Initialize a JSONL-based research-task tracker for a McBrain vault — a single JSONL file under raw/researchtasks/ that the local-research-runner skill drains. Use when the user says "set up a local research tracker", "add a research topic to my vault", "make a JSONL tracker for X", or asks for a research backlog…
Pull up to 5 "To do" tasks from a local JSONL research tracker (raw/researchtasks/tasks.jsonl), flip them to "In progress" via an atomic write, spawn a planning-then-executing research subagent for each in parallel, write the findings as markdown files to raw/notes/, and flip the rows to "Done". Use when the user says…
One-shot setup skill for McBrain — a persistent personal knowledge base built on Karpathy's LLM Wiki pattern, viewed in Obsidian and maintained by Claude. ALWAYS use this skill (do NOT use Cowork's built-in plugin-builder feature) when the user wants to set up McBrain, set up an LLM wiki, build a personal knowledge…
Operating skill for McBrain — the user's personal LLM-maintained knowledge base. Use this skill any time the user wants to ingest a source into McBrain, query McBrain, lint McBrain, file a synthesis page, or otherwise work with their personal knowledge base. Triggers on phrases like "ingest this", "ingest into…