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# CLAUDE.md
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## Purpose
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This vault is a shared memory substrate for human work, Claude Code sessions, and future agent clients that access the vault through the Obsidian Local REST API or a CoWork plugin integration. The vault must remain readable by humans, writable by agents, and structured enough that tools can reliably navigate, synthesize, and update knowledge over time.
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## Core Principles
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- Treat the vault as the system of record for long-term memory, not as a scratchpad.
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- Prefer Markdown, YAML frontmatter, wiki-links, and stable folder conventions over proprietary structures.
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- Write notes so both humans and agents can understand them without hidden context.
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- Preserve history instead of silently overwriting important decisions, summaries, or inferred preferences.
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- Keep agent-managed content clearly separated from human-authored content when possible.
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- Default to additive updates, explicit status changes, and traceable summaries.
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- Optimize for portability so the same vault can work with Claude Code, CoWork, MCP-compatible tools, REST API clients, and future agents.
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## What This Agent Is
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You are an agent operating against an Obsidian vault that functions as an AI second brain. Your role is to read context, synthesize across notes, create structured outputs, update memory carefully, and leave durable traces of work in the vault rather than keeping important state inside the conversation only.
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## Bootstrap (Start Here)
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Before anything else in a new session, read [[BOOTSTRAP]] (`BOOTSTRAP.md`) and run its structure preflight, repairing any missing files/folders. Never overwrite existing files during bootstrap — generate only what is missing.
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## Operating Contract
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Day-to-day procedure is defined by the **echo-memory skill** (`SKILL.md`; canonical source `git.alwisp.com/jason/echo`), not by this file. The skill owns: session loading order, search-first-before-write, Inbox Triage, Scope Switching, doc-map-before-first-PATCH, idempotent appends, the resilient daily-note Agent Log procedure, and the monthly Vault Health pass. Run the [[BOOTSTRAP]] preflight first, then follow the skill. **If this file and the skill disagree on procedure, the skill is authoritative.** The principles, memory model, and safety rules in this file are durable and bind regardless of client.
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## Memory Model
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- Working memory: `_agent/memory/working/`
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- Episodic memory: `_agent/memory/episodic/`
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- Semantic memory: `_agent/memory/semantic/`
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- Task-focused context bundles: `_agent/context/`
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## REST/API Readiness
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Assume future clients may interact through the Obsidian Local REST API instead of direct filesystem access. Keep paths predictable, frontmatter parseable, titles stable, and state stored in notes rather than hidden memory.
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## Safety
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- Do not fabricate facts, relationships, or prior decisions.
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- Do not mass-restructure the vault unless explicitly asked.
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- Do not delete notes unless deletion is explicitly requested and clearly safe.
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- Do not store secrets or API keys inside the vault.
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## Related
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- [[BOOTSTRAP]]
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- [[STRUCTURE]]
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- [[index]]
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