Example: Personal LLM Wiki

A personal LLM Wiki is the smallest useful version of the pattern. It should be local, portable, easy to back up, and strict enough that the model cannot damage source material.

Starter folder tree

personal-wiki/
  AGENTS.md
  raw/
    reading/
    meetings/
    decisions/
  wiki/
    index.md
    log.md
    concepts/
    entities/
    sources/
    syntheses/
    open-questions.md
    contradictions.md

Weekly operating rhythm

Cadence	Operation	Outcome
Daily or as needed	Drop source into raw/ and run ingest.	New source is summarized and linked.
During research	Ask questions against wiki/index.md first.	Answers cite compiled pages and sources.
After strong insight	Save a synthesis page.	The question improves future context.
Weekly	Run lint.	Broken links, orphans, and contradictions are visible.

Good first source types

One long article you repeatedly reference.
A meeting transcript that contains decisions and open questions.
A product spec or technical design you need to remember later.
A small cluster of papers around one research question.

Personal privacy rule

Assume raw/ contains sensitive material. Keep it local unless you have intentionally chosen cloud sync, encryption, and device access rules. Do not paste private source material into public prompts or public issues.

First session script

1. Create the folder tree.
2. Write AGENTS.md from the compact template.
3. Add one source to raw/reading/.
4. Ask the agent: "Ingest raw/reading/file.md."
5. Review wiki/sources/, wiki/concepts/, wiki/index.md, and wiki/log.md.
6. Ask one question and decide whether the answer deserves a synthesis page.