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WritingShell

Second Brain Ingest

by NicholasSpisak

Second Brain Ingest is a Writing skill for Claude Code, published by NicholasSpisak in second-brain.

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Install Second Brain Ingest

Copy Second Brain Ingest into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/NicholasSpisak/second-brain/tree/main/skills/second-brain-ingest ~/.claude/skills/second-brain-ingest

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/NicholasSpisak/second-brain.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: skills/second-brain-ingest/SKILL.md in NicholasSpisak/second-brain
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/second-brain-ingest
Collection: One of 4 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Writing — 1012 skills

What Second Brain Ingest does

Second Brain Ingest processes raw source files into structured wiki pages with summaries, linked entities, concepts, and a log entry. Use it when new material is added to raw/ and should be incorporated into the knowledge base.

Second Brain Ingest is cataloged under Writing on DirSkills. Second Brain Ingest comes from a repository tagged agent-skills, ai, knowledge-base, llm and markdown.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

Second Brain — Ingest

Process raw source documents into structured, interlinked wiki pages.

Identify Sources to Process

Determine which files need ingestion:

If the user specifies a file or files, use those
If the user says "process new sources" or similar, detect unprocessed files:
- List all files in raw/ (excluding raw/assets/)
- Read wiki/log.md and extract all previously ingested source filenames from ingest entries
- Any file in raw/ not listed in the log is unprocessed
If no unprocessed files are found, tell the user

Process Each Source

For each source file, follow this workflow:

1. Read the source completely

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Commands Second Brain Ingest provides

Slash commands named in this skill’s SKILL.md, listed in the order they first appear.

/second-brain-query
/second-brain-ingest
/second-brain-lint

Frequently asked about Second Brain Ingest

What else does NicholasSpisak publish alongside Second Brain Ingest?
Second Brain Ingest is one of 4 skills that DirSkills catalogs from NicholasSpisak/second-brain, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Second Brain, Second Brain Lint and Second Brain Query. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Second Brain Ingest does, and is maintained by NicholasSpisak in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the NicholasSpisak/second-brain page.
How does Second Brain Ingest compare to other Writing skills?
Second Brain Ingest ranks #605 by stars among the 1012 Writing skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Article Writing, Social Media Content Calendar and Knowledge Comic Creator. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Second Brain Ingest against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.

More from NicholasSpisak/second-brain

Second Brain Ingest is one of 4 skills cataloged on DirSkills from NicholasSpisak/second-brain.

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Second Brain

Second Brain sets up a new Obsidian knowledge base using the LLM Wiki pattern. Use it to initialize a vault, choose agent configs, and optionally install supporting CLI tools.

Second Brain Lint

Second Brain Lint checks the wiki for broken links, orphan pages, contradictions, stale claims, and missing cross-references. Use it when you want to audit wiki quality or find problems.

Second Brain Query

Second Brain Query answers questions by searching and synthesizing information from a knowledge base wiki. Use it to explore what you know about a topic, compare ideas, or find linked pages.

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Second Brain Ingest is one of 1012 Writing skills cataloged on DirSkills, ranked #605 by stars among them.

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Article Writing

Article Writing writes articles, guides, blog posts, tutorials, newsletter issues, and other long-form content in a distinctive voice derived from supplied examples or brand guidance. Use it when you want polished written content longer than a paragraph, especially when voice consistency, structure, and credibility matter.

Social Media Content Calendar

Social Media Content Calendar plans multi-platform social campaigns from briefs through scheduling and verified publishing. Use it when building a calendar, turning launches into posts, or repurposing content across X, LinkedIn, Instagram, and TikTok.

Knowledge Comic Creator

Knowledge Comic Creator generates educational, biography, and tutorial comics from user-provided text, URLs, or topics, with configurable art styles, tones, layouts, and languages. Use it when a user asks for a knowledge comic, 知识漫画, or Logicomix-style explanation.