Joe Dustin

🚨 Yarchi just published an awesome guide on building an AI "second brain" using Claude and Obsidian Based on @karpathy's LLM Wiki concept, the idea is to stop starting from a blank chat window and start building a compounding knowledge graph. Obsidian handles the local storage. Claude acts as the brain. I wrote down the condensed notes on how to wire them together: The Stack: → Install Obsidian (your free, local text storage) and Claude Desktop Pro (the engine that reads and writes files). The Bridge: → Install the "Local REST API" plugin in Obsidian, copy the key, and use Claude’s MCP framework to connect them (claude mcp add-json obsidian-vault...). The Context: → Ask Claude to interview you. Have it ask about your goals, projects, and working style, then save it all to a CLAUDE.md file so it never forgets who you are. The Structure: → Create specific project folders (Inputs, Process, Outputs, Feedback) and open them as isolated vaults so Claude stays focused on one job at a time. The Automation: → Save repeated workflows as markdown "skills" and use Claude's schedule tab to trigger daily vault maintenance. Voilà! You end up with an AI that organizes your files, summarizes your notes, and remembers your entire context. Full guide from Yarchi here ↓