memex-best-practices

What problem does it solve?

A concise, practical reference that helps authors create and maintain high-quality memex (Zettelkasten-style) knowledge cards so the personal knowledge graph remains useful, discoverable, and composable over time.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Card quality checklist to ensure atomicity, originality, and non-obviousness.
• Explicit frontmatter and slug conventions to standardize metadata and permanent identifiers.
• Tagging and linking strategy that prioritizes contextual wikilinks and avoids over-linking.
• Import guidance and anti-loopback rules to safely ingest external notes without echoing them back to their source.
• Graph health guidance for orphan detection, hub management, contradiction handling, and index maintenance used by recall, organize, and retro workflows.

Quick Start

Use this guide when drafting a new memex card: write one atomic insight in your own words, choose a concise kebab-case slug, add a domain tag plus one type tag, and include at least one contextual wikilink that explains the relationship.