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Lightweight personal knowledge base — markdown + YAML frontmatter structured notes with full-text search and cross-referencing for AI agents
Lightweight personal knowledge base — markdown + YAML frontmatter structured notes with full-text search and cross-referencing for AI agents
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Organize books, people, concepts, and news items from conversations into a searchable, cross-referenced markdown knowledge base.
brain/books/ people/ meetings/ ideas/ articles/ projects/ news/.md filenews/YYYY-MM-DD/brain/ directory (ripgrep/grep)brain/{type}/{slug}.md
links field in related entriestitle and datesummary field — search and listing depend on itupdated — it auto-updates on saveitem_id as dedup key (format: github:owner/repo / hn:12345 / arxiv:url)item_id + first_seen + star_history (GitHub entries)item_id field when creating news entriesitem_id for news entries, validated in creation workflowreferences/garry-tan-gbrain-inspiration.md — GBrain system design referencename: gbrain-lite
description: 'Lightweight personal knowledge base — markdown + YAML frontmatter structured notes with full-text search and cross-referencing for AI agents'
metadata:
author: myuxin007
version: 1.0.0
category: ai-ml
tags:
- knowledge-base
- memory-management
- markdown
- cross-referencing
- agent-memory
- personal-knowledge-graph---
name: gbrain-lite
description: 'Lightweight personal knowledge base — markdown + YAML frontmatter structured notes with full-text search and cross-referencing for AI agents'
metadata:
author: myuxin007
version: 1.0.0
category: ai-ml
tags:
- knowledge-base
- memory-management
- markdown
- cross-referencing
- agent-memory
- personal-knowledge-graph
---
# GBrain Lite — Lightweight Personal Knowledge Base
> Organize books, people, concepts, and news items from conversations into a searchable, cross-referenced markdown knowledge base.
## Workspace
- Knowledge base directory: `brain/`
- Subdirectories by type: `books/` `people/` `meetings/` `ideas/` `articles/` `projects/` `news/`
- One entry = one `.md` file
- News entries by date: `news/YYYY-MM-DD/`
## Workflow
1. **Trigger check** — Book/person/concept/news mentioned in conversation → proactively check brain
2. **Search** — Full-text search in `brain/` directory (ripgrep/grep)
3. **Decide**
- Existing entry → reference it, update if needed
- No entry + important → create immediately
- No entry + uncertain → ask user
4. **Create** — Write `brain/{type}/{slug}.md`
- Slug: lowercase/hyphenated
- Must include YAML frontmatter (title, type, date, tags, summary)
5. **Cross-reference** — Update `links` field in related entries
6. **Sync** — Keep key entry index in agent memory
## Rules
- Don't dump long content directly into agent memory — prefer brain
- Don't create entries without `title` and `date`
- Don't skip the `summary` field — search and listing depend on it
- Don't manually write `updated` — it auto-updates on save
- News entries must use `item_id` as dedup key (format: `github:owner/repo` / `hn:12345` / `arxiv:url`)
- Don't do full overwrite updates on existing entries — use targeted patches
## Validation
- [ ] New entry has complete frontmatter (title, type, date, tags, summary)
- [ ] Full-text search finds the new entry
- [ ] News entries contain `item_id` + `first_seen` + `star_history` (GitHub entries)
- [ ] Agent memory usage below 90%, otherwise trigger distillation to brain
## Pitfalls
### Brain vs Memory confusion
- Symptom: Long-form content consumed all agent memory space
- Root cause: Everything dumped into memory instead of brain
- Fix: >500 chars → brain entry; memory only keeps index pointers. (Fixed: 2026-05-12)
### Missing item_id on news entries
- Symptom: Duplicate news entries accumulate, dedup impossible
- Root cause: Agent skipped `item_id` field when creating news entries
- Fix: Always include `item_id` for news entries, validated in creation workflow
## References
- `references/garry-tan-gbrain-inspiration.md` — GBrain system design reference
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73/100
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Audit
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Safe to try
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