distillation

To extract actionable rules from session notes, distillation analyzes accumulated napkins to identify patterns and key insights, merging them into a compact rulebook. This process prunes outdated entries and resolves contradictions for consistency.

Use knowledge-management distillation when session napkins exceed approximately 800 lines or when you need to deduplicate content. It enables archiving and rotation to keep your knowledge base lean and discoverable.

The best way to deduplicate long session napkins is through distillation, which merges new findings with existing distilled entries. It resolves refinements and contradictions, then archives completed napkins to maintain a lean knowledge base.

Yes, distillation permanently archives completed napkins and moves mature concepts into permanent documentation. After distillation, it starts a fresh napkin so ongoing content no longer relies on session-specific notes.