Letting an AI agent work on your notes without uploading them
What an agent can usefully do with a personal knowledge base, why it should run on files on your own machine, and how Pellet's local MCP connection is fenced.
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Notes on keeping notes.
How a second brain works when it's a folder of markdown, how to run PARA and GTD inside it, and what it means to let an AI agent loose on files you own.
Running GTD inside your notes, with an inbox, next actions and a weekly review
David Allen's Getting Things Done works best when the list lives next to the notes that created it. A practical GTD setup in a folder of markdown files.
Leaving Notion for local-first notes
Why people move their personal knowledge out of Notion, what you keep and what you lose in the move, and how to land in a folder of markdown you own.
Setting up the PARA method in a folder of notes
Projects, Areas, Resources, Archives. How the PARA method maps onto plain folders, where it fits badly, and a setup that works in Pellet without fighting it.
Pellet vs Obsidian, from the maker of Pellet
Both keep your notes as markdown files you own. An honest account of what each does better, from someone who built one and still respects the other.
What a second brain actually is, and what it isn't
A second brain is a trusted place outside your head for the things you'll need again. Here's what makes one work, and why the app matters less than the habits.
Personal knowledge management in plain markdown files
Why plain markdown in a folder you own is the most durable base for personal knowledge management, and what a PKM app has to add on top to be worth using.