From 3965bc293868052d9fa9799f375f6e75e34bcc88 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeroen Schweitzer <jpmschweitzer@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2026 20:16:47 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] scaffold PKB directories, templates, and Obsidian Bases

Establishes the knowledge-base substrate the Council now sits on top of:
daily/, inbox/ (+ raw/ for AudioPen drops), notes/, projects/,
reading/, reflections/, reviews/, _templates/. Each folder seeded with
a .gitkeep so the structure is committed even when empty.

Six templates under _templates/ define the canonical shape for each
note type (daily, permanent, project, reading, reflection, fleeting).
Frontmatter includes the type: field so the Bases below can filter on
it without collision with the existing council-* vocabulary.

Five new Obsidian Bases at repo root: notes.base, projects.base (with
active / all views), reading.base (to-read / reading / done views),
reflections.base (combined reflections + weekly + monthly reviews),
and inbox.base (fleeting notes awaiting triage).

Expanded .obsidian/app.json userIgnoreFilters to hide _templates and
scripts from the vault index so they don't clutter the graph, search,
or file explorer.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 .obsidian/app.json           |  4 ++-
 _templates/daily-note.md     | 24 +++++++++++++++++
 _templates/fleeting-note.md  | 11 ++++++++
 _templates/permanent-note.md | 19 +++++++++++++
 _templates/project-note.md   | 26 ++++++++++++++++++
 _templates/reading-note.md   | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++
 _templates/reflection.md     | 22 +++++++++++++++
 inbox.base                   | 26 ++++++++++++++++++
 inbox/.gitkeep               |  0
 inbox/raw/.gitkeep           |  0
 notes.base                   | 25 +++++++++++++++++
 notes/.gitkeep               |  0
 projects.base                | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 projects/.gitkeep            |  0
 reading.base                 | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 reading/.gitkeep             |  0
 reflections.base             | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 reflections/.gitkeep         |  0
 reviews/.gitkeep             |  0
 19 files changed, 331 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 _templates/daily-note.md
 create mode 100644 _templates/fleeting-note.md
 create mode 100644 _templates/permanent-note.md
 create mode 100644 _templates/project-note.md
 create mode 100644 _templates/reading-note.md
 create mode 100644 _templates/reflection.md
 create mode 100644 inbox.base
 create mode 100644 inbox/.gitkeep
 create mode 100644 inbox/raw/.gitkeep
 create mode 100644 notes.base
 create mode 100644 notes/.gitkeep
 create mode 100644 projects.base
 create mode 100644 projects/.gitkeep
 create mode 100644 reading.base
 create mode 100644 reading/.gitkeep
 create mode 100644 reflections.base
 create mode 100644 reflections/.gitkeep
 create mode 100644 reviews/.gitkeep

diff --git a/.obsidian/app.json b/.obsidian/app.json
index 3558aed..f0d1848 100644
--- a/.obsidian/app.json
+++ b/.obsidian/app.json
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
     ".git",
     ".claude",
     ".env",
-    ".gitignore"
+    ".gitignore",
+    "_templates",
+    "scripts"
   ]
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/_templates/daily-note.md b/_templates/daily-note.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..55a6ff9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_templates/daily-note.md
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+---
+type: daily-note
+date: {{date}}
+mood:
+tags: []
+---
+
+# {{date}}
+
+## What's on today
+
+
+## Mood / state of mind
+
+
+## Fleeting thoughts
+
+
+## Questions for the Council
+
+
+## Links
+
+<!-- wikilinks to notes, projects, or sessions touched today -->
diff --git a/_templates/fleeting-note.md b/_templates/fleeting-note.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f43eeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_templates/fleeting-note.md
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+type: fleeting
+source:
+captured:
+slug:
+duration_sec:
+---
+
+# {{title}}
+
+<!-- Polished body goes here. Ingested from AudioPen via audiopen-ingest.sh. -->
diff --git a/_templates/permanent-note.md b/_templates/permanent-note.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..75add81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_templates/permanent-note.md
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+---
+type: note
+title:
+tags: []
+created: {{date}}
+updated: {{date}}
+---
+
+# {{title}}
+
+<!-- One idea per note. Atomic. State the claim clearly in the first sentence. -->
+
+
+## Supporting
+
+
+## Related
+
+<!-- Wikilinks to other permanent notes, sessions, reading notes that connect. -->
diff --git a/_templates/project-note.md b/_templates/project-note.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..087dbea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_templates/project-note.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+---
+type: project
+title:
+status: active
+started: {{date}}
+tags: []
+---
+
+# {{title}}
+
+## Why
+
+<!-- What is this project for? What outcome defines done? -->
+
+
+## Outcome definition
+
+
+## Constraints
+
+<!-- Time, money, scope, others' involvement, anything binding. -->
+
+
+## Log
+
+See [[log]].
diff --git a/_templates/reading-note.md b/_templates/reading-note.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa6a7c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_templates/reading-note.md
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+---
+type: reading
+title:
+author:
+source:
+status: to-read
+started:
+finished:
+tags: []
+---
+
+# {{title}} — {{author}}
+
+## Summary
+
+<!-- Your own one-paragraph summary after finishing. Before finishing, skip. -->
+
+
+## Highlights
+
+<!-- Direct quotes or near-quotes from the text. Attribute by page / chapter. -->
+
+
+## My notes
+
+<!-- Your reactions, disagreements, connections, questions raised. -->
+
+
+## Connections
+
+<!-- Wikilinks to permanent notes, projects, sessions where this reading matters. -->
diff --git a/_templates/reflection.md b/_templates/reflection.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3b49fd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_templates/reflection.md
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+---
+type: reflection
+member:
+scope:
+window:
+date: {{date}}
+---
+
+# Reflection — {{date}}
+
+## Patterns
+
+
+## Questions circling
+
+
+## Tensions
+
+
+## Open threads from revisit files
+
+<!-- Intersecting items pulled from members/*/revisit.md -->
diff --git a/inbox.base b/inbox.base
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b3b3b8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/inbox.base
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+filters:
+  and:
+    - note.type == "fleeting"
+
+properties:
+  note.captured:
+    displayName: Captured
+  note.source:
+    displayName: Source
+  note.slug:
+    displayName: Slug
+  note.duration_sec:
+    displayName: Duration (s)
+
+views:
+  - type: table
+    name: Inbox (awaiting triage)
+    order:
+      - file.name
+      - captured
+      - source
+      - slug
+      - duration_sec
+    sort:
+      - property: captured
+        direction: DESC
diff --git a/inbox/.gitkeep b/inbox/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/inbox/raw/.gitkeep b/inbox/raw/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/notes.base b/notes.base
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..258e401
--- /dev/null
+++ b/notes.base
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+filters:
+  and:
+    - note.type == "note"
+
+properties:
+  note.title:
+    displayName: Title
+  note.tags:
+    displayName: Tags
+  note.created:
+    displayName: Created
+  note.updated:
+    displayName: Updated
+
+views:
+  - type: table
+    name: All permanent notes
+    order:
+      - file.name
+      - title
+      - tags
+      - updated
+    sort:
+      - property: updated
+        direction: DESC
diff --git a/notes/.gitkeep b/notes/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/projects.base b/projects.base
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..26d4106
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects.base
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+filters:
+  and:
+    - note.type == "project"
+
+properties:
+  note.title:
+    displayName: Title
+  note.status:
+    displayName: Status
+  note.started:
+    displayName: Started
+  note.tags:
+    displayName: Tags
+
+views:
+  - type: table
+    name: Active projects
+    filters:
+      and:
+        - note.status == "active"
+    order:
+      - file.name
+      - title
+      - started
+      - tags
+    sort:
+      - property: started
+        direction: DESC
+  - type: table
+    name: All projects
+    order:
+      - file.name
+      - title
+      - status
+      - started
+      - tags
+    sort:
+      - property: status
+        direction: ASC
+      - property: started
+        direction: DESC
diff --git a/projects/.gitkeep b/projects/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/reading.base b/reading.base
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..33593c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reading.base
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+filters:
+  and:
+    - note.type == "reading"
+
+properties:
+  note.title:
+    displayName: Title
+  note.author:
+    displayName: Author
+  note.status:
+    displayName: Status
+  note.started:
+    displayName: Started
+  note.finished:
+    displayName: Finished
+  note.tags:
+    displayName: Tags
+
+views:
+  - type: table
+    name: Currently reading
+    filters:
+      and:
+        - note.status == "reading"
+    order:
+      - title
+      - author
+      - started
+      - tags
+  - type: table
+    name: To read
+    filters:
+      and:
+        - note.status == "to-read"
+    order:
+      - title
+      - author
+      - tags
+  - type: table
+    name: Done
+    filters:
+      and:
+        - note.status == "done"
+    order:
+      - title
+      - author
+      - finished
+      - tags
+    sort:
+      - property: finished
+        direction: DESC
diff --git a/reading/.gitkeep b/reading/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/reflections.base b/reflections.base
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d9cf970
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reflections.base
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+filters:
+  or:
+    - note.type == "reflection"
+    - note.type == "review-week"
+    - note.type == "review-month"
+
+properties:
+  note.type:
+    displayName: Kind
+  note.date:
+    displayName: Date
+  note.member:
+    displayName: Member
+  note.scope:
+    displayName: Scope
+  note.window:
+    displayName: Window
+
+views:
+  - type: table
+    name: All reflections and reviews
+    order:
+      - file.name
+      - type
+      - date
+      - member
+      - scope
+    sort:
+      - property: date
+        direction: DESC
+  - type: table
+    name: Weekly reviews
+    filters:
+      and:
+        - note.type == "review-week"
+    order:
+      - file.name
+      - date
+    sort:
+      - property: date
+        direction: DESC
+  - type: table
+    name: Monthly reviews
+    filters:
+      and:
+        - note.type == "review-month"
+    order:
+      - file.name
+      - date
+    sort:
+      - property: date
+        direction: DESC
diff --git a/reflections/.gitkeep b/reflections/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/reviews/.gitkeep b/reviews/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29