest skill into ~/.claude/skills/ for every project (use .claude/skills/ for one project). Repeat for the other skills listed below.
Plugin
/plugin marketplace add NicholasSpisak/second-brain
Run inside Claude Code if the repository ships a plugin marketplace, then pick plugins from /plugin.
Skills can run code on your machine — read the SKILL.md first.
What it does
In the author's own words, from each skill's SKILL.md.
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second-brain-ingest
Process raw source documents into wiki pages. Use when the user adds files to raw/ and wants them ingested, says "process this source", "ingest this article", "I added something to raw/", or wants to incorporate new material into their knowledge base.
skills/second-brain-ingest/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
second-brain-lint
Health-check the wiki for contradictions, orphan pages, stale claims, and missing cross-references. Use when the user says "audit", "health check", "lint", "find problems", or wants to improve wiki quality.
skills/second-brain-lint/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
second-brain-query
Answer questions against the knowledge base wiki. Use when the user asks a question about their collected knowledge, wants to explore connections between topics, says "what do I know about X", or wants to search their wiki.
skills/second-brain-query/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
second-brain
Set up a new Obsidian knowledge base with the LLM Wiki pattern. Use when the user wants to create a second brain, initialize a vault, set up a personal knowledge base, or says "onboard". Guides through an interactive wizard to configure vault name, location, domain, agent support, and tooling.
skills/second-brain/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab)
No skill matches that filter.
Review before you install
A skill is a set of instructions and scripts your agent will follow, and it can run code on your machine. Read the SKILL.md and any scripts first — this listing is not a security review.