Context-aware personal operating system built from an interlinked Markdown vault and an AI coding agent
Maintain a continuously updated collection of personal, project, preference, calendar, task, and reflection files so an agent can use persistent context to identify patterns, generate ideas, make recommendations, and carry out delegated work.
From Greg Isenberg — How I Use Obsidian + Claude Code to Run My Life at 02:09
Problem: Agents lose context between sessions, while people struggle to remember and connect information across projects, preferences, goals, and past thinking.
For: People who want to use LLMs for personal reflection, project work, idea generation, and delegation.
Examples
- ideabrowser.com: provides a validated startup idea every day; the transcript suggests placing those ideas in an Obsidian vault and using them to help build the underlying products.