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braindump

Captures unstructured thoughts into classified, wikilinked Markdown notes in an Obsidian vault.

Updated May 22, 2026
Search Tags:#markdown#knowledge management#obsidian#second brain#entity extraction#braindump#note capture
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/fbureau/second-brain --skill braindump-fbureau
Or copy as Structured Prompt for Agent▼
Please help me install this Agent Skill.
Skill: braindump
Source: https://github.com/fbureau/second-brain/tree/main/.claude/skills/braindump
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/fbureau/second-brain --skill braindump-fbureau

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

What problem does it solve? Loose ideas and stream-of-consciousness thoughts get lost or never recorded. This Skill turns raw, unstructured input into a structured, AI-first Markdown note filed in your Obsidian vault's inbox, with people, projects, and concepts automatically detected and linked. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Domain classification: Automatically tags each capture as professional, personal, project-specific, or mixed. - Entity extraction: Detects mentioned people, projects, and concepts, fuzzy-matches them against existing vault notes, and creates wikilinks or stubs. - Vault propagation: Appends the capture to today's daily note and creates wiki stubs for new concepts so nothing becomes an orphan. - Use Case: You say "braindump: worried the onboarding team is struggling with the new script, Alex flagged edge-case errors" and get a timestamped note in 00-inbox/ linked to Alex Rivera and the relevant project, plus a suggested follow-up task. ## Quick Start Tell Claude "braindump" followed by whatever is on your mind, and it will file a structured note into your vault's inbox.

Frequently Asked Questions about braindump

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

FAQPage Schema
How do I capture quick ideas into an Obsidian vault with Claude?▼

Say "braindump" followed by your raw thoughts in any format or language. The skill classifies the domain, extracts mentioned people and projects, and writes a timestamped Markdown note to the 00-inbox folder with wikilinks.

What is the difference between braindump and meeting-ingest?▼

Braindump handles unstructured solo thoughts and ideas, while meeting-ingest processes meetings and transcripts. If your input is a meeting or transcript, use meeting-ingest; decisions should go through challenge-decision instead.

Does braindump create new notes for people it doesn't recognize?▼

It fuzzy-matches names against existing notes in 02-people and asks for confirmation before creating a new person note. Concept pages in 06-knowledge are created silently as wiki stubs flagged with needs-review: true.

Where are braindump notes stored in the vault?▼

Notes are saved to 00-inbox with a filename pattern of date, time, and a short kebab-case slug. A link is also appended to the corresponding daily note in 01-daily so the capture never becomes an orphan.

When should I not use braindump for note capture?▼

Avoid it for meetings, transcripts, questions, or analysis requests. It is designed only for raw capture with light analysis, so over-analyzing or rewriting the raw content goes against its intended use.

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