Set up or upgrade an AI-powered Obsidian vault. Interviews you, builds your vault structure (or works with what you already have), creates your CLAUDE.md memory file, installs tools, and gets you journaling — all in one conversation. Also has a repair/upgrade path for existing users.
Use when an AI Brain vault needs a health check or something feels off: Claude ignores CLAUDE.md, journal entries missing from /weekly, hooks not firing, something broke after a git pull, a friend's install misbehaves, Obsidian crashes or pegs the CPU, a .claude/worktrees folder appeared, Granola/WhatsApp/Slack/Gmail notes stopped arriving, or Windows .ps1 scripts error. Also after major /setup-brain upgrades. Not for debugging code; audits the vault install only.
Use when many related hardened instincts (high-confidence feedback_*/discovery_* memories) have piled up in one domain, when the user runs /evolve or asks to promote, cluster, graduate, or consolidate accumulated instincts into a Command, Skill, or Agent, or when files in Instinct Proposals need review. Part of the Instinct Engine. Not for one-off pattern capture (use patterns), daily journaling, or sharing instinct packs (use instinct-export / instinct-import).
Use when a user wants the team or company version of ai-brain-starter — any variant of 'how do I add my team to this,' 'can my team use this,' 'optimize this for my company,' 'what does the team version look like,' 'install this for my whole company,' 'how does this work with multiple people,' or worries about mixing personal notes into a shared team vault. Also triggers on /for-my-team.
Use when the user invokes /graphify or asks to build, update, or query a knowledge graph from a folder of files (code, docs, papers, notes, images). Triggers: 'map this codebase', 'graph my notes', 'what is connected across these files', 'community detection', 'GraphRAG', incremental graph update, Neo4j/SVG/GraphML export, graph lookups (query, shortest path, explain a node). Not for simple file reads, vault edits, or plain text search.
Use when the user says /ingest-github <owner/repo> [--days N], or asks to ingest, capture, sync, pull, mirror, or import a GitHub repo's recent activity (merged PRs, issues, commits) into the vault, second brain, or knowledge graph, or wants repo history queryable by graphify or External Inputs refreshed. Not for opening PRs, creating issues, one-off PR diff reads, or non-GitHub sources (Slack, Notion, email have their own ingest-* connectors).
Use when the user says /ingest-youtube <url-or-channel> [--days N], pastes a YouTube URL (youtube.com or youtu.be) wanting a transcript or summary in the vault, asks to ingest, capture, sync, transcribe, or pull a YouTube video, channel, talk, podcast, or keynote into the vault, or wants a video's captions or content available to the knowledge graph. Not for downloading video files, live streams, or non-YouTube sources (Vimeo, Twitch).
Use when the user runs /instinct-export or wants to share, back up, hand off, or publish learned instincts to another machine, harness, or teammate — 'export my instincts', 'make an instinct pack', 'build a house/team instinct library', 'send my rules to a teammate', 'move instincts to my new laptop'. Part of the Instinct Engine. NOT for reading or reviewing memories (use /patterns) and NOT for importing a pack (use /instinct-import).