cold-start

To populate a new knowledge base, this skill sequences the ingestion of high-leverage personal data sources including email, calendar, and contacts. It requires terminal access to the gbrain CLI and configured environment variables for secure data retrieval.

Yes, you can ingest markdown notes from Obsidian into your personal brain. The skill supports multi-source integration to systematically import and structure your existing digital life into a functional context engine.

Entity extraction works by automatically detecting and linking people, companies, and concepts across disparate data sources. This entity-aware ingestion builds a unified knowledge graph from your imported email, calendar, and notes.

Yes, you need terminal access to the gbrain CLI and configured environment variables to bootstrap your personal brain. The skill gates API access through a secure credential gateway to ensure privacy while performing data retrieval.

The best way to solve the cold-start problem for an empty knowledge base is systematically importing and structuring your existing digital life. This transforms an empty brain into a functional context engine by ingesting recent data.

To provide deep context on active projects after setting up a new brain, ingest your last 90 days of calendar events, contacts, and recent email threads. This immediately gives the AI context on your professional relationships.