Leaderboard/Product/second-brain-starter
Last commit on June 9, 2026·Created on March 29, 2026

coleam00/second-brain-starter

Gives you a room‑by‑room plan before you start building your second brain.
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TL;DR

This skill takes the answers you provide about your ideal AI assistant — vault structure, integrations, proactivity preferences, and security boundaries — and turns them into a phased build plan. The plan walks through nine phases: memory layer, hooks for context persistence, hybrid search, integrations, custom skills, heartbeat and reflection systems, optional chat interface, security hardening, and deployment. It is designed for AI agent builders, personal knowledge management users, and technical founders who want a concrete, personalized blueprint rather than starting from scratch.

WHO IT'S FOR
AI Agent Builders
plan a custom persistent AI assistant
Personal Knowledge Management Users
build an AI-enhanced knowledge vault
Claude Code Power Users
extend Claude Code with persistent context and automation
Technical Founders
prototype a proactive AI assistant
Repository contents

1 skill file

Compatible AgentsThe repository documents support for these agents. The skills may also work with other agents that can load SKILL.md files, but they may need some setup or small changes.

Use this skill

Follow the documented setup, then try a first task.

Clone and copy the skill

Installs: The create-second-brain-prd skill in a project · Claude Code

Before you start
  • Claude Code
  1. In a terminal, clone the repository.

    git clone https://github.com/coleam00/second-brain-starter.git
  2. In a terminal, copy the skill into the target project. Replace `your-project` with the path to that project while keeping the documented destination structure.

    cp -r second-brain-starter/.claude/skills/create-second-brain-prd \
          your-project/.claude/skills/create-second-brain-prd
  3. In a terminal, from the target project workspace, copy the bundled requirements template to the workspace root.

    cp .claude/skills/create-second-brain-prd/my-second-brain-requirements.md \
       ./my-second-brain-requirements.md
  4. Fill out the copied `my-second-brain-requirements.md` template with details about you, your platforms, top tasks, proactivity level, security boundaries, memory categories, infrastructure, and integration priorities.

README.md · Checked Sep 18, 2026

Give it something to do.

Suggested first task

Generate your first Second Brain PRD

Uses create-second-brain-prd

  • A completed requirements file; `./my-second-brain-requirements.md` is a sample path and should be replaced if your file is elsewhere.
  • Access needed by the skill to research the selected tools, APIs, and core dependencies.
Use the create-second-brain-prd skill with my completed requirements file at `./my-second-brain-requirements.md`. Generate the personalized Second Brain PRD at the skill's default output path.