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Use this `bootstrap-vault.sh`:
```bash
#!/bin/bash
set -e
echo ""
echo "======================================"
echo " SecondBrain Vault Bootstrap"
echo "======================================"
echo ""
folders=(
"00 Inbox/MeetMic"
"10 Knowledge/CTO Academy/Data"
"10 Knowledge/CTO Academy/Project Management"
"10 Knowledge/CTO Academy/Infrastructure"
"10 Knowledge/CTO Academy/Security"
"10 Knowledge/Quotes"
"10 Knowledge/Templates"
"20 Work/Contracts/Active"
"20 Work/Contracts/Archive"
"20 Work/Decisions"
"20 Work/Ideas"
"20 Work/Journal"
"20 Work/KPIs"
"20 Work/Meetings/Internal"
"20 Work/Meetings/Vendors"
"20 Work/Projects"
"20 Work/Team"
"20 Work/Tracking"
"20 Work/Weekly Review"
"90 Archives"
)
for folder in "${folders[@]}"; do
mkdir -p "$folder"
if [ ! -f "$folder/.gitkeep" ]; then
touch "$folder/.gitkeep"
fi
echo "✓ $folder"
done
echo ""
echo "Vault structure created."
echo ""
echo "Important:"
echo "- Employee folders under 20 Work/Team are created dynamically by Templater."
echo "- Month folders under employee 1-1 folders are also created dynamically."
echo "- Templates themselves should already exist in Git under 10 Knowledge/Templates."
echo ""
echo "SecondBrain bootstrap complete."
echo ""
```
Save it as:
scripts/bootstrap-vault.sh
Then:
chmod +x scripts/bootstrap-vault.sh
And commit it.
---
For the README, Id use something like this:
# SecondBrain
Personal work and leadership knowledge system built with Obsidian.
The vault is backed up through Git and a private Gitea repository.
The goal is to make the environment easy to restore on a new computer with minimal manual reconstruction.
---
# Quick Restore
## 1. Clone the vault
```bash
git clone <GITEA_REPOSITORY_URL>
cd SecondBrain
## 2. Restore the folder structure
./scripts/bootstrap-vault.sh
## 3. Open the vault in Obsidian
Open Obsidian and choose:
**Open folder as vault**
Select the cloned `SecondBrain` directory.
---
# Required Obsidian Plugins
Install and enable:
- Templater
- Dataview
- Obsidian Git
Check `10 Knowledge/Templates` for the templates used by the system.
Important machine-specific Obsidian files such as `workspace.json` are intentionally not synchronized.
---
# Vault Structure
00 Inbox/
└── MeetMic/
10 Knowledge/
├── CTO Academy/
├── Quotes/
├── Templates/
└── Principles.md
20 Work/
├── Contracts/
│ ├── Active/
│ └── Archive/
├── Decisions/
├── Ideas/
├── Journal/
├── KPIs/
├── Meetings/
│ ├── Internal/
│ └── Vendors/
├── Projects/
├── Team/
├── Tracking/
└── Weekly Review/
90 Archives/
Employee and monthly 1-1 folders are created dynamically by Templater.
Example:
20 Work/Team/
└── Employee Name/
└── 1-1/
└── 08/
---
# MeetMic Integration
MeetMic is used for local meeting transcription and/or summaries.
MeetMic should output Markdown or transcript files into:
00 Inbox/MeetMic/
The Inbox is intentionally a temporary landing area.
After reviewing a MeetMic note:
- move useful meeting information into `20 Work/Meetings`
- extract decisions into `20 Work/Decisions`
- extract action items into Jira, Twos, or Monday
- delete/archive the raw MeetMic output when no longer useful
## MeetMic machine setup
MeetMic itself is not stored in this vault.
On a new computer:
1. Install MeetMic.
2. Configure its output folder to point to:
<VAULT_PATH>/00 Inbox/MeetMic
3. Confirm Markdown output is enabled.
4. Test with a short recording.
---
# Contract Processing Integration
Contract PDFs are deliberately NOT stored inside the Obsidian vault.
The local contract processor lives separately, typically at:
~/Herd/scripts/obsidian-contracts
Expected source structure:
obsidian-contracts/
├── Algolia/
│ └── 2024/
│ └── contract.pdf
├── Directus/
│ └── 2026/
│ └── contract.pdf
├── process_contracts.py
├── prompt.md
├── .env
└── logs/
The vendor folder name is the canonical vendor name.
Example:
Directus/2026/
will generate:
Directus - 2026-2027.md
even if the contract itself names TFO as the purchaser.
Generated contract notes are written to:
20 Work/Contracts/Active/
---
# Contract Processor Requirements
## Python
Create a virtual environment:
cd ~/Herd/scripts/obsidian-contracts
python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
Install dependencies:
pip install requests python-dotenv
## PDF extraction
Install Poppler:
brew install poppler
This provides:
pdftotext
## Local AI
Ollama is used for local contract extraction.
Install Ollama and confirm:
ollama --version
The current contract model is:
contract-reader
Example base model:
qwen3:1.7b
The dedicated model should use a limited context to avoid excessive memory usage.
Example Modelfile:
FROM qwen3:1.7b
PARAMETER num_ctx 4096
PARAMETER temperature 0.1
PARAMETER num_predict 1200
Create it:
ollama create contract-reader -f Modelfile
---
# Contract Processor Environment
The local `.env` file is NOT committed to Git.
Example:
OBSIDIAN_VAULT="/Users/YOUR_USER/Documents/Obsidian Vault/SecondBrain"
CONTRACT_OUTPUT="20 Work/Contracts/Active"
OLLAMA_BASE_URL="http://127.0.0.1:11434"
OLLAMA_MODEL="contract-reader"
MAX_CONTEXT_CHARS="5000"
Then process one contract:
python3 process_contracts.py --folder Algolia/2024
Force regeneration:
python3 process_contracts.py --folder Algolia/2024 --force
---
# Contract Processor Behavior
The processor:
1. extracts PDF text locally using `pdftotext`
2. reduces the contract to important sections
3. sends only those excerpts to local Ollama
4. extracts commercial and renewal information
5. validates important renewal clauses against the actual PDF text
6. creates an Obsidian Markdown contract record
Nothing is intentionally sent to a cloud AI provider.
Important renewal fields include:
auto_renewal
renewal_term_months
customer_notice_days
vendor_notice_days
notice_deadline
renewal_increase_percent
renewal_pricing_rule
The generated note also contains source evidence from the PDF.
---
# Git Ignore
Recommended `.gitignore` entries:
# macOS
.DS_Store
# Obsidian machine-specific state
.obsidian/workspace.json
.obsidian/workspace-mobile.json
# PDFs should never be stored in the vault repository
*.pdf
The contract automation repository should additionally ignore:
.env
.venv/
logs/
token.json
credentials.json
*.pdf
---
# What Is NOT Backed Up By This Vault
The following must be restored separately:
- Ollama models
- MeetMic application/settings
- contract PDFs
- `~/Herd/scripts/obsidian-contracts` unless stored in its own private repository
- `.env`
- authentication tokens
- local application settings
---
# Recommended Recovery Strategy
Maintain two private Git repositories:
SecondBrain
└── Obsidian content, templates and structure
obsidian-automation
└── scripts, prompts, Modelfiles and setup documentation
Never commit:
- contracts
- PDFs
- secrets
- `.env`
- authentication tokens
---
# Recovery Checklist
After moving to a new computer:
- [ ] Install Git
- [ ] Clone SecondBrain from Gitea
- [ ] Run `bootstrap-vault.sh`
- [ ] Install Obsidian
- [ ] Install Templater
- [ ] Install Dataview
- [ ] Install Obsidian Git
- [ ] Configure MeetMic output
- [ ] Install Python
- [ ] Install Poppler
- [ ] Install Ollama
- [ ] Restore/create `contract-reader`
- [ ] Clone/copy contract automation scripts
- [ ] Recreate `.env`
- [ ] Test contract extraction
- [ ] Test Git pull/push