A small kit of five interlocking skills that turn an AI assistant into a thinking partner for personal productivity.
The five skills form a pipeline — capture, process, structure, act — with a side entrance for when things feel stuck:
- brain-dumper — zero-friction capture. Say "note this" or just start talking. Goes into an inbox, unprocessed, no structure required.
- note-processor — reviews the inbox. Converts raw notes into tasks, projects, or discards.
- action-keeper — creates reminders or tasks from natural language ("remind me to…", "I need to…"). Routes simple things to Reminders, project-related things to Tasks.
- work-structurer — builds an Areas → Projects → Tasks hierarchy. Used when setting up a new project or reorganising.
- problem-externalizer — an interview flow for when you're overwhelmed or ruminating. Separates the person from the problem and ends with concrete next steps.
The skills were built around a Notion-based setup with specific databases and property names. They will not work as-is on your system. The value isn't the database plumbing — it's the conversational pattern.
Start by reading SETUP_FOR_AI.md. Hand it to your AI of choice (Claude, ChatGPT, etc.) along with the .skill files, and it will walk you through adapting the kit for your tool — Notion, Obsidian, Todoist, plain markdown, whatever you actually use.
| File | Purpose |
|---|---|
SETUP_FOR_AI.md |
Brief for the AI helping you adapt the kit. Read this first. |
*.skill |
The five skill definitions. Plain text, readable, modifiable. |
CC BY-SA 4.0. Use it, fork it, share it, build on it — credit Gordy O'Neil (Folding Thoughts) and keep derivatives under the same license. Full terms in LICENSE.